It's another world
Kevin Fong boldly takes science to pupils in post-Thatcher, post-Spock galaxies
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Report highlights huge growth in overseas student numbers
International students make up 12 per cent of the total student population at UK universities, a sharp rise from 8 per cent eight years earlier.
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World Reputation Rankings 2013 methodology
? Poll position: experts think these are the best in the business The excellent response to the third round of the annual Academic Reputation Survey gives an even more accurate picture of scholarly...
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If English becomes the only linguistic currency, the global academy will be debased, argues Toby Miller
English cannot be the only acceptable language of scholarship, says Toby Miller. It¡¯s arrogant, impractical and anti-intellectual
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Polyglots required if we want a place in the global academy
English cannot be the only acceptable language of scholarship, says Toby Miller. It¡¯s arrogant, impractical and anti-intellectual
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Vanguard force
The Republic of Korea¡¯s finest aims to foster the creativity needed to tackle global concerns, says Yeon-Cheon Oh
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Campus round-up - 2 May 2013
Source: ReutersHealth down the TubePeople working or travelling on underground railways for sustained periods of time could be at increased risk of health problems because of metals in the ultra-fine...
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Time and motion studies
Not only do medieval travellers¡¯ tales provide students with a compelling account of history rooted in personal experience, they also promote cross-cultural understanding in the present day, argues...
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Women demand seat at the tables
Manifesto calls for university rankings to take gender gap into account. David Matthews writes
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The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da?Cunha by Susanna B. Hecht
The interwoven tale of the fight over rubber and a visionary surveyor captivates Robert Mayhew
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On your Marx
Sheila?Rowbotham on a portrait of a thinker who was neither infallible nor entirely prophetic
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Appointments - 4 April 2013
University of LincolnHugh ByrdHugh Byrd, who has just joined the University of Lincoln as professor of architecture, joked that he must be ¡°crazy¡± to swap New Zealand for the East Midlands. ¡°I have a...
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Awards and promotions
University of LincolnHugh ByrdHugh Byrd, who has just joined the University of Lincoln as professor of architecture, joked that he must be ¡°crazy¡± to swap New Zealand for the East Midlands. ¡°I have a...
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The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity by Robert Louis Wilken
Robert A. Segal on a comprehensive study of the growth of the world¡¯s biggest religion
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment ProgrammeAward winner: Joseph DiasInstitution: University Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustValue: ?2,284,684Scaphoid waist internal...