Campus round-up
University of UlsterGolden opportunityNorthern Ireland has been selected as the location for a Confucius Institute. Designed to foster academic, cultural, economic and social ties between China and...
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University of LeicesterHelen YaffeA historian who stood in anti-apartheid picket lines in London in the 1980s is now researching the movement as part of her new role at the University of Leicester....
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World renown: scholars respond in droves to reputation survey
The numbers are in: more than 17,500 academics from 137 countries completed the Academic Reputation Survey that will be used to inform the forthcoming 2011-12 Times Higher Education World University...
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From where I sit - A hub of global ambition
Several factors have helped Kazakhstan grow rapidly in the two decades that it has been an independent country, among them abundant natural resources and proximity to large markets in Europe and Asia...
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Appointments
University of TorontoBarbara DickA former student of the University of Toronto has been appointed as its assistant vice-president (alumni relations). Barbara Dick graduated from University College at...
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TV review: All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Computers have not liberated us, Gary Day learns, but rather locked us in a corporate capitalist world
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From where I sit: Confucian values
Asia-Pacific higher education is becoming a global force, but only some nations in the region have achieved or approached parity with Western Europe and North America.The truly spectacular success...
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The Changing Body: Health, Nutrition and Human Development in the Western World since 1700
This contribution to a topic that is rarely out of the news for long is by four distinguished scholars, each an expert in his field, and one of them, Robert Fogel, is a winner of the Nobel prize for...
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UUK head: cuts reality 'rather different to the headlines'
Steve Smith warns that downbeat media theme will damage UK global reputation. John Morgan reports
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Diary
Southampton Bully BoyMajor Oscar Hadley is flown to the front line to probe allegations of severe misconduct within a self-styled "Bully Boy" unit of the British Army. Yet when young squaddie Eddie...
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Global branches are still lopsided
Emerging economies will come to reject unequal exchanges, expert says. Sarah Cunnane reports
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From where I sit - Work on facts behind the figures
We live in a world of informed choices. The bulk of students seeking a degree still opt for universities in their home countries. Their decisions are shaped by a variety of considerations, such as an...
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Sweden¡¯s universities to charge non-EU students
Swedish universities are at a crossroads. Starting in September, all students from outside the European Union will pay tuition fees. While tuition will remain free for home and EU students, others...
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On the shoulders of giants
Matthew Reisz talks to the movers and shakers of the past 40 years who made Times Higher Education what it is today
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The Global Forest: 40 Ways Trees Can Save Us
A tribute to trees and the diverse nature of their impact on our lives is no revelation to Jules Pretty