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̽»¨ÊÓÆµ today announces the launch of an exciting new addition to its World University Rankings portfolio.

̽»¨ÊÓÆµ today announces the launch of an exciting new addition to its World University Rankings portfolio.
This book's title reflects an original and bold move, namely to focus on the location of Katrina Gulliver's subjects (modern women in China and Japan) rather than their national, cultural and/or...

Christopher Bigsby is as qualified as any chancellor - and less harmful
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityJason PowellManchester Metropolitan University's newly appointed professor of community practice and social justice said he felt "genuine excitement and delight"...
University of the West of EnglandGabriel ScallyThe new director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments at the University of the West of England said he...
Conde Nast College of Fashion and DesignKate ChealThe new senior lecturer in e-learning at the soon-to-be-opened Conde Nast College of Fashion and Design said she hoped to create a technological...
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As British students from all classes look to the US and challenges rise in the East, Anthony Seldon warns the sector against complacency
Rise in non-EU applications masks problem with key market, THE poll finds. John Morgan reports
Editors: Des Freedman and Daya Kishan ThussuEdition: FirstPublisher: SagePages: 336Price: £75.00 and £26.99ISBN: 9781446201572 and 1589After their 2003 book for Sage, War and the Media: Reporting...

The 2012 ̽»¨ÊÓÆµ World Reputation Rankings will be published on 15 March.
LondonBetween Heaven and Earth: Contemporary Art from the Centre of AsiaFor many in the West, if they think about the area at all, Afghanistan, Mongolia and the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan...
ChinaScholarship proves short-sightedStudy habits may explain why the vast majority of Chinese students wear glasses, new research has suggested. A study published in The Lancet says that "increasing...
Kingston UniversityBarbara PierscionekExperts from different subject fields and universities should work together more closely to secure research grants, believes the new associate dean of research...
Scholars should go easy on the jokes as a bad crack can cause all sorts of problems. Jack Grove reports