The New Chimpanzee: A Twenty-First-Century Portrait of Our Closest Kin, by Craig Stanford
Book of the week: Laura Kehoe welcomes a significant contribution to our understanding of primates’ behaviour in the wild
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I see an academic empire rising in China, and the West should take note
Ahead of our Asia Universities Summit, Sir Keith Burnett looks into the future for UK higher education and sees the growing importance of ChinaÂ
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Partnerships ‘biggest defence against unfriendly governments’
Ana Mari Cauce says collaborations allow universities to be ‘less solely dependent’ on the federal administration
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University of Hong Kong picks Berkeley scientist as next v-c
Xiang Zhang, who will succeed Peter Mathieson, faces challenges over academic freedom and Chinese influence in the former British colony
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É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Research Excellence Summit 2018 heads to the Czech Republic
The first Times Higher Education ranking measuring universities in the 13 nations that have joined the EU post-2000 will launch at the eventÂ
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China’s SUSTech is in a serious hurry to succeed
The plans for SUSTech capture the boldness of the country’s ambitions to create in years universities that can match century-old powers
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Ageing academic workforce poses challenges for Japan and Taiwan
University staff in both sectors also report deteriorating workplace conditions
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É«ºÐÖ±²¥ Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: results announced
China’s ‘educational inequality’ revealed as country’s lower-ranked universities fall further behind
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Oxford project’s ‘balance-sheet view’ of colonialism criticised
Scholars seek to ‘call out’ workshops they see as far too soft on empire
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China or Japan: Which Will Lead Asia?
The fortunes of East Asia's two great powers are inextricably linked, argues Kerry Brown
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University gender gap emerges in Netherlands
Over the past decade, women have opened up a significant lead over men in graduation rates
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Singapore’s powerhouses neglect local intellectual life
Singaporeans deserve more local impact from their top-ranked public universities, says Cherian George
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Stephen Bax, 1960-2017
Academic whose research interests were shaped by an African childhood remembered
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China ‘will teach 500,000 international students by 2020’
Ambitious target will be smashed as communist state steps up overseas collaboration efforts