Earthly power behind the divine glory
Why do religious and spiritual movements wax and wane? As pews empty in the West, spirituality steps into the breach. Elsewhere, the faithful flock to organised religion when it is allied to earthly...
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Protests fail to save East Asian studies
The atmosphere was sombre this week at Durham University's department of East Asian studies. Despite very public protestations from former cabinet ministers, senior diplomats, eminent academics and...
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Protests fail to save East Asian studies
The atmosphere was sombre this week at Durham University's department of East Asian studies. Despite very public protestations from former cabinet ministers, senior diplomats, eminent academics and...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is taken from a work by a travel writer best known for his books about Asia: "I had been afraid of Russia ever...
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When wild dogs barked at Wall St
The Chastening
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West weighs up theworth of its values
East Meets West
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To affinity and beyond
Overseeing postgraduate research is like tending a garden, says Gina Wisker. You support, nurture, develop and empower students so they grow as researchers and contribute an original kernel of...
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ߣߣÊÓƵ sharpens focus on distance
Are online mega-universities the future or are local courses with internet support a better option? asks Geoff Maslen in Melbourne. James Norman doubts he could have graduated with an information...
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US fights not for freedom
American Adventurism Abroad - Overconfidence and War
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Latest research news
Venus puts on morning show Clear skies across England and Wales on Tuesday morning gave thousands of people almost perfect conditions to observe an event that no living person has witnessed: the...
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Russians flock to study in Britain
The number of Russians taking British university degrees has risen steeply in the past two years to almost 1,500, figures released by the British Council reveal. British universities saw a 40 per...
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SARS off the critical list, but what's next?
Brussels, 23 Jul 2003 With China and Taiwan now officially off the list of areas with recent local transmission of SARS, the chain of transmission of this new disease appears to be broken globally,...
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Why do we go abroad? There are no opportunities for us in Britain
Mark Christian, who has left for the US, argues that the UK's lack of a multicultural curriculum has caused an exodus The British higher education system still has some way to go before it is...
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Flight 153: Ariane 5 on the launch pad
Paris, 08 July 2002 Exactly one month after the successful launch of an Ariane 4 with an Intelsat telecommunications satellite onboard, an Ariane 5 soared into space early Saturday morning (CET) from...
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A hard sell for easy money
Singapore's dearth of universities has allowed unscrupulous providers, often backed by overseas institutions, to fill the gap, says one whistleblower. The other week I received an interesting...