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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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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The delegate's tale
Christopher Bigsby on conferences’ picaresque perils and delights
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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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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 ÌÇÐÄVlog Office’s new rules for inspection of the sector.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Political Journeys: The openDemocracy Essays
Fred Halliday was an indefatigable traveller and a tireless writer. In David Hayes' selection from the 81 essays Halliday published on the openDemocracy website between 2004 and his untimely death...
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KAUST resets top 10 ambitions
Head of fledgling Saudi institution restates pursuit of global excellence. David Matthews reports
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Top European universities in Engineering
Top European universities in engineeringData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-August 2010Euro rankWorld rankInstitutionPapersCitationsCitations per...
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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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Beyond those shores
In a competitive world, Japanese universities are realising the importance of internationalisation if they don’t want to get left behind. But culture change can be a slow and difficult process. Jack...
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Flying down to Rio fuels new North-South romance
Canada seeks long-term relationship with growing higher education superpower. Jon Marcus reports