Small states are open in a big way
The most happily international higher education systems aren't the superpowers. John Gill writes
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Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam
As a new exhibition illuminates the creative expressions of a Muslim ritual, James Piscatori explores its spiritual dimension
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Now everyone will know that Cornell means business
Expanding into the Big Apple provides a platform for high-tech start-ups. John Morgan reports
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Visa crackdown puts 450 colleges out of the international student business
More than 450 private colleges have been stopped from recruiting international students after most of them failed to sign up to the Home Office’s new rules for inspection of the sector.
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Searing honesty
Jon Baldwin has left for Australia, but he has a few home truths to impart from abroad about the mess the UK academy is in
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Internal Colonization: Russia's Imperial Experience
The phrases "internal colonisation" and "self-colonisation" have, through overuse, become associated with political correctness. Russia has long been both subject and object of colonisation....
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School of Oriental and African Studies - Silent splendour
One of the UK's five National Research Libraries is to undergo a multimillion-pound refurbishment project. The library at the School of Oriental and African Studies holds unique collections on Africa...
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World Reputation Rankings 2012 methodology
? Informed opinion at the heart of the matter Thousands worldwide have responded to our Academic Reputation Survey, whose rigorous methodology addresses common concerns and shows what scholars really...
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One-sixth of UK degree students prefer to have the best of British abroad
The days when international students flooded into the UK to study at its world-renowned universities may not be over, but the dynamics are rapidly changing.According to statistics published last week...
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Diary
LondonBetween Heaven and Earth: Contemporary Art from the Centre of AsiaFor many in the West, if they think about the area at all, Afghanistan, Mongolia and the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan...
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Asian business schools target Western students
Some of the biggest players in Asian business education are joining forces to target top prospective students from Europe and other Western markets.
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From where I sit - The social and political network
Just as the media, in the shape of US news channel CNN, surprised the world with coverage of the First Iraq War, now it is social media's turn to astonish us.This seems to have happened first when...
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Time is the essence
Malcolm Gillies argues that to succeed, universities must be of the moment
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Culture, media & gender studies round-up
In the Limelight and Under the Microscope: Forms and Functions of Female CelebrityEditors: Su Holmes and Diane NegraEdition: FirstPublisher: ContinuumPages: 352Price: ?65.00 and ?19.99ISBN...