E-outfits go the distance
After faltering in the dotcom downturn, e-learning providers are working hard to recover ground. As Stephen Phillips reports from San Francisco, many institutions are now focusing on professional...
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Don's Diary: travels with islam
Wednesday Spend half a day in Blackwell's, catching up on the latest books on jihad . I wonder at how terms such as jihad , terror and Islamic fundamentalism have overtaken the serious debate on...
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A glamorous and seductive style that was exquisitely in tune with the 'moderne' world
Art deco infused fantasy and vitality into everything from music, fashion and product design to decorative arts, Hollywood films and city skylines across the globe. Ghislaine Wood reports. Art deco...
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Historic rewrite required
For Asians who have great respect for the past, it must be surprising to learn that the number of students taking history at schools and universities has been falling for the past three decades. In...
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Medicine proves bad for debtors' wellbeing
George Soros on Globalization
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Research Opportunities - East and South Asian Studies
The following listing is for research degrees and jobs in East and South Asian Studies #221> . Where possible a central contact person or office contact point has been given. Where there are...
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Pacific heads try for Apec influence
An elite group of Pacific Rim university heads is attempting to increase its influence on the leading agency for open trade and economic cooperation among Asia-Pacific economies. The Association of...
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First pure online MSc for Europe
The University of Liverpool and Dutch education specialists KIT eLearning launched the first pure online European MSc degree course on Tuesday, writes Tim Greenhalgh. John Latham, the university's...
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The players who set the stage for US tragedy
American Tragedy
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Strong China good for globe
Harvard professors Erza Vogel and William Kirby used Beijing University's centennial celebrations as a platform to urge far greater expansion of Sino-US contacts in wide-ranging areas to resolve...
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Sell excellence overseas, not mass mediocrity
Fewer overseas students are opting to study in Britain just when the government has set targets for increased numbers. Some fall in recruitment from Southeast Asia was to be expected because of the...
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Research findings
PHAROAHS AND THE FLEA The true curse of the pharaohs has been identified among remains left by Tutankhamun's tomb workers and guards - fleas. The excavation of a 3,300-year-old village in the...
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Oz expects language shakeout
Student recruitment efforts worldwide are suffering from crises in the Middle East and Asia ߣߣÊÓƵ's universities may be uncertain about what Asia's financial crisis will do to overseas student...
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An invitation to dine at the periodic table
When Lutz Tietze hung up his lab coat, his students presented him with a collection of recipes from the world's top organic chemists. Karen Gold found the work far from formulaic. A Buchner funnel,...