A global crisis we can't turn our backs on
The University of East London refugee studies programme is enabling research, free from prejudice, of a growing minority in most societies, says Philip Marfleet. Refugees have become a preoccupation...
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Teacher trainers think global
The first international conference for heads of teacher-training institutions has laid the foundations for setting up a worldwide teacher-training network. The three-day Paris conference, "Priorities...
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Commissioner Erkki Liikanen: "EU-India Opportunities: The IST Programme", 2004 Euro India Co-operation Forum on the Information Society, New Delhi, 25 March 2004
The political environment for research In Europe, we want to become a more competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy. To achieve this, we need to focus on European-wide investment in research...
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Give that blow-up female an award
IgNobel Prizes
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Buccaneers of imperial business
Business and Race Politics in British India, c. 1850 to 1960
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Stronger links will benefit Sri Lanka
Higher education in Sri Lanka would benefit from a more systematic partnership with government, rather than the current dependence on links among individuals, the country's ambassador to France has...
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Sugar, slaves and social engineering
Globalization in World History
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A dilemma in the way of science
THES writers report on changes to legislation on stem-cell research as nations struggle with their consciences. The UK was the first country in the world to pass laws to permit researchers to use...
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50%? Done that, says top Scot
Prime minister Tony Blair wants 50 per cent of 18 to 30-year-olds in higher education by 2010. Yesterday, Iain Gray, Scotland's minister for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning, revealed that...
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Letter: Just intervention
Tzvetan Todorov ("A case of right over might", THES February 9) makes an interesting contribution to the debate on humanitarian intervention but some points should be made in response. Todorov's...
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From today's UK Papers
Students sue Oxfordshire college for £100K damages A group of students has been cleared to sue Rycotewood College for damages after a judge ruled they had been denied the practical experience needed...
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Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 On the last night of February 2002 ESA's Envisat - the largest and most sophisticated Earth Observation spacecraft ever built - swapped the tropical atmosphere of French Guiana for...
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Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 On the last night of February 2002 ESA's Envisat - the largest and most sophisticated Earth Observation spacecraft ever built - swapped the tropical atmosphere of French Guiana for...
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Neanderthal still walks among us
Mapping Human History
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Fat fingers, juicy pies and Uncle Sam's sorely embarrassing not-so little problem
The Future of Freedom