The people who give millions to their alma mater
A £17.5 million donation to the University of Cambridge has thrown the spotlight on philanthropy, but where does it sit in the recent history of cash gifts? asks John Elmes
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UK is world’s top destination for fashion students
C’est chic: British fashion schools triumph in inaugural Business of Fashion global ranking
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Asia's deadly enigma
Question: which country suffers famine, launches missiles over its neighbours and prints counterfeit dollar bills? Answer: the secret Stalinist state of North Korea. Aidan Foster-Carter reports...
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Q&A with Glyn Davis
We speak to the vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, the host of the THE World Academic Summit
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Women's lib in Asia
AN INDIAN academic who held The THES Exchange Fellowship in 1997 has carried out a comparison of the legal status of women in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Uma Devi, reader in law at Sri...
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Which way will we go?
Change happens only when people genuinely participate – but is the enthusiasm there for a structural shift in education?
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Caribbean v-c’s democratic vision at home and abroad
Sir Hilary Beckles tells Ellie Bothwell about his plans for the University of the West Indies’ future
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UK loses out to Asia on business cash
Funding of university research by UK businesses has stalled as companies plough more money into research in China and India, according to the Council for Industry in Higher Education, writes Claire...
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Medical education: a prescription for change
Giving universities oversight of postgraduate training will greatly improve its quality, argues Alastair Buchan
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Industrial revolution
A nurturing relationship with Samsung has helped SKKU scale the domestic rankings and make its mark on the world stage, writes Chung Kyu Sang
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The tactics of Asia's top tiger
From Third World to First
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The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World, by Adrienne Mayor
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on a merging of the sexy myth of superwomen and history of nomadic fighters
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THE World Academic Summit 2015 to take place in Melbourne
THE World Academic Summit 2015 to take place in Melbourne, it was announced today.
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Averages, dispersion and global variation
How far have national systems gained or slipped since 2013-14?