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Anti-terror funds awarded
Winners of nine grants from a controversial Foreign Office-funded programme to help combat terrorism have been announced. Last year, The Times Higher revealed that the Economic and Social Research...
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Seriously fresh
A new breed of scholars is expanding the academy by turning music festivals, Lego and puppets into objects and tools of study. Hannah Fearn reports from 'out there'
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Demographic decline threatens Europe
European universities will need to shrink by 2020 or recruit large numbers of overseas students to adjust to demographic changes, researchers have said. A paper in the journal International Higher...
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Put that in your pipe and drink it
Humankind worked something of a miracle in the second half of the 20th century. Population trebled, and water consumption increased in proportion. The limits of our resources were tested. But we...
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Number of top earners doubles
A quarter of male academics - but just 9 per cent of women - are paid more than £50K. Melanie Newman reports.The number of academic staff earning more than £50,000 a year has doubled in five years,...
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Languages and linguistics round-up
Talking Proper: The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol. Author Lynda Muggleston. Edition Second. Publisher Oxford University Press. Pages 368. Price £17.99. ISBN 9780199250622.This history of the rise...
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Don't 'panic' over science-shy Britons, ESRC says
Britain is gripped by an unfounded "moral panic" that it needs to produce more home-grown science graduates to keep the economy competitive, the director of a six-year, £5 million science and society...
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The new home of the best and brightest?
As the University of Melbourne implements a radical new higher education model, some UK universities are showing interest in following suit. Hannah Fearn reports. Glyn Davis, vice-chancellor of the...
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Published this week
(J) = Review forthcomingARCHITECTURE- (J) The Skyscraper and the City: The Woolworth Building and the Making of Modern New YorkBy Gail Fenske. University of Chicago Press, £34.00. ISBN...
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Diplomatic Chinese whispers
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UK is urged to look towards Gulf States
UK universities are missing a "golden opportunity" to set up campuses in the Middle East's Gulf states, according to an expert on higher education there. Chris Davidson is concerned that UK...
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Talking their way into a job in Malaysia
One IT institute’s dialogue with industry helps guarantee work for its graduates In a business park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, employers are beating down the door of a university to get their hands...
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Soas splashes out on staff to broaden its horizons
The School of Oriental and African Studies wants to recruit almost 20 lecturers to boost new areas and revitalise others. The posts, advertised in The Times Higher this week and next, will broaden...