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Oxford targets bright young things of eastern Europe Oxford University hopes to entice eastern Europe's brightest students with scholarships worth ?25,000 a year from October. The university has...
Oxford targets bright young things of eastern Europe Oxford University hopes to entice eastern Europe's brightest students with scholarships worth ?25,000 a year from October. The university has...
The Times Higher examines the reactions to the international guidelines on transborder higher education European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson is at the forefront of efforts to liberalise...
China has appealed to Australia to help educate 1 million of its citizens. Brendan Nelson, the Federal Education Minister, said that on a recent visit to Beijing, China's Education Minister, Zhou Ji...
The flu pandemic of 1918-19 claimed at least 50 million lives, yet only recently has its devastation and aftermath been studied. Guy Beiner examines a strange case of worldwide amnesia In 1918 and...
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Governments are ill prepared for a global bird flu pandemic and are doing nothing to ensure that the people of the rich world do not abandon those of the poor to die - as some experts fear. Becky...
Men and women have used cosmetics to beautify themselves since Neolithic times. But now, as Virginia Smith outlines, the production and sale of body-care products is a high-tech global business Local...
UK higher education cannot afford to be complacent about potential global rivals, argues Howard Davies. British universities have gone through a difficult passage. But after decades of declining...
China and India have moved on from producing over-examined students who lack creativity. Not so the UK, says Maria Misra. While French students take once more to the barricades, the British reach for...
World University Rankings Published in The Times Higher on October 28 2005 The world's best guide to the standing of top universities Editorial: Determined challengers...
Demystifying the European Union: The Enduring Logic of Regional Integration Author: Roy H. Ginsberg Edition: First Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Price: ?17.99 ISBN 9780742536555 This text places...
Universities call for an extra ?168m Scotland's universities want an extra ?168 million from the Scottish Executive to increase student numbers, improve facilities and pay for lecturers' wage rises....