Malcolm Gillies - Should London go it alone?
Does London need the rest of the UK? Malcolm Gillies weighs the evidence
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Frozen (political) pawn
How did David Mould end up teaching journalism in Kazakhstan’s frozen capital as a Fulbright fellow? He was a political pawn, he says, just like the (often absent) young people he taught
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Realpolitik: A Fulbright fellow in Astana
How did David Mould end up teaching journalism in Kazakhstan’s frozen capital? He was a political pawn, he says
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Gaining sympathy for Mr and Mrs Vengeance
Korean horror may draw Western attention for its brutality, but its focus on sacrifice and expiation is distinctive, says Daniel Martin
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The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol, by Robert Dudley
Tiffany Taylor on a thought-provoking exploration of alcoholism from an evolutionary perspective
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Immigration policy makes students ‘feel less welcome’
The coalition’s aim to reduce net migration to the “tens of thousands†by 2015 makes more than half of international students in the UK feel less welcome, according to a new survey.
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Tony Abbott win leads to humanities funding fears
Humanities and social sciences in Australia could lose A$100 million (£60 million) in funding following a change in government, it is feared.Â
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Association of Commonwealth Universities: 100 not out
Book celebrates centenary of the first global higher education network
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Iran to host Europe-Asia e-learning workshop
Brussels, 20 June 2002 An international workshop on e-learning platforms between Europe and Asia will take place in Teheran, the Republic of Iran, from October 29 to 31 2002. The EU aims to boost the...
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Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly joins University of the Arts London
Who got that job? Recording artist takes up chair in interactive design. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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Mike Morwood, 1950-2013
An archaeologist who discovered the bones of a “hobbit†in Indonesia, which may represent a completely new species of early human, has died
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Moocs are a ‘distraction’, warns sector expert
Massive open online courses could prove a distraction to universities and cost them money, according to a consultancy that advises governments, investors and institutions on higher education issues.
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News in brief - 5 December 2013
AustraliaPlea to cut bureaucracyThe main lobbying group for universities in Australia has told the federal government’s new commission into public spending that some projects brought in under Labor...
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To cut a long story short
The new MMU Novella Award will champion a form that continues to defy definition but which, says Robert Graham, prose fiction writers love
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University of the buffer zone
The story of an unlikely branch campus in Cyprus and higher education on a divided island