Agents of change, children of empire
At the Heart of the Empire
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A not so special relationship
THE CLASH. US-Japanese relations throughout history. By Walter LaFeber. 508pp. Norton. Pounds 22. - 0 393 03950 1. The binational polls that regularly measure the mood of United States-Japan...
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Heart of the Orient
Bazaar India
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Overseas students watch the costs
A university's reputation for scholarship is less important to overseas students than the cost of tuition and its range of courses, says research published last week, writes Phil Baty. Education...
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Slavonic merger plan
Consultants called in to advise on the future of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, largest of the University of London's senate institutes, are set to recommend a merger with another...
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Growth in demand will change business supply
Business and management course suppliers will have to adapt to the growing shortage of top educators, predicts Paul Danos The booming global economy demands well-trained and confident business...
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Last chance to avoid the fate of Leyland
In the run-up to budget day, John Ashworth argues the case for education mortgages that carry tax breaks A defining characteristic of new, as opposed to old, Labour is the recognition that it is...
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Idealism trodden in rush to market?
Academic alliances are strained as rivals pile on pressure. Clashes between commerce and universities seem inevitable following a series of deals that could result in potential conflicts of interest...
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Doom's silverish lining
False Dawn
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Easy end to an empire
As Britain entered the post-colonial age some four decades ago, Dean Acheson, principal architect of postwar United States foreign policy, made his notorious comment that while Britain had lost an...
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Student's guide to praying all over the world
Atlas of the World's Religions
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Uneasy? He's here to help
Graduate students in politics, economics, IT and the social sciences all turn to the same man. Martin Ince meets Manuel Castells Manuel Castells may go one better in his analysis of the information...
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A massacre in Eden
Over millions of years the fauna and flora of North America have evolved in time with continental shifts. But these changes pale when compared with the devastating impact made by man, writes Tim...
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Genetic equation doesn't add up
The Maths Gene
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Single party mentality
Few governments, if any, in Asia encourage any form of opposition. At best it is seen as a necessary evil by established governments, including many of those in western countries. At worst in several...