Overseas briefing
United StatesStudent-loans revampThe student-loan reforms seen as a cornerstone of Barack Obama's education agenda have been passed alongside healthcare legislation. While the healthcare reform bill...
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What about languages?
Like many others, we have just received copies of the Economic and Social Research Council's strategic plan for 2009-14. The vision highlights the three "I"s: impact, innovation and...
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From the margins to the main page
An exhibition focuses on the local fixers who made Western exploration possible. Matthew Reisz writes
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Published this week
ARTS AND DESIGN- The Lantern Tower of Westminster Abbey, 1060-2010: Reconstructing its History and ArchitectureBy Warwick Rodwell, visiting professor in the department of archaeology, University of...
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Building a world-class university
A 探花视频 and Thomson Reuters conference for academic leaders. This exclusive event is a must for policymakers and senior staff in the world’s leading higher education institutions
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Sydney joins global club
Sydney University has joined the Worldwide Universities Network, a group of 16 research institutions in Europe, North America and Asia. The network has established 500 research mobility awards for...
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingEDUCATION- Higher Education in Asia/Pacific: Quality and the Public GoodEdited by Terance W. Bigalke, director of education, East-West Centre in Honolulu, and Deane E. Neubauer...
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Tara Brabazon: The world class is not enough
After considering criteria that demand work ‘well above world standard’, Tara Brabazon concludes that an era of interplanetary scholarship must be upon us
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Social sciences round-up
Knowledge-in-Practice in the Caring Professions: Multidisciplinary PerspectivesEditors: Heather D'Cruz, Struan Jacobs and Adrian SchooEdition: FirstPublisher: AshgatePages: 266Price: ?60.00 and ?19....
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Appointments
Royal Holloway, University of London - Paul LayzellThe next vice-chancellor of Royal Holloway, University of London is clear about the uncertainties he will face as he leads the institution over the...
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Polar funding policies are closing the gap between East and West
The downturn has prompted drastic university funding cuts in some nations, but increased investment in others, notes Simon Marginson
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Published this week
? = Review forthcomingART AND DESIGN- James Barry, 1741-1806: History PainterEdited by Tom Dunne, emeritus professor of history, University College Cork, and William Pressly, professor of art history...
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Hull drops plans to build a Malaysian faculty
Plans to develop a "boutique campus" in Malaysia as part of a major new development in the south of the country have been shelved by the University of Hull.The institution has dropped plans to build...
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The rise of retractions in science – more misconduct or stiffer scrutiny?
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Web of Science database, January 1990-July 2009
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Leader: China is set to demand respect
Asia's giant has universities and research to equal many of the world's best, and its strength and confidence will only grow