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Appointments
University of PortsmouthAndy ThorpeAn economist whose previous research has focused on such indelicate topics as methane emissions from animals has been appointed associate dean for research at the...
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL• Award winner: Vincenzo Vergiani• Institution: University of Cambridge• Value: £725,2The intellectual and religious traditions of South Asia as seen through the...
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Going Global notebook
World rankingsNeeded but not always wantedWorld university rankings are "like vice-chancellors and in-laws: we may not always like them, but we know we need them". That was the argument made by Kevin...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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From where I sit: Confucian values
Asia-Pacific higher education is becoming a global force, but only some nations in the region have achieved or approached parity with Western Europe and North America.The truly spectacular success...
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Institute of Education/Birkbeck/Leeds - Fear of the Rising Sun
An international network of scholars is set to analyse nationalistic tensions in East Asia. Led by academics at the Institute of Education, the project will encourage research into how schooling and...
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Perilous Glory: The Rise of Western Military Power
What is it about pre-modern military historians that tempts them to sermonise so readily about the contemporary world? Ancient Greek historians Victor Davis Hanson and Donald Kagan have both become...
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Kazakhstan goes West, but only so far
David Matthews reports on ambitious plans to modernise the country's post-Soviet academy
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Pacific connection boosts partnerships Down Under
Australia and New Zealand see marked growth in research collaborations with China, reports Zoë Corbyn
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Spirit levels
Is this a godless age? No, say 'post-secularist' academics, who argue that the world outside the liberal West is 'furiously religious'. But such scholars overstate the number of believers, contends...
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The new new thing
MIT's Media Lab, long renowned for a 'Wild West' research culture that invents the future, has lost some of its cutting edge. Can a new director restore it to its creative zenith? asks Zoë Corbyn
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From where I sit - Digging deep to survive terrorism
Terrorism is threatening not only individuals in Pakistan but also their cultural heritage, by making life impossible for those trying to develop its rich archaeological resources.Archaeologists'...
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Victoria values: reign abroad but protect one's reputation
The University of Buckingham flies the UK flag in Uganda. David Matthews reports from Kampala
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To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland's Global Diaspora
With this book, Tom Devine, Scotland's best-known historian, completes a trilogy of surveys of Scotland at home and abroad. The Scottish Nation, 1700-2000 (1999) examined the rise of modern Scotland...