No place for introverts in the academy?
In today鈥檚 brave new world of university learning, students aren鈥檛 allowed to be shy, says Bruce Macfarlane
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Volunteer to assimilate
Chinese students in the UK are keen to get work experience, and it would help them to integrate, says Bin Wu
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The week in higher education - 13 March 2014
Dozens of students from Indian-controlled Kashmir were suspended from university for cheering Pakistan鈥檚 victory over India in a cricket match, The Daily Telegraph reported on 5聽March. The students...
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Today鈥檚 intellectuals: too obedient?
Fred Inglis on the obligation of academics to speak truth to power
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Crises in Asia fail to deter emigres
Overseas student enrolments at Australian universities are recovering from the lingering effects of Asia's economic crisis, according to statistics published this week. Just under 45,000 new overseas...
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World Reputation Rankings 2014 methodology
Census sensibility reveals the global academy鈥檚 greatest names Which universities do scholars think are the best on the planet? This is no idle question, as our annual Academic Reputation Survey...
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Transfer of ITC between Europe and Asia - call for proposals
Brussels, 29 January 2002 The European Commission has issued a call for proposals for the co-financing of joint projects to enhance the transfer of information and communications technology (ITC)...
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Pacific Specifics
As the Queensland Art Gallery celebrates 20 years of its Asia Pacific Triennials, Peter Hill explores the latest edition of a remarkably pan-national affair
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Honora Bartlett, Richard Joyner, George McKay, Jane O鈥橤rady and Sharon Wheeler...
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The world鈥檚 largest private education providers
The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a聽report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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Learning to profit: the world鈥檚 largest private education providers
The growing competition for UK universities from new types of education providers has been highlighted in a聽report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.It shows the world鈥檚 largest...
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Young universities鈥 secrets of success
Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead
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Closer S&T ties between EU and SE Asia
Brussels, 05 Sep 2003 In an effort to strengthen its international relations, the EU has underscored the importance of increased scientific co-operation with other world regions. And Southeast Asia...
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The week in higher education
Prince William has had a busy time recently: high-fiving Tinie Tempah at the Baftas last week, shifting sandbags in a flood-hit Berkshire village and reportedly enjoying a hunting holiday in Spain...
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The week in higher education - 20 February 2014
It has bar stools and beer pumps, but the new 鈥減ub鈥 at London South Bank University is not what it seems. In fact it is 鈥渁n elaborate set, built at a cost of 拢20,000 by the psychology department; a...