A silken detour through Paris
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Deltas, discord and the dammed
Delta - Rivers of Discord - Water, Rivers and Creeks - Cleaning up the Great Lakes
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Soundbites not specialists speak most loudly
Media coverage of events in countries with unsavoury political regimes obscures the whole truth, argues Bill Watson Recent political events in Asia have been followed with keen attention by academic...
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University of the air nears blast off
Tim Cornwell talks to an African entrepreneur whose dreams of providing an information network for much of the Third World are about to take off The "university of the air", as Noah Samara calls it,...
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History's bigger picture
This week's Anglo-American historians' conference in London aims to take on the world. Alan Mcafarlane charts its trends It is always worth looking at the development of theoretical systems from the...
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Student safety fears grow
TWO American colleges have cancelled study programmes abroad and others are predicting increased scrutiny after 13 students were robbed at gunpoint and five of them raped in Guatemala. The students,...
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Exposing a secret agenda
As the British government dithers over freedom of information, international economist Joseph Stiglitz argues that true democracy requires a culture of openness. The east Asia crisis has shown how...
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Honorary degrees
South Bank University DLitt: Melvyn Bragg, presenter and editor of the South Bank Show, controller of arts, London Weekend Television and author; Anthony Giddens, director of the London School of...
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Pill giants look to new patients
The emerging markets of China, India and Brazil will play a crucial role in setting the agenda for pharmaceutical firms worldwide, according to Richard Sykes, chairman and chief executive of Glaxo...
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Bringing the old bones to life
Time Machines - Dinosaur Impressions
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Short cuts lead to 'miserabilism'
A critical review of the socio-economic upheavals across Eastern Europe since the collapse of communism is emerging in universities in the region. The heady days of transition from strictly...
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Teeming pressures of the new urban jungles
Mega-City Growth and the Future
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Student intake up in Siberia
Something is stirring in one remote region of Russia. Nick Holdsworth investigates the post-perestroika search for skills. Studying is back in style in Siberia where applications to universities are...
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Maintaining the New Order
The Indonesian Economy Since 1966
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Facing up to market forces
Universities are waking up to the fact that their position as primary providers of post-secondary knowledge is under attack. Alison Goddard reports on challenges that lie ahead Seven years ago Sir...