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? = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- Modernism After WagnerBy Juliet Koss, associate professor and chair of art history, Scripps College. University of Minnesota Press, $88.50 and $29.50. ISBN...
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'Universities are not businesses'
Although vice-chancellors' pay packets rival those of top private-sector CEOs, they shoulder few of the same competitive burdens, Iain Pears notes, while doing great harm to UK academia
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Chinese economy needs 'huge' investment in student talent
Increasing demand for university places is not being met. Phil Baty reports from Hong Kong
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Exposed and vulnerable
The title could describe the feelings of overseas students in Australia and also the universities that enrol them. Phil Baty examines how violence against foreigners has put institutions' reliance on...
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From where I sit - New hopes raise old questions
When the creation of a university for 5,000 students makes headlines in an area of the world where 90 per cent of the billion-strong population do not have access to higher education, cynics must...
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Book of the week: The Idea of Justice
Alex Danchev is bowled over by an impassioned discussion of reason and humanity
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UK on brink of low-waged high-skilled economy
Higher education's role will spark debate as the returns on knowledge fall, writes Rebecca Attwood
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THE Asia University Rankings 2015 results to be announced in Shanghai on 11 June
The ̽»¨ÊÓƵ Asia University Rankings 2015 will be published online at 21.00 BST on Wednesday 10 June, in time for their official launch on 11 June in Shanghai at the APAC Research...
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Award Winners
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILDetails of the 12 projects to be funded under the Sustainable Agriculture Research for International Development (SARID) intitiative with the...
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No shit: how I lost my one-of-a-kind collection and my girlfriend, too
For his PhD, Daniel Bennett had built a unique set of faecal samples from a rare lizard. When it was destroyed, he really hit bottom
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Appointments
"Naked scientist" and Cambridge academic Chris Smith has won the Kohn Award from the Royal Society for his work in bringing science to a wider audience. Dr Smith is a clinical lecturer and specialist...
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Ideas without borders as excellence goes global
The very top institutions may all be in the English-speaking world, but the top 200 are spread across 28 nations. Martin Ince reports. This fourth edition of The Times Higher-QS World University...
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Ideas without borders as excellence goes global
The very top institutions may all be in the English-speaking world, but the top 200 are spread across 28 nations.
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China's Struggle for Status: The Realignment of International Relations
In 1989, after the Chinese Government cracked down on the pro-democracy movement, China found itself in a serious international crisis. Western powers, led by the US, imposed various sanctions on the...
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Bittersweet birthday cheer
John Ashworth wonders whether Cara's 75th anniversary is really a cause for celebration or a reason for reflection