Storms and Thunder ... Academic and Engineering Job Opportunities for the week ending 22 November 2013
Hello everyone How do you do? Last week was busy as usual. The Typhoon in Phillipines left many people dead and reminds us of how lucky we are to be alive and safe. The global response to the victims confirms that on earth "we are in this together". Also, the communique at the end of China's third plenum suggests the possibility of economic reform which could further affect the thousands of graduating science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students world wide. Historically the 'third plenum' is the one to watch as it enables the incumbent leader set his reform agenda. Finally, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) holding in Colombo, Sri Lanka this week gives Nigeria and South Africa the opportunity to press the current 'family government' of Mr Mahindra Rajapaksa on the appalling human's rights records particularly with respect to the end of the Tamil Tigers civil war. Already the Prime Ministers of India and Canad...