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United StatesLegal tenderA US university aims to buy a law school from another "local" institution for $25 million (£16 million). Texas A&M University will pay Texas Wesleyan University $20...
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Introducing the Times Higher Education 100 Under 50
Times Higher Education today announces the launch of an exciting new addition to its World University Rankings portfolio.
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The Bologna chorus: harmony from two tones of same note
Higher education has room for both high ideals and pragmatism, Matthew Reisz hears in Bologna
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Modern Women in China and Japan: Gender, Feminism and Global Modernity between the Wars
This book's title reflects an original and bold move, namely to focus on the location of Katrina Gulliver's subjects (modern women in China and Japan) rather than their national, cultural and/or...
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Economy of expression
Christopher Bigsby is as qualified as any chancellor - and less harmful
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Appointments
Manchester Metropolitan UniversityJason PowellManchester Metropolitan University's newly appointed professor of community practice and social justice said he felt "genuine excitement and delight"...
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Appointments
Conde Nast College of Fashion and DesignKate ChealThe new senior lecturer in e-learning at the soon-to-be-opened Conde Nast College of Fashion and Design said she hoped to create a technological...
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University of the West of EnglandGabriel ScallyThe new director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments at the University of the West of England said he...
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Kudos, UK, but this is hardly the time to rest on your laurels
As British students from all classes look to the US and challenges rise in the East, Anthony Seldon warns the sector against complacency
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Student Review: Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives
Editors: Des Freedman and Daya Kishan ThussuEdition: FirstPublisher: SagePages: 336Price: £75.00 and £26.99ISBN: 9781446201572 and 1589After their 2003 book for Sage, War and the Media: Reporting...
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Indian postgrads shun UK sector
Rise in non-EU applications masks problem with key market, É«ºÐÖ±²¥ poll finds. John Morgan reports
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World Reputation Rankings launch date revealed
The 2012 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings will be published on 15 March.
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Diary
LondonBetween Heaven and Earth: Contemporary Art from the Centre of AsiaFor many in the West, if they think about the area at all, Afghanistan, Mongolia and the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan...
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News in brief
ChinaScholarship proves short-sightedStudy habits may explain why the vast majority of Chinese students wear glasses, new research has suggested. A study published in The Lancet says that "increasing...