Asia rankings: KAIST's presidential address
A Korean institution is helping to build our social, economic and pedagogic future, says Nam Pyo SuhA modern research university deals with diverse issues in education and research to achieve two...
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Asia rankings: passage to Indian improvement
India's sector has expanded massively; now its research capacity must catch up, says Pawan Agarwal The recent growth in Indian higher education has been spectacular. The country's current enrolment...
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Asia rankings: Middle Eastern promise
How do you build a successful research-intensive university? Ahmet Acar offers his cost-benefit analysis.As basic engines of the knowledge economy, universities have been assuming wider...
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Research Intelligence - Higgsteria: it's only the beginning
New 'big physics' projects will need global funding and public support. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Third Eureka-Asia meeting (Extracted from Report from the 3 March meeting of the Competititveness Council)
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The Council took note of information given by the Portuguese delegation on the forthcoming 3rd Eureka-Asia meeting which will take place on 26-30 May 2003 in Macao. The meeting...
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The delegate's tale
Christopher Bigsby on conferences’ picaresque perils and delights
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Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam
As a new exhibition illuminates the creative expressions of a Muslim ritual, James Piscatori explores its spiritual dimension
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Small states are open in a big way
The most happily international higher education systems aren't the superpowers. John Gill writes
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One-sixth of UK degree students prefer to have the best of British abroad
The days when international students flooded into the UK to study at its world-renowned universities may not be over, but the dynamics are rapidly changing.According to statistics published last week...
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Visa crackdown puts 450 colleges out of the international student business
More than 450 private colleges have been stopped from recruiting international students after most of them failed to sign up to the Home Office’s new rules for inspection of the sector.
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KAUST resets top 10 ambitions
Head of fledgling Saudi institution restates pursuit of global excellence. David Matthews reports
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Beyond those shores
In a competitive world, Japanese universities are realising the importance of internationalisation if they don’t want to get left behind. But culture change can be a slow and difficult process. Jack...
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Flying down to Rio fuels new North-South romance
Canada seeks long-term relationship with growing higher education superpower. Jon Marcus reports
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Political Journeys: The openDemocracy Essays
Fred Halliday was an indefatigable traveller and a tireless writer. In David Hayes' selection from the 81 essays Halliday published on the openDemocracy website between 2004 and his untimely death...