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The future of women-only universities
Jon Marcus examines the decline of all-female institutions in the West and their rising popularity in the developing world
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Warwick holds its own in Southeast Asia
Warwick University has bucked the trend for recruitment in Southeast Asia despite the financial crisis in the region. It has increased its number of Southeast Asian students by more than 9 per cent,...
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Soas lands £20 million donation
Soas, University of London has been awarded a £20 million gift, the largest in its history, by a US foundation
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All-female universities provide a vital haven
Single-sex study is declining in the West, but in many other regions it offers a space where women can thrive, says Kristen Renn
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A plague of tapeworm sentences
Brian Bloch ponders the convoluted tangle that permeates scholarly German writing
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The 100 most international universities in the world 2015
World University Rankings data reveal the most outward-looking institutions
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Campus close-up: Heriot-Watt University
Scotland’s ‘international university’ is investing in growth at overseas and domestic sites
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Tables arrangements may be a distraction
Focus on league tables could shift Middle Eastern universities from honourable priorities, argues Cesar Wazen
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America Inc? Innovation and Enterprise in the National Security State, by Linda Weiss
Jörg Michael Dostal on how the NSS has enabled the US to attain technological leadership to serve its geopolitical objectives
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APHEN brings Asia together
A Unesco project is linking academics in 12 Asian countries via the Internet, writes Geoff Maslen in Melbourne Universities in Commonwealth and certain Asian countries are promoting multilateral...
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Academic blind spot in Asia
We are accustomed to the history of Orientalism in the West and its politically correct extension, the field of Asian studies. We are less aware, however, of Asian efforts to study one another's...
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Students studying for UK qualification abroad up 5 per cent
But more than 40 per cent are registered with Oxford Brookes, says Hesa
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News in brief - 10 July 2014
Vice-chancellors’ payGoldsmiths gives students a sayA London university has become the first in the UK to allow a student to join the panel that decides its vice-chancellor’s pay. A student will now...
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THE World University Rankings 2013-2014 results discussion
The ߣߣÊÓƵ World University Rankings 2013-2014, published on 3 October 2013, saw the continued rise of top universities in East Asia - particularly in Singapore, Japan, South Korea...