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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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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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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Medicine proves bad for debtors' wellbeing
George Soros on Globalization
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Oz expects language shakeout
Student recruitment efforts worldwide are suffering from crises in the Middle East and Asia Australia's universities may be uncertain about what Asia's financial crisis will do to overseas student...
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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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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...
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Original imperial greens
Nature and the Orient
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Could the sun set in the East?
Talk of 'miracles' in the hot house economies of the Far East is inflated, argues Gerald Segal. Indeed, these 'Tigers' may soon be having trouble paying for pensions There is something about an...
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Trading in the veil for a sword
The Begums of Bhopal
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Faith that fails to heal injustice
Women and Islam in Bangladesh
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An invitation to dine at the periodic table
When Lutz Tietze hung up his lab coat, his students presented him with a collection of recipes from the world's top organic chemists. Karen Gold found the work far from formulaic. A Buchner funnel,...
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APPOINTMENTS Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences Lawrence Freedman , professor and head of the school of social science and public policy at King's College, London, has been elected...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Scientists at North Carolina State University hope to develop better protective clothing by incorporating additives in the fibre rather than as a coating. French government scientists...