Paris, 25 Mar 2005 Photos In orbit for three and a half years now, ESA's smallest Earth Observation satellite is making a big contribution to science, a workshop heard this week. Proba applications...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 An Austrian company is set to revolutionise communication between Europe's citizens with the launch of a large round screen which allows one-to-one, real time, oral and visual...
Brussels, 23 Oct 2003 An Austrian company is set to revolutionise communication between Europe's citizens with the launch of a large round screen which allows one-to-one, real time, oral and visual...
Why do religious and spiritual movements wax and wane? As pews empty in the West, spirituality steps into the breach. Elsewhere, the faithful flock to organised religion when it is allied to earthly...
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 There is a huge, unexplored universe out there, but astronomers are breaking with centuries of tradition and turning away from their telescopes and towards their computers in...
"Advancing the Millennium of Learning" is the theme of this year's WEM conference and exhibition (Lisbon, Portugal: May 20-23, 2003), of which The THES is a media partner. Now in its fourth year, WEM...
Overseeing postgraduate research is like tending a garden, says Gina Wisker. You support, nurture, develop and empower students so they grow as researchers and contribute an original kernel of...
Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
Brown promises billions to science Gordon Brown will make science and engineering the centrepiece of this summer’s spending round, announcing a policy review in the Budget to identify investment...
More than 50 universities in Africa, Latin America and Asia have formed the Southern Universities Network to prepare for competition in the higher education market. The network is the brainchild of...
Genoa, 9 January 2004 Mr Vice-Chancellor, Distinguished visitors, Professors, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear students, 2004 is a special year for Europe, as it is for Genoa. This year Genoa is the...
Genoa, 9 January 2004 Mr Vice-Chancellor, Distinguished visitors, Professors, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear students, 2004 is a special year for Europe, as it is for Genoa. This year Genoa is the...
Online courses offered by a consortium of universities are attracting much interest in Asia and Europe. Geoff Maslen, in Melbourne, reports. The first specially developed courses to be delivered...
American Adventurism Abroad - Overconfidence and War
Mark Christian, who has left for the US, argues that the UK's lack of a multicultural curriculum has caused an exodus The British higher education system still has some way to go before it is...