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Invisible Nature: Healing the Destructive Divide between People and the Environment, by Kenneth Worthy
Laurence Coupe on a grand indictment of the ‘Western epistemological error’
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Australia sets sights on rebuilding overseas student market
Government speeds visas and extends post-study work opportunities
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From Where I Sit - Bologna, but with Asian spice
Europe is reshaping higher education through its Bologna Process, but it is not the only region to do so. A similar process is taking place on the other side of the world, but in a distinctly East...
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Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly joins University of the Arts London
Who got that job? Recording artist takes up chair in interactive design. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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News in brief - 5 December 2013
AustraliaPlea to cut bureaucracyThe main lobbying group for universities in Australia has told the federal government’s new commission into public spending that some projects brought in under Labor...
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Tony Abbott win leads to humanities funding fears
Humanities and social sciences in Australia could lose A$100 million (?60 million) in funding following a change in government, it is feared.?
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Poll position: experts think these are the best in the business
The excellent response to the third round of the annual Academic Reputation Survey gives an even more accurate picture of scholarly opinion
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Headaches for Uclan over foreign campuses
Thailand, Cyprus and Sri Lanka initiatives bring fiscal losses and criticism
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Association of Commonwealth Universities: 100 not out
Book celebrates centenary of the first global higher education network
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US still sets pace despite its state flagships falling behind
Private universities will keep US system ahead of Asia for decades yet, conference hears
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Quality standards can suffer in overseas export
Examining collaborative provision in an Asian partnership left John?Buglear doubting the fitness of such ventures
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Australia’s drive for international students
Asia is the focus of new pathways to study, says Malcolm Gillies
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Campus in Focus - Queen Mary, University of London
A fresh era dawns for one of the Russell Group’s newest, and least typical, members. Plus the latest campus news from around the UK
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Obituary - Mike Morwood
An archaeologist who discovered the bones of a “hobbit” in Indonesia, which may represent a completely new species of early human, has died.Mike Morwood was born in Auckland, New Zealand on October...