Superpowers lose ground as balance of power shifts
'Redistribution of brains' on cards as US and UK struggle to cope with the recession, writes Phil Baty
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Grant winners
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCILThe MRC is providing about £7 million to establish three regional hubs that will give UK researchers access to high-throughput DNA sequencing machines. The cutting-edge...
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We did it before...
As universities agonise over greatly reduced funding from the state, David Greenaway reminds them that they were once much more financially self-reliant and would do well to rekindle the old spirit
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Tighten your belts and prepare for a year of cut and thrust
There will be no easy rides for anyone in higher education in 2010. Figures from the sector reflect on influences and aims
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- Modernism After WagnerBy Juliet Koss, associate professor and chair of art history, Scripps College. University of Minnesota Press, $88.50 and $29.50. ISBN...
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Measured, and found wanting more
International comparisons of universities still have their detractors, but the appetite for them continues to grow. Phil Baty traces their roots and looks at how they are increasing in number and...
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'Universities are not businesses'
Although vice-chancellors' pay packets rival those of top private-sector CEOs, they shoulder few of the same competitive burdens, Iain Pears notes, while doing great harm to UK academia
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Chinese economy needs 'huge' investment in student talent
Increasing demand for university places is not being met. Phil Baty reports from Hong Kong
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From where I sit - New hopes raise old questions
When the creation of a university for 5,000 students makes headlines in an area of the world where 90 per cent of the billion-strong population do not have access to higher education, cynics must...
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UK on brink of low-waged high-skilled economy
Higher education's role will spark debate as the returns on knowledge fall, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Book of the week: The Idea of Justice
Alex Danchev is bowled over by an impassioned discussion of reason and humanity
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Exposed and vulnerable
The title could describe the feelings of overseas students in ߣߣÊÓƵ and also the universities that enrol them. Phil Baty examines how violence against foreigners has put institutions' reliance on...
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Award Winners
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILDetails of the 12 projects to be funded under the Sustainable Agriculture Research for International Development (SARID) intitiative with the...
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Ideas without borders as excellence goes global
The very top institutions may all be in the English-speaking world, but the top 200 are spread across 28 nations. Martin Ince reports. This fourth edition of The Times Higher-QS World University...
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Ideas without borders as excellence goes global
The very top institutions may all be in the English-speaking world, but the top 200 are spread across 28 nations.