The rocky road to Akmola
It seems like an odd place to put a capital. The city of Almaty is practically in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan with most of Kazakstan's 2.7 million square miles lying to the north. Only the Alatau...
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The reification of rhythm
Indian Music and the West
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British degree 'a real bargain'
British degrees are cheaper than those offered by Australian and American Ivy League universities, according to research by London University's Institute of Education, writes Simon Targett. Foreign...
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Krishna as divine Michael Jackson
Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia
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Treasure tests
The Politics of Display
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Quality rap for institute
Southampton Institute's extensive links with overseas colleges are criticised in an audit report from the Higher Education Quality Council due to be published next month. This comes at a time when...
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Fellowships
National Humanities Center, North Carolina Robert Segal, reader in theory of religion at the University of Lancaster, has been awarded a fellowship. The Leverhulme Trust Fellowships have been awarded...
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Plunder and fighting folk
Celt and Greek
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Time to defend UK courses in other realms
A recently circulated British Council report points out that there are more than 1,200 private colleges operating in Israel, offering qualifications validated by foreign universities. Britain is now...
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Apple pie in the sky?
Achieving Our Country
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Open and shut case for democracy
The Transformation of Democracy? - Democratization
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A suitable language?
As India embraces western affluence, more and more of its people want to learn English, the lingua franca of thought and commerce. But is their neglect of India's mother tongues a tragic error, asks...
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Exports built on goodwill
WHAT do an Egyptian PhD, a Greek MBA, a Bulgarian MSc and a Singaporean postgraduate in engineering have in common? They are just a few of the many postgraduates who have taken part in the British...
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Woven memories of inflamed lands
Muslim Identity and the Balkan State - Europe's New Nationalism - Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood - Honest Broker or Perfidious Albion?
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Beards only on Kabul campus
KABUL University has reopened for an uncertain academic year short of cash, stationery and women students. The Taliban Movement closed the university indefinitely when it swept into the Afghan...