Campus round-up - 28 March 2013
Source: Dominic StaffordShrinking resourceAbout half of Cambodia’s tropical flooded grassland has been lost in a decade, university research suggests. According to scientists at the University of...
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Campus round-up
Shrinking resourceAbout half of Cambodia’s tropical flooded grassland has been lost in a decade, university research suggests. According to scientists at the University of East Anglia, the grassland...
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We're going to need a bigger net
The 100 Under 50 helps to correct the bias towards traditional universities manifest in most rankings and gives a sense of the deeper intellectual resources being tapped by new ones, argues Peter...
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Shrew observations
Tragedy, comedy, genial farce? The challenge of how to present Katherina’s submission has left its mark on three recent Shrews at the Globe, and thereby hangs a tale, Liz Schafer observes
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The Taming of the Shrew: tragedy, comedy or farce?
Three recent productions at Shakespeare’s Globe highlight to the challenge of how to present Katherina’s submission
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Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
Vernon Bogdanor doffs his cap to a monument of objective, disinterested historical scholarship
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28 March - 3 April 2013 - The week in higher education
A Cardiff-born expatriate lecturer has won fame in East Asia after reaching the semi-finals of China’s Got Talent for his rendition of revolutionary songs dressed in a Mao-style uniform. Iain Inglis...
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The week in higher education
A Cardiff-born expatriate lecturer has won fame in East Asia after reaching the semi-finals of China’s Got Talent for his rendition of revolutionary songs dressed in a Mao-style uniform. Iain Inglis...
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Mooc providers expand
Two of the leading US massive open online course providers have each almost doubled the number of universities offering courses on their online platforms.
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Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks by Jenny White
Clémence Scalbert-Yucel on a worthy addition to the study of a state in flux
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The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity by Robert Louis Wilken
Robert A. Segal on a comprehensive study of the growth of the world’s biggest religion
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World Reputation Rankings 2013 methodology
 Poll position: experts think these are the best in the business The excellent response to the third round of the annual Academic Reputation Survey gives an even more accurate picture of scholarly...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment ProgrammeAward winner: Joseph DiasInstitution: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustValue: £2,284,684Scaphoid waist internal...
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Vanguard force
The Republic of Korea’s finest aims to foster the creativity needed to tackle global concerns, says Yeon-Cheon Oh
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It's another world
Kevin Fong boldly takes science to pupils in post-Thatcher, post-Spock galaxies