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Universities are stuck in a rut – entrepreneurial spirit could get them out

  • Written by: The Conversation
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Universities are deadly conservative. We don’t want to be. We say we’re not. But we are. Our traditionalism shows through in the way we provide an undergraduate education which has remained largely unchanged over the past 50 years. We still organise most undergraduate...

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Britain's election results may prove to be a blow to US foreign policy goals

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageU.S. President Barack Obama listens to British Prime Minister David Cameron REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

After last week’s elections, British politics is at a unique turning point and perhaps so is US policy, where in a tumultuous world, Great Britain has heretofore been a steadfast US ally.

The final vote on Thursday, May 7, confounded many...

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