Reckless exploitation of the overseas market will only end in tears
Andy Masheter argues that Britain's academy must not sacrifice its hard-won global reputation on the altar of expediency
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University of Wales Institute Cardiff - Looking to the east
A campus in Singapore is to be established by the University of Wales Institute Cardiff. The UWIC Asia campus is being set up in conjunction with the East Asia Institute of Management (EASB). It will...
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From the margins to the main page
An exhibition focuses on the local fixers who made Western exploration possible. Matthew Reisz writes
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Familiarity breeds competence
As his report on university governance is released, Malcolm Gillies asserts that alumni will make the best governors as they are the ones who will hold the greatest stake in future
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What about languages?
Like many others, we have just received copies of the Economic and Social Research Council's strategic plan for 2009-14. The vision highlights the three "I"s: impact, innovation and...
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University of Aberdeen - Famine warning as Earth heats up
Global warming could cause major famine in Asia within decades, according to Peter Clift of the School of Geosciences at the University of Aberdeen. Professor Clift predicts in his newly published...
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University of East Anglia - New name reflects global focus
The School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia has been renamed the School of International Development. It was established in 1973 and was the first of its kind in the UK...
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Overseas briefing
United StatesBrigham Young lifts YouTube banA Mormon-affiliated university where students must agree to live a "chaste and virtuous" life has lifted its ban on YouTube. For the last three years,...
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City/Westminster - London helps Asian journalists
Two London universities are helping to develop journalism skills in Asia. City University London's journalism department has won a British Council contract to assess journalism education and training...
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The most-cited nations
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its National Science Indicators, 2005-09
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Branching out
Via study-away sites, local partnerships, portals and fully fledged overseas campuses, ambitious universities in the West are increasingly keen to take root elsewhere. John Morgan asks how the...
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News in brief
Widening participationForty-five per cent and countingThe government has edged closer towards its 50 per cent target for participation in higher education. Statistics published last week show that in...
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Little Britain must expand
If the academy is to survive, it needs domestic support to take the offensive internationally, argues Anthony Seldon
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Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science
The Islamic renaissance laid the foundations for much modern thinking, writes Emilie Savage-Smith
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Overseas briefing
United StatesStudent-loans revampThe student-loan reforms seen as a cornerstone of Barack Obama's education agenda have been passed alongside healthcare legislation. While the healthcare reform bill...