Forest Policy Issues and Developments

Indian Capital Market Recent Developments and Policy Issues

There are 22 stock exchanges in India, the first being the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which began formal trading in 1875, making it one of the oldest in Asia. Over the last few years, there has been a rapid change in the Indian securities market, especially in the secondary market. Advanced technology and online-based transactions have modernized the stock exchanges. In terms of the number of...

Policy and Infrastructure Developments

Issues with Language Policy and Planning in Iranian Higher Education

In this study, we attempt to bring to light various organisational and implementational clashes relevant to the conceptualisation of language policies at national level, and the planning of local practices with regard to degree programmes, language journals and conferences in Iranian higher education. We also prove that in its current status, the ELT syllabus in Iran, both at national and local...

6. the Changing Attractiveness of European Higher Education: Current Developments, Future Challenges, and Major Policy Issues

The strength (and attractiveness) of higher education in Europe is a research topic which seems to be most usefully discussed with reference to other dimensions of higher education These include high-quality teaching; cutting-edge research; the future of the combination of the two academic missions in increasingly differentiated systems; adequate and more diversified (both public and private) f...

Neurotechnology: Current Developments and Ethical Issues