Inside the main building of the International School of Film and Television (EICTV) in Cuba, the atmosphere is a mixture of warm conviviality and frenetic hard work. Each year, around 500 applicants...
University language departments could be left in disarray by plans to suspend a 105-year-old scheme that has given tens of thousands of students the chance to study overseas.
The US has some outstanding universities, but there is a dark side to its achievements, which the UK would do well to avoid
Steve Smith has been knighted in the Queen¡¯s Birthday Honours after steering Universities UK through one of the higher education sector¡¯s most turbulent periods.
Liberal arts study, with its long view of how humanity has met its trials, is touted as ideal for the 21st century - but it's a hard sell
Poll detects uncertainty about efficacy among marketers and alumni. Hannah Fearn reports
Dom Sylvester Houedard (1924-92), often known as DSH, served with British military intelligence in Asia before becoming a Benedictine monk at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire.While running the...
Newcastle UniversityBabies of obese at more riskWomen who are obese during early pregnancy are at increased risk of their baby dying, according to researchers. Scientists at Newcastle University...
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At the heart of Japan¡¯s decline is a dearth of international collaboration. Paul Jump reports
An academic expert on China and global politics who was also a pioneering journalist has died.Franz Schurmann, the son of a German mother and a Slovenian father, was born in New York on 21 June 1926...
Martin Bayly appreciates a timely celebration of Afghan art that allows the country's rich history to speak for itself
US and UK reign over the ¡®global research university¡¯ will be overthrown by the East¡¯s rise and mainland Europe¡¯s resurgence, expert predicts. John Morgan reports
Driven by its stated mission to pursue internationalisation via a socially progressive path, the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (Alba) is quietly expanding its alternative vision of higher...
The School of Development Studies at the University of East Anglia has been renamed the School of International Development. It was established in 1973 and was the first of its kind in the UK...