Saba Mahmood, 1962-2018
Tributes paid to anthropologist who specialised in study of modern Egypt
Tributes paid to anthropologist who specialised in study of modern Egypt
Westlake University may be government’s pilot of more autonomous institutions, expert suggests
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Higher education institutions are well placed to develop solutions to harassment and assault, says University of Southern California provost
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Half of vice-presidents at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology are now female
China’s ‘educational inequality’ revealed as country’s lower-ranked universities fall further behind
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