None of us can relax in this dog-eat-prof world
UK higher education cannot afford to be complacent about potential global rivals, argues Howard Davies. British universities have gone through a difficult passage. But after decades of declining...
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Effort to right wrongs leaves past shackled
The Argumentative Indian
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EU project develops allergy database
Brussels, 14 Sep 2006 An EU-funded project has developed a database to track the 50 factors that may cause allergies in children. The European model has attracted interest overseas form countries...
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Hire more from abroad, UK told
Asian rival in London is latest wake-up call for UK about harsh realities of globalisation, writes Tony Tysome More academic jobs in the UK should go to overseas candidates to ensure that British...
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Imperial call mobilised the dominions for global battle
The British Empire and the Second World War
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Universities urged to consider expanding bursary schemes Universities should increase the number of bursaries they award to students wanting to enter law and medicine to ensure that top-up fees do...
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Glittering stars a long way from Tinseltown
Contemporary World Cinema - Traditions in World Cinema. First Edition
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Monkey business and the hunt for early man
The Complete World of Human Evolution
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Lecturers lash Thai PM
University lecturers in Thailand are playing a key role in undermining the popularity of Thaksin Shinawatra, the Prime Minister. Academics have queued up to denounce the Prime Minister after his...
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In resolving dispute with Commission over research contract, complaint by office within Thai non-profit lacked legal personality, so complaint should be ruled manifestly inadmissible: opinion (C-547/0
Luxembourg, 13 September 2005 C-547/03 P, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) contre Commission Opinion of Advocate General Stix-Hackl on 13 September 2005 (link to English version when available)....
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'Soas is so aware it is good internationally, it has not put so much in locally'
Paul Webley is keen to put local links on to Soas's international agenda when he becomes its principal Paul Webley, deputy vice-chancellor of Exeter University, will take over as principal of the...
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EU hopes for Doha
The Times Higher examines the reactions to the international guidelines on transborder higher education European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson is at the forefront of efforts to liberalise...
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Western tastes drain India of its rare gems
The West must do much more to halt the centuries-long plunder of South Asia's priceless cultural heritage, argues Shreesh Chaudhary In the early hours of March 29, 2003, the Mithila Research...
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Rights of passage
Mark Levene says academics who care about the planet will have to start thinking hard not just about how they travel but whether they travel at all... The lady at the university travel agency laughed...