Asia rankings: passage to Indian improvement
India's sector has expanded massively; now its research capacity must catch up, says Pawan Agarwal The recent growth in Indian higher education has been spectacular. The country's current enrolment...
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Asia rankings: Middle Eastern promise
How do you build a successful research-intensive university? Ahmet Acar offers his cost-benefit analysis.As basic engines of the knowledge economy, universities have been assuming wider...
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Kudos, UK, but this is hardly the time to rest on your laurels
As British students from all classes look to the US and challenges rise in the East, Anthony Seldon warns the sector against complacency
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Student Review: Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives
Editors: Des Freedman and Daya Kishan ThussuEdition: FirstPublisher: SagePages: 336Price: £75.00 and £26.99ISBN: 9781446201572 and 1589After their 2003 book for Sage, War and the Media: Reporting...
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Indian postgrads shun UK sector
Rise in non-EU applications masks problem with key market, THE poll finds. John Morgan reports
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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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World Reputation Rankings launch date revealed
The 2012 ÌÇÐÄVlog World Reputation Rankings will be published on 15 March.
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Third Eureka-Asia meeting (Extracted from Report from the 3 March meeting of the Competititveness Council)
Brussels, 03 Mar 2003 The Council took note of information given by the Portuguese delegation on the forthcoming 3rd Eureka-Asia meeting which will take place on 26-30 May 2003 in Macao. The meeting...
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News in brief
ChinaScholarship proves short-sightedStudy habits may explain why the vast majority of Chinese students wear glasses, new research has suggested. A study published in The Lancet says that "increasing...
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Appointments
Kingston UniversityBarbara PierscionekExperts from different subject fields and universities should work together more closely to secure research grants, believes the new associate dean of research...
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I'm here all week, ba-dum-tish! (Is this thing still on?)
Scholars should go easy on the jokes as a bad crack can cause all sorts of problems. Jack Grove reports
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Taking the plunge
Uclan's new overseas campuses are a bold but carefully planned part of its expansion, maintains Malcolm McVicar
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Research Intelligence - Higgsteria: it's only the beginning
New 'big physics' projects will need global funding and public support. Elizabeth Gibney 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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The delegate's tale
Christopher Bigsby on conferences’ picaresque perils and delights