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? = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- A Chord in Time: The Evolution of the Augmented Sixth from Monteverdi to MahlerBy Mark Ellis, theory, analysis and musicology tutor, University of Huddersfield...
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News in Brief
CanadaCheers for 310 new chairsA C$5.6 million (£173 million) injection of funds for science and technology research aims to put Canada among the world leaders in those fields. Tony Clement, the...
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Yale president stands up for the blue skies
Richard C. Levin says Truman-era principles have profound lessons for the future of research funding. Phil Baty reports
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Leader: Fortune will favour the brave
Changes ahead on the higher education horizon may prove the making of some institutions and the breaking of others
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É«ºÐÖ±²¥ World University Rankings
Times Higher Education regularly writes about the effects of bureaucracy on the academy - quality assurance, research assessment, grant applications and the demands of quangos and other "stakeholders...
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An upturn in the downturn for MBA graduates worldwide
As MBA graduate career prospects recover, the student profile is shifting. Matthew Reisz reports
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Asians take new Silk Road to the heart of America
Growing middle class in China credited for surge in students from region. John Morgan writes
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Herding Cats: Being Advice to Aspiring Academic and Research Leaders
Malcolm Gillies enjoys this aphoristic guide to university life but fears time may have moved on
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Sector link-ups must mind the cultural gap
Research reveals positives and pitfalls for Sino-UK university joint ventures. John Morgan reports
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World War II: A New History
Author: Evan MawdsleyEdition: FirstPublisher: Cambridge University PressPages: 498Price: £50.00 and £16.99ISBN 9780521845922 and 1608435Was the Second World War really a world war - and when and...
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School of Oriental and African Studies - Back on the good foot
An academic has paved the way for the reassembly of an important Buddhist statue after finding its legs in a Cambodian forest. The largest intact piece of the eight-headed, 3m-high sandstone statue,...
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Sorry, non comprendo, I'm British
Modern languages should be a passport to life, so why are so few students queuing up to learn them? In a special report on Britain's linguistic skills gap, Matthew Reisz discovers that, globally...
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UK and India commit to world-class partnerships
Prime minister's delegation agrees joint research projects and greater cooperation. Paul Jump reports
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingARTS AND DESIGN- Rethinking the Interior, c. 1867-1896Edited by Jason Edwards, reader in art history, University of York, and Imogen Hart, postdoctoral research associate, Yale...
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Selective memory
I can't help thinking that the article on Malaysia ("Quintessentially Britain, truly Asia", August) may have crossed the line in suggesting that memories of the British colonial period are generally...