Tiya Thomas-Alexander

The president of Aalto University talks about leading a nationwide flexible learning effort, and why he’s been standing up for an ‘international Finland’

Universities are invited to participate, as the portal for our global research-focused ranking opens

Two new tables – on interdisciplinary science and online learning – will be published this year

Criticism of lecture shows close link between government foreign policy and attacks on freedom of expression, according to scholars

Saudi Arabia’s KAUST leads table for the first time, driven by its research performance

Data shows that universities globally are underperforming in research towards SDG 11, although Oceania is ahead of others

Subject rankings are diversifying, with more representation outside the US and UK, but old elite still take top places

The University of Exeter’s vice-chancellor talks about partnering with businesses, including the controversial decision to keep working with Shell on sustainability

Hong Kong and the Netherlands lead new THE metrics measuring research strength, excellence and influence 

Southeast Asian country has made big gains on student-staff ratio since 2020, while Hungary has improved on share of postgraduate researchers

Daniel Diermeier reflects on traversing the increasingly polarised US political landscape and on disagreeing with staff and students pressing for the university to take sides