Sars curbs Antipodean recruitment drive in Asia
A drop in recruitment of overseas students to universities in New Zealand and ߣߣÊÓƵ due to the Sars epidemic could have a devastating knock-on effect for the institutions' incomes. The...
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Quotas call for female vice-chancellors
Study proposes code of practice for recruitment firms to help address inequality
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Eastern promise
I’m sitting in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (previously Saigon), a progressive and cosmopolitan metropolis that has an abundance of scooters and a vibrant cafe culture. With a distinctive Parisian feel...
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The Army and Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan, by Aqil Shah
Farzana Shaikh finds persuasive arguments in an analysis of democracy and military rule in Pakistan
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Still Ours to Lead: America, Rising Powers, and the Tension Between Rivalry and Restraint, by Bruce Jones
Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman on a shrewd analysis of the global order
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Online window on India’s recent past
Five million pages available, from official reports to cinematic ephemera. Matthew Reisz writes
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Sino-Japanese Relations After the Cold War: Two Tigers Sharing a Mountain, by Michael Yahuda
Jonathan Mirsky on the politics and economics of the relationship between rapidly developing China and stagnating Japan
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News in brief - 29 May 2014
IoE/UCL mergerAll done bar the due diligence?A merger of the Institute of Education and University College London is set to be completed by December after the institutions’ governing councils gave...
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THE podcast: ߣߣÊÓƵn International Education Conference 2013
Download the podcastFrom October 8-11 2013, Canberra hosted the annual ߣߣÊÓƵn International Education Conference, the largest international education conference in the Asia-Pacific region. The...
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Gag on Asia haze scaremongers
Academics in Malaysia are only barred from publicising their findings on the health effects of the haze and not on other sensitive issues, said education minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. His...
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East meets West in MBA for future masters of universe
‘Billionaires come to us to study’, Chinese business school dean says of his role in £77,000 joint course
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Japan takes Asian crown but rivals aren’t far off
Japan has been named Asia’s top country for higher education and research in ߣߣÊÓƵ’s first Asia University Rankings.The University of Tokyo, which claimed top spot in the inaugural...
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Marked differences: time for new degree systems?
The fact that firsts are far more common in science than arts boosts case for reform of UK system
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Graduates postpone job hunt as gap years take off
Poor career prospects fuel rise in US university leavers seeking ‘funemployment’
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Small firms lack resources to make most of open access
SMEs need tools as well as content to pinpoint research ‘nuggets’, says Elsevier chief