Chinese new year
Source: Corbis Japan loses its crown to its main regional rival, as massive state funding and innovation pay dividends for the People’s Republic, writes Katie Duncan. China has overtaken Japan as...
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Symbolic victory
Andrew Robinson reveals how the secrets of the ancient Maya are being uncovered as Linda Schele and her colleagues learn to decipher the first American writing system. "The American chronicle does...
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Death in the community
Michael Burleigh on the reaction of German health professionals and relatives to the murder of their mentally ill by the Nazis. My work on Nazi Germany began with a book on the supine involvement of...
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Said returns to singe his critics
Orientalism
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Genial hosts and unwanted guests
Encyclopaedia of Virology
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Sino-Russian boarders
A 'Chinese peaceful expansion' has been taking place in south-east Russia. Zhores A. Medvedev looks at the four options under consideration to ensure the district does not become a Chinese republic...
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The National University of Singapore: At the nexus of East and West
6 October 2011 Like the entrep?t economy that sustains it, the National University of Singapore places a premium on cross-cultural fluency, quality and desire to make a global impact, says Tan Chorh...
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Ed Byrne: Consolidated gains
4 October 2012 Ed Byrne recommends international collaboration between institutions to achieve excellence - Australians have taken to the idea like a duck- billed platypus to water Australia takes...
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Strength of character
Source: Getty As the University of Melbourne knows, brand promises make (or break) reputations. Lara McKay explains how Australia’s finest keeps its word. If you put any group of marketers in a room...
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Life Sciences Rankings: Biological interfaces yield strong readings
The top of the life sciences table has been shaken up this year, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reclaiming top spot and Harvard University falling to third. The University of...
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Perfect pairings
Anne Pakir explains that high global standing is a necessary but not sufficient aspect of the National University of Singapore’s team-ups “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got...
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Measure by measure: the US is the best of the best
16 September 2010 Phil Baty reviews the sharper, deeper insights revealed by our new and more rigorous world rankings Reports of the death of US higher education appear to have been greatly...
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THE World University Rankings: Measure by measure: the US is the best of the best
16 September 2010 Phil Baty reviews the sharper, deeper insights revealed by our new and more rigorous world rankings Reports of the death of US higher education appear to have been greatly...
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University of Hong Kong tradition of excellence
16th September 2010 The University of Hong Kong's century-long tradition of excellence and a dynamic setting see it ideally placed to capitalise on the core strengths of its students and scholars,...
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Global University Rankings: Great responsibility
4 October 2012 Welcome to the 探花视频 World University Rankings 2012-2013. This is no beauty parade, writes Phil Baty: it is a serious evaluation that echoes in common rooms and the...