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As India plays hard to get, overseas suitors lose interest
The government has reluctantly shelved its bill governing foreign education partners, reports Joanna Sugden from New Delhi
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From where I sit - The red (tape) and the black
Imagine a university that receives a fixed 2.2 per cent of the tax revenue of a rapidly growing economy's richest state. This is the case for the University of Campinas (universally known as Unicamp...
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THE Scholarly Web
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Smoke and mirrors
‘Agnotology’, the art of spreading doubt (as pioneered by Big Tobacco), distorts the scepticism of research to obscure the truth. Areas of academic life have been tainted by the practice, but some...
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16 August 2012
Are you sure that’s a good idea? - How academics spread doubt for big business
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Transferring defiance to the West End stage
With political dramas proving to be big draws, Matthew Morrison assesses the radicalism of playwrights and audiences
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Radio ga-gagged
Press a button and someone’s reputation dies, warns Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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The week in higher education
• Opinions differ on the best indicator that we are in the silly season, but one might be the writing in August of news stories that had already been published in January. Nicely fitting this bill...
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Leader: Avoid the shadows of doubt
To maintain its reputation for trustworthiness, the academy must ensure that its scholarly scepticism is not misapplied
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Odds and quads
This bolon harp would traditionally have been used by the Malinke people of Mali and Guinea in hunting ceremonies and before battle.
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Institutions relying on clearing may struggle, says study
Universities that rely heavily on clearing may have trouble filling their places as students become choosier about courses, researchers have claimed.
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Shanghai Jiao Tong university rankings revealed
The top ten universities in the world have remained unchanged in the 2012 Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings, but for the first time China has more universities in the top 500 than the UK.
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Pearson launches college with Royal Holloway degrees
Education company Pearson has launched a college that will offer degrees through the FTSE 100 company's partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London.