Jun 27, 2012
CUHK hosts Forum on the Public Interest & Future of Public Higher Education
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) hosted a Forum on ‘The Public Interest and the Future of Public Higher Education in the 21st Century’ ...
Jun 20, 2012
Global collaboration aims to improve mother and newborn health
Led by the University of York, researchers from across the world have joined forces to improve the quality of midwifery care and reduce maternal, newb...
Jun 19, 2012
Bergen Summer Research School 2012
Research based education for global development challenges...
Jun 12, 2012
University of York launch for international project exploring legacy of slave trade
The University of York’s Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past (IPUP) is hosting the launch events this week for an ambitious €4.3 mi...
May 31, 2012
University of York in world top ten of younger universities
The University of York has been ranked eighth in the world and number one in the UK in new Times Higher Education world rankings of universities less ...
May 31, 2012
Genetic discovery unlocks biosynthesis of medicinal compound in poppy
Scientists at the University of York and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Australia have discovered a complex gene cluster responsible for the synthesis of the m...
May 02, 2012
Ageing population should see China and Australia joined at hip
THERE are 8 million Chinese over 80 years of age and, by some estimates, there will be 100 million Chinese octogenarians by the middle of this, the A...
Apr 10, 2012
Sydney gears up for WUN-SPIN 2012
Recent developments in the emerging field of spintronics – the technology that is expected to drive the next wave of faster and smaller electronic d...
Apr 10, 2012
UCT to host international education conference
WUN partner, the University of Cape Town, will host the 16th International Education Association of South Africa Conference on 29 August to 1 Septemb...