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Highs, lows and the status quo
The ߣߣÊÓƵ Asia University Rankings 2014 show nations jockeying for position in a highly competitive environment. Here’s a snapshot of the runners and riders. Click image to enlarge
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The shape of things to come
Eight leading thinkers ponder how the world will change in eight crucial areas over the next 50 years * MATT RIDLEY on disease Aids, mad-cow disease, the Ebola virus: it sometimes seems as if we live...
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Ebony and ivory
Composition in Black and White
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Political giants and garden gnomes
Nehru to the Nineties - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India 9 June 1964 - 11 January 1966 - India's Rise to Power in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
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Proxy wars amid the groves
Richard Clogg explains the 1920s case of the London University professor forced to quit by his Greek paymasters and why the saga may be repeated elsewhere Some years ago I looked into the...
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When the melting pot boils over
Riots and Pogroms - Charred Lullabies - Leveling Crowds - The Colors of Violence
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In search of Adam
Ancestral Passions
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Why China didn't colonise Europe
Guns, Germs and Steel
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Down under on the up
There is compelling evidence that in the competitive business of attracting overseas students to study in its universities, ߣߣÊÓƵ has "got it right". For example, ߣߣÊÓƵ is the most preferred...
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Search for Sixties' soul
As mailings from the Rutgers University Alumni Association have been reminding me, it is 25 years since my graduation. Given my own reaction, I am sure that the arrival of "reunion announcements"...
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Averages, dispersion and global variation
How far have national systems gained or slipped since 2013-14? What are the vital statistics of the typical top 400 institution? Dominance of US institutions in the top 400 is evident, although...
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Here's looking at EU
Should Britain be at the heart of a federal Europe? Martin Holmes protests at such a future but Helen Wallace can see advantages. Three arguments have been advanced in favour of a federal/integrated...
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Bandicoots and dodos
Conservation and Biodiversity - The Song of the Dodo
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Foresight study puts biology in top place
Biology will be the dominant science of the 21st century and Britain should commit itself to a big drive in research and exploitation of areas such as ageing and disabling degenerative diseases, the...