A handful of glistening new universities have been established in recent years by Indian industrialists and entrepreneurs. But are they sufficiently numerous, free and well funded to make a real...
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Nobel laureates back calls to pause new system of Medical Research Council funding which threatens future of well-established research units
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Outpost on Ain Shams University campus to offer undergraduate and postgraduate Exeter degrees
Tokyo Women’s Medical University apologises after ex-leader accused of funnelling cash from construction project to herself
Midlands university is seeking to deepen its ties to India as it opens new health research centre in Andhra Pradesh