UK sees visa refusals soar
Chris Johnston reports on the impact of falling overseas numbers The number of foreign students entering the UK fell last year as more visa applications were rejected and higher charges were imposed...
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Call yourself cosmopolitan?
Embracing global opportunity is about more than cashing in on overseas students, says Frank Furedi. One of the most exciting features of a university is its embrace of global influences. Ideas have...
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Canada cashes in as US toughens up visa policies
Increased restrictions on foreign students in the US may have boosted international student numbers in Canada by more than 15 per cent. The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has said...
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Canada cashes in as US toughens up visa policies
Increased restrictions on foreign students in the US may have boosted international student numbers in Canada by more than 15 per cent. The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has said...
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A civilised nightmare
After the Ice
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A civilised nightmare
After the Ice
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Dirty war smoulders on in wake of disaster
Aid workers hope their presence can end years of bloodshed in Aceh but the Indonesian military has other ideas, says Damien Kingsbury. As bodies are buried, debris is cleared and rebuilding gets...
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Earthly power behind the divine glory
Why do religious and spiritual movements wax and wane? As pews empty in the West, spirituality steps into the breach. Elsewhere, the faithful flock to organised religion when it is allied to earthly...
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Dutch Presidency proposes a rethink of the European ICT agenda
Brussels, 20 Sep 2004 A new report commissioned by the Dutch EU Presidency has called for an overhaul of Europe's information and communication technologies (ICT) policy, identifying ten '...
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How many 'squirrels' would you be given?
League tables have proliferated since the weekly US News and World Report launched its consumer-oriented rankings in 1983. Now the Princeton Review covers the field from the performance of faculty to...
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Oxymoronic efforts to put up imperial borders
The Anarchy of Empire in the Making of US Culture
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The marketing Midas with a golden boot
'Goldenballs' may be losing his lustre in the West, but in the East they bow down before David Beckham. Ellis Cashmore tells how myth and market combined in a fairytale with a happy and lucrative...
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Overlooked of Anatolia
Life and Society in the Hittite World
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Melbourne
The first Unesco chair in cultural heritage studies in the Asia Pacific region has been created at Deakin University in Melbourne. A new centre will cooperate with universities in three Indochinese...