Leader: The lure of the great wide open
Liberal arts study, with its long view of how humanity has met its trials, is touted as ideal for the 21st century - but it's a hard sell
Liberal arts study, with its long view of how humanity has met its trials, is touted as ideal for the 21st century - but it's a hard sell
Poll detects uncertainty about efficacy among marketers and alumni. Hannah Fearn reports

Why has the idea of publicly funded higher education crumbled so quickly in England? James Vernon explores the origins of an academic culture that has internalised market rationalities and traces the...
Field rankings for The National University of SingaporeData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 2000-31 August 2010聽FieldPapersCitesNUS cites per paperWorld...
University of UlsterGolden opportunityNorthern Ireland has been selected as the location for a Confucius Institute. Designed to foster academic, cultural, economic and social ties between China and...

Dom Sylvester Houedard (1924-92), often known as DSH, served with British military intelligence in Asia before becoming a Benedictine monk at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire.While running the...
Is internationalisation a Western construct?Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, the vice-chancellor of University Sains Malaysia, argued that if internationalisation really was solely about the exchange of...

An academic expert on China and global politics who was also a pioneering journalist has died.Franz Schurmann, the son of a German mother and a Slovenian father, was born in New York on 21 June 1926...

The diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks articulate the importance of the academy in the 鈥榞reat game鈥� of international politics. David Matthews investigates
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1981-2007
Harvard University has topped an annual world university ranking compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University for the eighth year in a row.The league table is once again dominated by US institutions,...
Authors: Nicola Green and Leslie HaddonEdition: FirstPublisher: A&C Black/BergPages: 190Price: 拢55.00 and 拢16.99ISBN 9781845208134 and 8141Mobile communication technologies have transformed human...

Donald MacRaild is impressed by a new spin on British imperialism, seen through the eyes of siblings

Targeted global scholars respond in droves to Academic Reputation Survey. Phil Baty reports