Grant winners
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Graham CormodeInstitution: University of WarwickSmall summaries for big...
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Grant winners - 18 September 2014
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Graham CormodeInstitution: University of WarwickSmall summaries for big...
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Research is now a global game
Which countries are steaming ahead in scientific output and power? Simon Marginson analyses the worldwide data
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The Undersea Network, by Nicole Starosielski
John Gilbey is fascinated by the unseen fibre-optic communications cables that gird the globe
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Focus on recruiting foreign students reveals ‘mission drift’
Pro v-c at Nottingham Trent attacks ‘profit chasing’ in sector and calls time on marketing speak
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Northampton opens regional office in Malaysia
The University of Northampton is to open a regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a bid to increase student recruitment from the region.
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Lost in abbreviated history
The disturbances in Ukraine should make us rethink the policy of updating history courses at all levels by bringing the starting points progressively closer to the present. At the moment, the 16th...
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Asia to turn Japanese
Universities in Asia are paying a great deal of attention to the people who have made the region's economic revolution possible. These are the wealth-minded national leaders and the businessmen whom...
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News in brief - 9 October 2014
Postgraduate studyUK survey verdict: mostly happyFour out of five postgraduate students are happy with their course, a new survey indicates. Some 83 per cent of the 67,580 people polled for the...
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ߣߣÊÓƵ announces reforms to its World University Rankings
ߣߣÊÓƵ today announces a series of important changes to its flagship THE World University Rankings
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Oxford v-c Andrew Hamilton says sexism is ‘unconscious’ but real
V-c speaks on marketing research, ethics, gender bias at Universia International Presidents’ Meeting 2014 in Rio de Janeiro
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Stronger Asian systems could reduce student numbers in UK
Observatory on Borderless Higher Education report author urges UK universities to factor in growth of transnational education
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False dichotomy for Asia
Perhaps the emergence of democracy in East Asia is not so different from the western experience during the 18th and early 19th centuries. In both cases, "social changes induced by rapid economic...
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False dichotomy for Asia
It is rather disappointing that Michael Leifer (THES April 21) has chosen to rely uncritically on popularised conceptual categories in his analysis of the East Asian situation without reflexively...
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Grant winners - 27 February 2014
Health FoundationAward winner: Sara DemainInstitution: University of SouthamptonValue: £238,000Self-management VOICED (valued outcomes of importance: consensus and disparity) Leverhulme TrustMajor...