Glittering prizes
The Royal Academy of Engineering has given fellowships to: Anthony Ball, director of materials engineering, University of Cape Town; Yvonne Barton, chairman of British Gas Asia Pacific Pte Limited;...
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Fellowships
Cardiff University Honorary fellowships: Claude Allegre, French minister of education, research and technology; David Cooksey, chair of the university's Challenge Fund Steering Group; Ieuan Evans,...
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The country en suite, en masse
Twentieth Century British Social Trends
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Chronicle of crises that's soft and noisy
World Disasters Report
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Freedom as an asset
When the University of Buckingham was founded more than 20 years ago, many wondered how long it would last. Others hoped that more private universities would follow to challenge the idea that all...
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Family fortunes of Bronze Age mint
The East in the West
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Englishman heads Monash
David Robinson has become the only Englishman in the past 20 years to have been successively appointed vice chancellor at two Australian universities. A former pro vice chancellor at the University...
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Prejudice behind the pomp and baubles
Both rank and race dictated imperial order, writes John MacKenzie. Ornamentalism is a brave title. It might be construed as reflecting just surface pattern and design, the arabesques that gladden the...
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Star Turn
With space toys that look like something from the Early-Learning Centre, Surrey University is rivalling Nasa. Pat Leon meets the man putting Surrey into orbit A youngish man clutching a metal...
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Moguls court U21
MELBOURNE The global network of higher education institutions, Universitas 21, is negotiating partnerships with at least five international corporations over its plan to run courses over the internet...
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Dick Bird
NEVER THE SAME AGAIN. A history of the VSO. 206pp. Cambridge: Lutterworth. Pounds 25 (paperback, Pounds 15). - 0 7188 2975 1. I am sure young Americans would learn a good deal in this country...
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MM 2001: Looking for the next Balkans
Where in the world will major conflict flare up next? Tim Cornwell considers the likelihood of Pakistan and Colombia being the future flash points Guided cockroaches scuttling under doors to pinpoint...
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Beijing takes the software pearl in Macau's crown
Next month, China extends its borders and gains the world-class software institute where Jonathan Bowen has just spent the summer Macau is only an hour's hydrofoil ride from Hong Kong across the...
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A space cowboy goes it alone
Seeking total security, President Bush wants the US to build a national missile shield dubbed Son of Star Wars. The result, says Christoph Bluth, will be more insecurity for all. For the past four...
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A shift in Europe's border conflicts
Academia is putting the post-communist states on its map. Michael Waller reports RENEWED tension in Kosovo and the banning of the Welfare Party in Turkey cannot but push the Islamic question higher...