The crisis of the humanities is a Western phenomenon
Narratives of decline fail to take account of the recent revival of the liberal arts in India, says Saikat Majumdar
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Fourth Degree by Laurie Taylor ¨C 24 January 2019
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Academic freedom fears as China erodes Hong Kong funding divide
Dollars, not diktats, now seen as biggest risk to institutional autonomy in special administrative region
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Psychologists reluctant to own up to research mistakes
Despite widespread recognition of prevalence of errors in psychological research, academics remain reluctant to own up to their errors
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Will China be the new centre of gravity in world of research?
Simon Baker examines the rise of China as a research nation and the worries this provokes among some Westerners
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¡®A plant in the middle of the desert¡¯: women and STEM in the Arab world
Jordanian molecular biologist Rana Dajani talks to Matthew Reisz about her multiple roles as a conspicuously successful feminist, hijab-wearing scientist in the Middle East
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Australia lobbied to rejoin ¡®Asian Erasmus¡¯ scheme
Country¡¯s vice-chancellors conceived exchange programme, only to abandon it as focus shifted to recruitment
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Americans abroad: challenging ¡®Soviet¡¯ corruption in Kyrgyzstan
Ellen Hurwitz charts her journey from US liberal arts colleges to the?American University in Central Asia
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Canada urged to prize human capital over research output
Universities should use federal budget boost to help companies keep innovating, not to do it themselves, top science policy expert says
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Universities offer bastions of hope
After a year where universities were buffeted by forces beyond their control, the winter brings time for reflection and appreciation of their vital role
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Campaigners fear ¡®devastating¡¯ impact of Soas library cuts
Staffing reductions could leave institution unable to meet needs of international researchers, academics warn
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Howard Petch, 1925-2018
Former president of University of Victoria remembered
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US university insures itself against Chinese student revenue drop
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says policy will provide protection if potential visa restriction, pandemic or trade war curbs enrolment
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Higher education obsession ¡®holds back developing countries¡¯
Universities offer prestige but vocational colleges offer jobs, say leaders in three continents
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Leading Asian universities fall back in arts and humanities
Asia scholar says continent¡¯s progress in STEM fields has been ¡®to the detriment of the social sciences and humanities¡¯