Durham's Asian crisis
We write to express dismay about the decision of Durham University this week to shut its East Asia department. Staff were formally told about the proposal only six days before it was due to be...
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Regional tiger loses bite abroad
Dragons and Tigers
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Today's news
Physics could be in 'terminal decline' The number of pupils taking A-level physics has dropped by almost half since 1982 and more than a quarter of universities with large physics departments have...
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Liverpool set for final China deal
Liverpool University is close to finalising a deal to build the last foreign campus in China for the foreseeable future. The venture, expected to get the go-ahead next year, involves a unique...
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Overseas drive scaled down
The Australian universities' main foreign student recruitment agency is to close its UK offices amid a slump in overseas applications to study in Australia and a sharp reduction in international...
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The baby face with killer look
The Neanderthal's Necklace - Out of Eden
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The baby face with killer look
The Neanderthal's Necklace - Out of Eden
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Three radicals: Jihadists with UK degrees
Omar Sheikh, who is awaiting execution in Pakistan for the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl, studied at the London School of Economics in the 1990s. He grew up in London and was known as a...
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US anguish and introspection
Comparative American Studies
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Moscow
A Russian arms control researcher jailed in April for 15 years for spying should be released pending a retrial that meets international standards of fairness, according to human rights groups. "Igor...
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Bamboo curtain lifts to reveal a much brighter future
The Changing Face of China
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Universities put forward own proposals for European Institute of Technology
Brussels, 23 May 2006 The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has outlined its views on how a European Institute of Technology (EIT) should look, having previously objected to elements of...
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Bristol centre poised to unlock gateway to China
Bristol University is bucking a national trend by setting up a new teaching and research centre for East Asian studies. The university believes that the interdisciplinary centre will play a major...
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Towards a European strategy for particle physics
Brussels, 04 Nov 2005 Concerned that the long timescale of particle physics experiments and the complexity of associated research programmes are delaying the advancement of particle physics, the...
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ETNO Comments on COM(2004)353 "Science and technology, the key to Europe's future – Guidelines for the future European Union policy to support research" (link)
Brussels, 19 Oct 2004 Executive Summary: The general guidelines and objectives provided in the European Commission document are largely shared by ETNO. The involvement of the main participants –...