1916: A Global History, by Keith Jeffery
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News in brief – 26 March 2015
Source: Chinese University of Hong KongRoyal SocietyNobelist wins presidential ballotNobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been named president elect of the Royal Society, after a...
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New faces take a seat at extended top table
Wider reach is good news for the BRIC nations and other developing economies. Ellie Bothwell reports
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Baroness Amos to lead Soas
The former Cabinet minister and diplomat will be the first black woman to lead a UK university
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Aberdeen first UK university to open campus in South Korea
The University of Aberdeen is set to become the first UK higher education institution to open a campus in South Korea
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British-Islamic Identity: Third-Generation Bangladeshis from East London, by Aminul Hoque
Caught between two cultures, six teenagers turn to Arabic to feel at home, finds Mafruha Mohua
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China, gateway to the world for future leaders
Nigel Thrift, head of Schwarzman Scholars, a transnational scheme to develop movers and shakers, tells John Gill about China’s international role
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More university mergers on the way, predicts legal expert
Eversheds partner says that link-ups could span borders in the UK and overseas
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Non-EU students still attracted to UK universities
The number of students from the Middle East coming to UK universities more than doubled between 2003-04 and 2012-13. As traffic from all other regions also rose, the total number of non-European...
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Teach all computing students about cybersecurity, universities told
Teaching criteria updated in response to government and industry demands
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Northern Ireland misses out as Mitchell Scholarship loses funding
Obama Administration’s pivot to Asia ignores the fact that young Americans wishing to study abroad prefer Europe, says Trina Vargo
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OECD’s Ahelo project could transform university hierarchy
The UK must decide by 31 May whether to take the next step in a project aiming to measure learning outcomes at a global level
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Asian postgraduates outnumber UK students in four subject areas
THE analyses postgrad awards by subject and region as academics debate the risks and rewards of a decade of internationalisation
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Africa’s female leaders are ‘expected to act like mothers’
Women who head universities say their gender is an extra job