Pedro Teixeira and Alberto Amaral examine the rise of private provision in education overseas. With the rapid expansion of higher education in recent decades it seemed to make sense to increase the...
The History of Tibet
A History of Hungary - The Hungarians
A History of Hungary - The Hungarians
Brussels, 28 Mar 2003 Summary This annual report covers the period from January 2001 to March 2002, which was marked by unprecedented development of the Community's research policy. The Commission...
The accepted wisdom is that people began to domesticate flocks for a ready supply of food. But evidence from South America shows that some species may have been domesticated for their wool, writes...
Brussels, 7 January 2004 When an EU company uses exotic plants like Aloe Vera for producing cosmetics it should share the benefits of this use with the country where the plant came from. This is the...
Brussels, 7 January 2004 When an EU company uses exotic plants like Aloe Vera for producing cosmetics it should share the benefits of this use with the country where the plant came from. This is the...
As the colonial past recedes, Asia is taking a fresh look at what Europe has to offer, writes Wang Gungwu. A shift in the way Asians study Europe has changed for the first time in a century....
Asian Commitment
Brussels, 10 Mar 2004 Some 2000 French researchers have resigned in protest against the government's lack of response to their plea against budget cuts, fund freezes and post reductions. The protest...
Brussels, 10 Mar 2004 Some 2000 French researchers have resigned in protest against the government's lack of response to their plea against budget cuts, fund freezes and post reductions. The protest...
Orbiting debris may have brought down Columbia Nasa engineers examining the break-up of the space shuttle Columbia think a possible cause may have been the clutter of human debris in space. US air...
Engineering degrees in the UK should place more emphasis on creativity, design and the arts to produce the graduates needed by industry and to encourage people to study engineering. A survey to be...
Diplomacy and Murder in Tehran