UK needs links with US as well as Asia
British researchers are so eager to forge relationships with China and India that they are neglecting more profitable opportunities in the US, a report warned this week, writes Anna Fazackerley. Sir...
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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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To cut a long story short
The new MMU Novella Award will champion a form that continues to defy definition but which, says Robert Graham, prose fiction writers love
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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鈥檚 new commission into public spending that some projects brought in under Labor...
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Mike Morwood, 1950-2013
An archaeologist who discovered the bones of a 鈥渉obbit鈥 in Indonesia, which may represent a completely new species of early human, has died
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Eyewitness: Lifeline for South Asia's child labourers
Nepal's carpet industry has been a lucrative source of foreign earnings for one of the world's poorest countries, but its reliance on child labour has been heavily criticised. Children toil for hours...
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University of the buffer zone
The story of an unlikely branch campus in Cyprus and higher education on a divided island
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Moocs are a 鈥榙istraction鈥, warns sector expert
Massive open online courses could prove a distraction to universities and cost them money, according to a consultancy that advises governments, investors and institutions on higher education issues.
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Quality standards can suffer in overseas export
Examining collaborative provision in an Asian partnership left John聽Buglear doubting the fitness of such ventures
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British historian says we should 鈥榣ook beyond Europe and America鈥
Lecturer says profession should widen its global outlook
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Canada overhauls icy image to woo world鈥檚 students
A new marketing drive aims to boost country鈥檚 share of students from BRICS countries
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Canada toils to bring 鈥榠ce age鈥 to an end
A new strategy seeks to inflate the country鈥檚 share of BRICS students. Jon Marcus reports
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Academic Ranking of World Universities 2013 released
Eastern institutions slow to make inroads into Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities table
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Obituary - Mike Morwood
An archaeologist who discovered the bones of a 鈥渉obbit鈥 in Indonesia, which may represent a completely new species of early human, has died.Mike Morwood was born in Auckland, New Zealand on October...
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Rivalry hits Oz market in Asia
The lack of a coherent strategy to market Australian education institutions in Asia is putting a Aus$3 billion-a-year (Pounds 1.2 million) export industry at risk, according federal government...