Realpolitik behind the bloody split
The Shadow of the Great Game
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Durham's Asian crisis
We write to express dismay about the decision of Durham University this week to shut its East Asia department. Staff were formally told about the proposal only six days before it was due to be...
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Latest research news
Statistics to dominate research assessment Radical changes to the way British academic research is assessed and funded were announced today by Bill Rammell, the higher education minister. The...
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Commissioner Janez Potocnik: EU-China cooperation in science and technology -- scientific responses to global challenges, Launch of the China-EU Science and Technology year
Brussels, 11 October 2006 Minister Wu, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome honourable guests – or rather 'Huan ying guan ling'. It gives me great pleasure to launch the China-EU Science and...
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Regional tiger loses bite abroad
Dragons and Tigers
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Today's news
Physics could be in 'terminal decline' The number of pupils taking A-level physics has dropped by almost half since 1982 and more than a quarter of universities with large physics departments have...
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Liverpool set for final China deal
Liverpool University is close to finalising a deal to build the last foreign campus in China for the foreseeable future. The venture, expected to get the go-ahead next year, involves a unique...
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Overseas drive scaled down
The Australian universities' main foreign student recruitment agency is to close its UK offices amid a slump in overseas applications to study in Australia and a sharp reduction in international...
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The baby face with killer look
The Neanderthal's Necklace - Out of Eden
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The baby face with killer look
The Neanderthal's Necklace - Out of Eden
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Three radicals: Jihadists with UK degrees
Omar Sheikh, who is awaiting execution in Pakistan for the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl, studied at the London School of Economics in the 1990s. He grew up in London and was known as a...
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US anguish and introspection
Comparative American Studies
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Moscow
A Russian arms control researcher jailed in April for 15 years for spying should be released pending a retrial that meets international standards of fairness, according to human rights groups. "Igor...
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Universities put forward own proposals for European Institute of Technology
Brussels, 23 May 2006 The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has outlined its views on how a European Institute of Technology (EIT) should look, having previously objected to elements of...