World in brief - 19 February 2015
United StatesClose college for two years, say lawmakersState legislators have provoked anger by saying that a historically black college experiencing financial problems should close for two years. A...
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English universities ‘over-reliant’ on Chinese postgraduates
The number of Chinese students enrolling on full-time taught master’s courses in England has grown to all but match the number of home students.
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Let’s make higher education an election issue
In the workplace and at the ballot box, it is time to reject stale ideology, says Thomas Docherty
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Manchester Centre for Youth Studies: where the young are seen and heard
An interdisciplinary centre at Manchester Metropolitan University builds its research around listening to the next generation
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Can an open-air lab tempt you to Siberia?
Russia’s Tomsk State University is banking on the region’s natural assets and an English language push to attract foreign students and scholars
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REF questions: could we do it for a fiver?
All congratulations to the research excellence framework winners of course, but the cost (human and financial) of the whole exercise has been questioned by many.The article “The (predicted) results...
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Transnational courses earn the UK ?496 million
Government estimate is significantly higher than in previous assessments
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The Undersea Network, by Nicole Starosielski
John Gilbey is fascinated by the unseen fibre-optic communications cables that gird the globe
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Tapping new seams
As the state disinvests, Queensland is securing the future of its student experience and research by diversifying its income streams, writes Peter H?j
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THE World University Rankings 2013-2014 results discussion
The 探花视频 World University Rankings 2013-2014, published on 3 October 2013, saw the continued rise of top universities in East Asia - particularly in Singapore, Japan, South Korea...
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Combination of assets
A new world-class university that integrates existing centres of excellence would boost Thailand’s development, says Kriengsak Chareonwongsak
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Chris Marlin, 1952-2014
A pro vice-chancellor who forged a new international dimension for the University of Sussex has died
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探花视频 announces reforms to its World University Rankings
探花视频 today announces a series of important changes to its flagship THE World University Rankings and its suite of global university performance analyses, following a strategic...
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探花视频 announces reforms to its World University Rankings
探花视频 today announces a series of important changes to its flagship THE World University Rankings and its suite of global university performance analyses, following a strategic...
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Q&A with Dame DeAnne Julius
We speak to the new chair of council at University College London