The eye on the tiger
At midnight on June 30, 155 years of British rule in Hong Kong cease. The handover to China raises complex questions for the colony's institutions, economy and citizens, with Hong Kong's thriving...
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Virtually without foundation
Virtual Archaeology
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British degree 'a real bargain'
British degrees are cheaper than those offered by Australian and American Ivy League universities, according to research by London University's Institute of Education, writes Simon Targett. Foreign...
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The shape of things to come
Eight leading thinkers ponder how the world will change in eight crucial areas over the next 50 years * MATT RIDLEY on disease Aids, mad-cow disease, the Ebola virus: it sometimes seems as if we live...
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A moderniser who couldn't modernise
As new Labour prepares for its first post-election conference the lives of two old Labourites are to be published. Brian Brivati to Kenneth Morgan about Jim Callaghan Being a vice chancellor was...
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Swinging into reaction
Reassessing the Sixties - Making Peace with the 60s - A Tale of Two Utopias
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Landscape and memory
Environment and History
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Sources for research funding in 1998
EUROPEAN UNION www.cordis.lu and www.echo.lu www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg12/. Standards, measurements & testing Contacts: Philippe Quevauviller. Fax: +32-2-295.80.72 Open call for accompanying...
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Growth strategies
The data show that power is moving eastwards, says Phil?Baty, and the Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2014 map this shifting R&D environment. By Western standards, the scale and...
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Jesuit priest plugs his mission
John Joseph Puthenkalam has an intimidatingly impressive academic record. It begins with bachelor's degrees in economics, philosophy, theology and education in his native India and from Japan; goes...
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Aborted take-off
The Missing Millions - Africa's Choices - Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa
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A dubious dominion of the dons
However defined, all institutions claim to embody ideals. Representative politics, the great religious systems, the press and the family are commonly discussed in ideal language. From such...
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Steps to meet the huge increase in foreign students
The THES report (June 23) on the economic benefits of international students based on the recently published Committe of Vice Chancellors and Principals report comes at a time when more attention is...
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ARCHITECTURE. Bradley, Simon, and Nikolaus Pevsner London: The city churches (The Buildings of London, vol 1) Penguin. 160pp, illus. Pounds 9.99 (paperback). 0 14 071100 7. 25/6/98 Schildt, Goran;...
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Glen coup
Scotland's red deer are threatenedby a Japanese breed, Juliet Vickery reports. We have, as a nation, broadly welcomed Japanese investment in Britain but there is a growing feeling that one such...