UK told to wake up to Asian links
British universities must not treat Asian students as "cash cows", a think-tank warned this week, saying that the good reputation of UK higher education is at stake. In a report on the challenges...
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Global developments mean Anglophone insularity needs to be tackled
Galina Yemelianova , a Russian specialist in Arabic and Islamic studies at Birmingham University, may speak six languages but she cannot persuade her children to follow her example. "I try to get...
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Rewards for the well-resourced
The deep pockets of many US institutions, and a select few in the UK, attest to the high cost of attaining success in the sciences. Where are the world's top scientists? Over the four years of The...
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The innovators and educators
Technology powerhouses and social science leaders boast a global reach, reflecting governments' awareness of these fields' economic impact. Our listing of the world's top-rated universities for...
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The tools of power
In restoring oratory and rhetoric to a central role in public life, Barack Obama has shown how words and bearing can touch lives and change minds. Tom Palaima traces his lineage from Cato to Martin...
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The innovators and educators
Technology powerhouses and social science leaders boast a global reach, reflecting governments’ awareness of these fields’ economic impact.
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ART AND DESIGN- Building St. Paul'sBy James W. P. Campbell, fellow in architecture and history of art at Queens' College, CambridgeThames and Hudson, £12.95. ISBN 9780500342442Campbell tells the...
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Getting developing countries connected - EU-funded 6DISS project
Brussels, 31 October 2006 Partners in 6DISS, an EU funded project, are helping developing countries to get ready for the next generation of the internet: IPv6. IPv6 may mean little or nothing to the...
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EGEE becomes world largest scientific grid
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 The EU funded 'enabling Grids for e-science' (EGEE) project is processing more than 30,000 computing jobs a day - over a million a month - making it the world's largest...
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New venture reaches out to Eastern Europe
It is more than 15 years since the collapse of the Soviet empire, but the need to understand developments in Central and Eastern Europe remains. The Centre for East European Language Based Area...
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Images of the edge of survival
Tribal Asia
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Watch out for the new Asian tigers
China and India have moved on from producing over-examined students who lack creativity. Not so the UK, says Maria Misra. While French students take once more to the barricades, the British reach for...
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Iron rice bowl left behind in race to market
China's Economic Transformation. Second Edition
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Rich pickings for the hawks
Henry R. Luce, Time and the American Crusade in Asia
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Leader: Bologna means continental shift in UK thinking
British universities have long taken a simple view of the Bologna Agreement. For once, they think, continental Europe has realised the superiority of the British approach and has changed its ways to...