Non-EU students still attracted to UK universities
The number of students from the Middle East coming to UK universities more than doubled between 2003-04 and 2012-13. As traffic from all other regions also rose, the total number of non-European...
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Africa’s female leaders are ‘expected to act like mothers’
Women who head universities say their gender is an extra job
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A Rising China and Security in East Asia: Identity Construction and Security Discourse
China is the West's only serious rival for global dominance. Unlike its relationship with the defunct Soviet Union, the West depends on this competitor (the US survives on its lending), yet, more...
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Asian postgraduates outnumber UK students in four subject areas
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ analyses postgrad awards by subject and region as academics debate the risks and rewards of a decade of internationalisation
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100 Under 50 Rankings 2015 results
Ranking of universities under 50 years old shows a dip in UK’s strength in depth and Swiss on a roll
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China Rising: Peace, Power and Order in East Asia
Steve Tsang hoped for more enlightenment on how China's ascent will shape our future
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England will not take part in OECD's 'Pisa for universities'
Doubts now raised over future of project billed as having potential to shake up hierarchy of world higher education
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China leads in the BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2016
Investment in research and development pays off, says World University Rankings reporter Ellie Bothwell
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Sophist Kings: Persians as Others in Herodotus, by Vernon L. Provencal
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on the complex thesis emerging from a study of the Histories
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‘Flying faculty’ often feel down about the life peripatetic
A new report highlights the downsides of life for the travelling lecturer
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The week in higher education – 20 August 2015
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the national press
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How to balance public and private contributions to higher education?
John Morgan examines current arrangements and suggested ratios at home and abroad
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US universities slow to respond to prospective international students
US and Canada ranked below four other regions for communicating effectively with prospective international students
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World’s university ‘oligopoly’ accused of blocking OECD bid to judge learning quality
Ahelo academic and funder blame research elite for thwarting international graduate tests, but criticisms also levelled at multimillion-dollar ‘failure’
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Fish out of water: expatriate academics tell all
From accent intolerance to ‘bamboo ceilings’, Jack Grove examines the challenges of working in a university overseas