Private sector booms
Australia's public universities face increased competition from a growing number of private institutions offering degree and diploma courses. Glyn Davis, chair of the Group of Eight research-...
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WHO IP Working Group To Address Conflicting Interests Before December Meeting, IP Watch says (extract)
Washington, D.C., 25 Jul 2006 An intergovernmental working group on public health and intellectual property, which the World Health Assembly said in May should be set up "immediately," is scheduled...
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Worldwide web still has holes that need filling in
Bridging the Digital Divide
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None of us can relax in this dog-eat-prof world
UK higher education cannot afford to be complacent about potential global rivals, argues Howard Davies. British universities have gone through a difficult passage. But after decades of declining...
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Effort to right wrongs leaves past shackled
The Argumentative Indian
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EU project develops allergy database
Brussels, 14 Sep 2006 An EU-funded project has developed a database to track the 50 factors that may cause allergies in children. The European model has attracted interest overseas form countries...
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Hire more from abroad, UK told
Asian rival in London is latest wake-up call for UK about harsh realities of globalisation, writes Tony Tysome More academic jobs in the UK should go to overseas candidates to ensure that British...
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Universities urged to consider expanding bursary schemes Universities should increase the number of bursaries they award to students wanting to enter law and medicine to ensure that top-up fees do...
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Imperial call mobilised the dominions for global battle
The British Empire and the Second World War
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Glittering stars a long way from Tinseltown
Contemporary World Cinema - Traditions in World Cinema. First Edition
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Monkey business and the hunt for early man
The Complete World of Human Evolution
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Lecturers lash Thai PM
University lecturers in Thailand are playing a key role in undermining the popularity of Thaksin Shinawatra, the Prime Minister. Academics have queued up to denounce the Prime Minister after his...
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In resolving dispute with Commission over research contract, complaint by office within Thai non-profit lacked legal personality, so complaint should be ruled manifestly inadmissible: opinion (C-547/0
Luxembourg, 13 September 2005 C-547/03 P, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) contre Commission Opinion of Advocate General Stix-Hackl on 13 September 2005 (link to English version when available)....
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'Soas is so aware it is good internationally, it has not put so much in locally'
Paul Webley is keen to put local links on to Soas's international agenda when he becomes its principal Paul Webley, deputy vice-chancellor of Exeter University, will take over as principal of the...
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EU hopes for Doha
The Times Higher examines the reactions to the international guidelines on transborder higher education European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson is at the forefront of efforts to liberalise...