Europe

The solutions to the predatory publishing problem are known, we just need to implement them, say Larissa Shamseer and David Moher

The THE team select their highlights from the 2017 World Academic Summit

Carolyn Fairbairn’s UUK speech will also criticise Labour’s plans to abolish tuition fees in England

Improvement districts and policy innovation via research among international examples of civic missions, summit hears

Universities face new diversity challenge as middle-class parents push to secure places for children at top institutions, says former University of Warwick boss

Loans between libraries, and research sharing between colleagues, could allow country to sever links, negotiators claim

The most international universities benefit from location, but they still make great effort to attract students from abroad, says Christiaan van der Merwe

Collaborating with industry provides universities with funding but also insight into real-world problems and solutions, says Christiaan van der Merwe

Research powerhouses find fuel to raise work to new levels in collaborations that cross institutions, industries and disciplines. Linda Nordling writes

A global ranking featuring 1,000 institutions is a milestone. How did we get here, asks Phil Baty

The best universities in the world may excel overall, but their performance on different measures is variable

Position in the overall rankings does not capture some of the ways in which many institutions in developing countries shine. Ellie Bothwell reports