Polyglots required if we want a place in the global academy
English cannot be the only acceptable language of scholarship, says Toby Miller. It鈥檚 arrogant, impractical and anti-intellectual
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Warwick and Monash team up for global strategy
The two universities aim to offer global market 'best of both worlds'. John Morgan reports
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V-cs go it alone in Asia market
Melbourne. AUSTRALIA's top universities fear their share of the world market for students is slipping because of bad publicity in Asia. They identify two causes: adverse publicity around the anti-...
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Join hands, reach further
Earth's problems know no borders, observes Feridun Hamdullahpur, and research efforts must be collaborative and global to tackle them
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US and UK stars still shine, but sunrise seen in the East
Asia and Europe up the pace as Harvard tops 色盒直播 World Reputation Rankings. Jack Grove reports
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This corrosion spreads
Terran Lane struck a chord with me, irrespective of the obvious differences between the US and UK higher education systems ("I'd have to be mad to leave here, they said - and they were right",...
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Television, Sex and Society: Analyzing Contemporary Representations
Editors: Basil Glynn, James Aston and Beth JohnsonPublisher: Bloomsbury/ContinuumEdition: FirstPages: 224Price: 拢17.99ISBN: 9780826434982This edited collection offers readings of popular mainstream...
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Languages of the World: An Introduction
Author: Asya PereltsvaigEdition: FirstPublisher: Cambridge University PressPages: 296Price: 拢55.00 and 拢19.99ISBN: 97811070084 and 9780521175777What connection is there between salami and halogens?...
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Universities in 鈥榩anic鈥 over student recruitment, claims marketing consultant
Universities are facing a 鈥渟tudent recruitment crisis鈥 in clearing and some are 2,000 short of their number targets, according to a marketing consultancy.
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Appointments - 4 April 2013
University of LincolnHugh ByrdHugh Byrd, who has just joined the University of Lincoln as professor of architecture, joked that he must be 鈥渃razy鈥 to swap New Zealand for the East Midlands. 鈥淚 have a...
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Awards and promotions
University of LincolnHugh ByrdHugh Byrd, who has just joined the University of Lincoln as professor of architecture, joked that he must be 鈥渃razy鈥 to swap New Zealand for the East Midlands. 鈥淚 have a...
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Water world
Jules Pretty sets course on a journey across the oceans that haunt our imaginations
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Why Australia Prospered: The Shifting Sources of Economic Growth
The success of the Australian economy - its last official recession ended in 1991 and it has enjoyed more than 20 years of almost uninterrupted growth, slowing only recently - is impressive in...
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News in brief
United StatesIn two minds on training of mindsA national survey has found that Americans are split over the value of a degree. Six out of 10 respondents consider the costs associated with attending...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR 色盒直播 REPLACEMENT, REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH - NC3RsProject Grants鈥 Award winner: Andrew Cossins鈥 Institution: University of Liverpool鈥 Value 拢440,093The...