Playing Pooh sticks on a grand scale
Frank Kingdon Ward's Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges
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Local option for Middlesex
Student recruitment efforts worldwide are suffering from crises in the Middle East and Asia Middlesex University, which faces an estimated 40 per cent drop in students from South-east Asia, has set...
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It's now or never to bring on Bologna
As the EUA conference gets under way in Bristol, David Jobbins reports on European integration Europe is rarely high on the agenda for British universities but 2003 is the exception. It is the crunch...
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Don's Diary: travels with islam
Wednesday Spend half a day in Blackwell's, catching up on the latest books on jihad . I wonder at how terms such as jihad , terror and Islamic fundamentalism have overtaken the serious debate on...
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E-outfits go the distance
After faltering in the dotcom downturn, e-learning providers are working hard to recover ground. As Stephen Phillips reports from San Francisco, many institutions are now focusing on professional...
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Research Opportunities - East and South Asian Studies
The following listing is for research degrees and jobs in East and South Asian Studies #221> . Where possible a central contact person or office contact point has been given. Where there are...
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Historic rewrite required
For Asians who have great respect for the past, it must be surprising to learn that the number of students taking history at schools and universities has been falling for the past three decades. In...
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The players who set the stage for US tragedy
American Tragedy
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A glamorous and seductive style that was exquisitely in tune with the 'moderne' world
Art deco infused fantasy and vitality into everything from music, fashion and product design to decorative arts, Hollywood films and city skylines across the globe. Ghislaine Wood reports. Art deco...
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Medicine proves bad for debtors' wellbeing
George Soros on Globalization
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Pacific heads try for Apec influence
An elite group of Pacific Rim university heads is attempting to increase its influence on the leading agency for open trade and economic cooperation among Asia-Pacific economies. The Association of...
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First pure online MSc for Europe
The University of Liverpool and Dutch education specialists KIT eLearning launched the first pure online European MSc degree course on Tuesday, writes Tim Greenhalgh. John Latham, the university's...
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Sell excellence overseas, not mass mediocrity
Fewer overseas students are opting to study in Britain just when the government has set targets for increased numbers. Some fall in recruitment from Southeast Asia was to be expected because of the...
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Strong China good for globe
Harvard professors Erza Vogel and William Kirby used Beijing University's centennial celebrations as a platform to urge far greater expansion of Sino-US contacts in wide-ranging areas to resolve...
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Research findings
PHAROAHS AND É«ºÐÖ±²¥ FLEA The true curse of the pharaohs has been identified among remains left by Tutankhamun's tomb workers and guards - fleas. The excavation of a 3,300-year-old village in the...