Time to defend UK courses in other realms
A recently circulated British Council report points out that there are more than 1,200 private colleges operating in Israel, offering qualifications validated by foreign universities. Britain is now...
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Woven memories of inflamed lands
Muslim Identity and the Balkan State - Europe's New Nationalism - Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood - Honest Broker or Perfidious Albion?
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Exports built on goodwill
WHAT do an Egyptian PhD, a Greek MBA, a Bulgarian MSc and a Singaporean postgraduate in engineering have in common? They are just a few of the many postgraduates who have taken part in the British...
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A suitable language?
As India embraces western affluence, more and more of its people want to learn English, the lingua franca of thought and commerce. But is their neglect of India's mother tongues a tragic error, asks...
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The perfect language
The Arabic Language
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First chance for many, last chance for Earth
Tony Durham talks to the president of Commonweath of Learning, Gajaraj Dhanarajan (below) about the triumph of distance learning in Asia For a child whose school journey began with a two-mile pre-...
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Beards only on Kabul campus
KABUL University has reopened for an uncertain academic year short of cash, stationery and women students. The Taliban Movement closed the university indefinitely when it swept into the Afghan...
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Exchange rate falls
International exchanges of students between the United States and Europe, including Britain, are weakening, according to a new survey. The figures may mark a creeping regionalism in student choices,...
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Sex as a method
In the second of our series on young researchers, Julia O'Connell Davidson tells Harriet Swain how using sex as a teaching aid led her to study the murky world of prostitution For Julia O'Connell...
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Honorary degrees
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL DEng: Ronald Hobbs, former director, Ove Arup and Partners, chairman of the university's buildings committee; John Taylor, head of Hewlett-Packard Laboratories and visiting...
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Bill's coherent foreign adventure
US Foreign Policy after trhe Cold War
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Aborted take-off
The Missing Millions - Africa's Choices - Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Partners mapping the future
Secretary-general Chief Emeka Anyaoku outlines the crucial role of higher education in expanding the association, promoting its fundamental democratic values and broadening its vision Since the...
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Swanning around on the river
Julia Hinde meets the warden of the Queen's swans, Christopher Perrins Swanning around on the river. The Queen's swan warden is rather looking forward to the next week. Surrounded by publishers'...
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Is private so efficient and public so bad?
The Impact of Privatisation