Former Soas director Paul Webley dies
Professor Webley was ‘inspired leader’ and will be ‘sorely missed’, say colleagues of the acclaimed academic
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World Reputation Rankings 2016: University of Illinois – a global destination
A focus on international students has always been one of the university's strengths
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Study Asia from below
WANG Gungwu (THES, June 5) makes an interesting analysis of the reasons why in the field of Asian studies the North-South link has flourished much more than the South-South link. However, Professor...
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Interview with Vernon Hill
We talk to the US banking mogul about entrepreneurialism, carving a niche in British banking and contrarianism
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World insight: a homegrown academic workforce for the Gulf
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam considers the implications of ‘Emiratisation’ policies for higher education in the Middle East
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Postgraduate stem courses: top five sending countries to the UK
Saudi Arabia is the top country of origin for international postgraduate students on medicine and dentistry courses in the UK
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The American studies melting pot
Christopher Phelps surveys a field that lends itself to interdisciplinarity, while a British scholar laments that UK institutions prefer Americans for Americanists
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World University Rankings 2015-2016: results announced
US continues to lose its grip as institutions in Europe up their game
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150 Under 50 Rankings 2016: Focus on mission, not measurements
Rankings efforts must not detract from university mission, says Hong Kong University of Science and Technology president Tony Chan
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Authorship abuse is the dark side of collaboration
Too many senior scholars abuse their power when it comes to assigning credit, argues Bruce Macfarlane
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Benedict Anderson, 1936-2015
‘A tremendously important and empathetic scholar’ who transformed our understanding of nationalism has died
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Warwick plans Asia base
Warwick University is looking to open a campus in Singapore for up to 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students after an invitation from the city-state's government. The university said it was "...
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World University Rankings 2015-2016 by subject: life sciences results
UK is top in life sciences while Asia performance varies
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Balance of power
There seems little doubt that Asia’s star is rising, but reports of its imminent academic hegemony are greatly exaggerated, argues Miguel Lim