Eastern mystique
These enthralling pictures were among those showcasing the photographic talents of students in East Asian studies at the University of Leeds. More than 250 entries to the "Eye on Asia" photographic...
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Internal Colonization: Russia's Imperial Experience
The phrases "internal colonisation" and "self-colonisation" have, through overuse, become associated with political correctness. Russia has long been both subject and object of colonisation....
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A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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One-sixth of UK degree students prefer to have the best of British abroad
The days when international students flooded into the UK to study at its world-renowned universities may not be over, but the dynamics are rapidly changing.According to statistics published last week...
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Time is the essence
Malcolm Gillies argues that to succeed, universities must be of the moment
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Diary
LondonBetween Heaven and Earth: Contemporary Art from the Centre of AsiaFor many in the West, if they think about the area at all, Afghanistan, Mongolia and the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan...
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From where I sit - The social and political network
Just as the media, in the shape of US news channel CNN, surprised the world with coverage of the First Iraq War, now it is social media's turn to astonish us.This seems to have happened first when...
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Kazakhstan goes West, but only so far
David Matthews reports on ambitious plans to modernise the country's post-Soviet academy
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Culture, media & gender studies round-up
In the Limelight and Under the Microscope: Forms and Functions of Female CelebrityEditors: Su Holmes and Diane NegraEdition: FirstPublisher: ContinuumPages: 352Price: ?65.00 and ?19.99ISBN...
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About-face by Oxford University Press
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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School of Oriental and African Studies - Silent splendour
One of the UK's five National Research Libraries is to undergo a multimillion-pound refurbishment project. The library at the School of Oriental and African Studies holds unique collections on Africa...
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Appointments
University of PortsmouthAndy ThorpeAn economist whose previous research has focused on such indelicate topics as methane emissions from animals has been appointed associate dean for research at the...
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Flying solo
You think your commute is bad? In a tough job market, professional opportunities are taking scholars far from their nearest and dearest. Matthew Reisz asks if today's ideal academic is unencumbered...
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Stock plagiarism penalties don't always fit the crime
Scholars identify weaknesses in a proposed sector-wide 'reference tariff'. Jack Grove reports
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Imperial echoes
'Internationalisation' is the trend du jour for universities, but they would do well to consider its earlier manifestation during the British Empire's long 19th century. As Tamson Pietsch explains,...