Thailand to get 'western' university
British and Australian universities face a new competitor for students from the burgeoning economies of Southeast Asia. Academics and administrators from North Carolina's Duke University are helping...
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Suits for revolt and fashion to fight crime
The Supermodern Wardrobe - Made in Britain - Dress in Detail from Around the World
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Aid to help Asian fallout
SOME universities are freezing overseas fees or creating bursaries to try to ease the plight of students hit by the financial crisis in South-east Asia. Heriot-Watt - with 490 overseas students,...
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Pacific overtures
Paul Keating launched Australia towards a republic when he was prime minister. Now a visiting lecturer, he tells Chris Johnston about his hopes for the nation. In the scheme of things, Paul Keating...
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Originality in the east
WANG Gungwu wrote thoughtfully about the type of degrees which will best suit the universities of Southeast Asia ("Breadth and the Powerful", THES, December 26) and ended by suggesting that damage...
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Eyewitness
Rome, like many other parts of Italy, is under attack from tiger mosquitoes, a particularly aggressive and dangerous species believed to have arrived from Asia. Paul Reiter, head of the entomology...
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First seeds of civilisation
It was a turning point in human history, the moment when a group of Levantine farmers first sowed seeds of barley before returning at the end of the growing season to reap their harvest. Scientists...
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Krishna didn't give a dam
Hinduism and Ecology
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Travels on ancient sea lanes
Pre-Columbiana
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Global Learning: World Education Market 2001
The Global Learning supplement was published with The THES on 18 May 2001 and distributed at World Education Market (Vancouver, Canada: May 21-24, 2001). A challenge for our times With 872...
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The ins and outs of our ancestors
Out of Africa or Out of Asia? A bitter row is raging about the origin of our species. Ayala Ochert reports Of the many lessons that could be learned from the O. J. Simpson trial, there is one we can...
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European research area puts revamp on the cards
The EU wants to use Framework to build common cause, reports Keith Nuthall A European Commission discussion paper envisages transforming the European Union's Framework research programme, using its...
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Europe to strengthen LatAm links
Many Latin American executives still look to North America for their management training needs, but signs of a shift in focus to Europe were visible at a recent conference in Barcelona. More than 200...
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Tea's good, but hold the milk
The British may always put the kettle on when faced with a crisis, yet a study suggests that our drinking habits may deprive us of tea's most beneficial properties. Scientists have found that regular...
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Bangkok: the new Vienna
Global Sex - Travels in the Skin Trade