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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

Universities are doing more to discover what students need and how best to deliver it, Linda Nordling finds as she surveys the top of the teaching pillar

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

Two UK institutions lead our ranking of the best universities for the first time in its history, with Oxford holding on to the number one spot for the second year in a row, while Cambridge has risen to second place

Cornell is dedicated to truth, free expression and diversity, for only through these can it fulfil its mission to ‘maintain and promote the humane and rational values’ crucial to society, says its president Martha Pollack

Duncan Ross explains how far THE’s rankings have come – and where they might be going

The results of the 2018 THE World University Rankings discussed by the editorial team

Simon Baker, THE’s data editor, analyses the areas of academic activity that are central to the progress Asian universities are making

Simon Baker, THE’s data editor, considers three pairs of countries

Ahead of the 2018 World Academic Summit, speaker Nicolas Pejout looks at entrepreneurialism in universities