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Singapore has the continent’s best university for the third year in a row but China’s stars are in the ascendant, says Ellie Bothwell

Explore the latest offering in our teaching-focused rankings portfolio, says THE’s data and analytics director Duncan Ross 

Asian universities in particular are embracing a technological future, but they should bear in mind the words of two wise Americans, says Alice Gast

The University of London’s Leading Women campaign is celebrating the pioneering women who joined the university 150 years ago, writes Philip Carter 

Canadian scientists’ impressive campaign for increased basic science funding risks splintering as victory looms, says Jim Woodgett

Scott Anthony takes issue with claims that Singapore’s leading universities have neglected local intellectual life

The 2018 regional rankings use Times Higher Education’s tried and tested methodology to scrutinise Asia

Almost 2,350 academics from non-UK European countries have resigned from UK universities in the past year, and Layla Moran fears that could be just the tip of the iceberg

‘Trained observers’ can help selection committees stamp out implicit bias against women, Europe’s biggest highest education institutions say

Pakistani journals lack the professionalism and expertise to support a thriving knowledge economy, say Abdur Rehman Cheema and Mehvish Riaz

Criticism of academic sisterhood survey gets to the crux of the matter that the resulting article will explore, says Holly Else

Bias in assessing submissions is inevitable and damaging. Anonymisation is the least bad solution, says Graham Farrell

Chris Parr looks at the issues that THE's Twitter followers think the new universities minister should be tackling

There is no evidence that the REF process encourages academics to rush out more research of a lower quality, says Steven Hill

Simon Marginson looks ahead at what 2018 has in store for academia in the UK and further afield 

An open access deal between German authors in journals published by Elsevier could be problematic, say Alex Holcombe and Björn Brembs

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam looks at restrictions to academic freedom in what he describes as an age of ‘psycho-nationalism’

Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading

A trawl of published research shows that Santa Claus has an enduring fascination for academics

The past year has seemed one of almost daily shocks and surprises for higher education, which THE has divulged, documented and dissected

Minimum compliance with publication requirements is the best recipe for job satisfaction, says Mike Marinetto

Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading

Chris Parr reveals the 25 Times Higher Education stories that received the most views during the last 12 months

Got some last minute scholarly Christmas shopping to do? Glen Wright has got your back

Clare McGlynn is not surprised that the UK was overlooked as a focus country after a successful EU funding bid

Universities hoping to submit staff who have already left are going to have to work hard on maintaining goodwill, says Robert Dingwall

Controversy in Canada over support for blue-skies research would diminish if more researchers took Pasteur’s approach, says Creso Sá

Without action, the UK might end up in the situation of funding both subscriptions and article-processing charges on an ongoing basis, writes Helen Blanchett

Alternative metrics find that research on dieting, PhD mental health and female doctors attracted the most online attention this year

Les Hatton and Gregory Warr give their two-pronged solution to the problems of peer review

The 2021 research excellence framework could be more representative and humane than ever, but the devil will be in the implementation, says James Wilsdon

But proportion of care leavers entering higher education is double previous estimate, according to first comprehensive study on issue 

Pushed to break away from the established Turkish academy by increasing government control, Bilim Akademisi has now been accepted into the European fold

PhD failure can have disastrous consequences for overseas students bonded to their funders, says Andrew George

Traditions, success and lack of self-reflection limit higher education's role in thought revolutions, says Geoff Mulgan

Ahead of his Vincent Briscoe Lecture, Bill Durodié calls on researchers to engage with issues of great social and technological ambition

Elizabeth Cannon on why Canada's HE sector still has some work to do to achieve true diversity, and how universities are approaching this problem

Exhibition showcasing stories of infertility across the ages – involving suspended uteruses and frogs – is part of the Being Human festival

Scientific endeavour has for centuries been driven on by both competitive and collaborative spirit, and the rankings can boost both, says Phil Baty

Observers hope scrapping financial audits could lead other funders to cut down on research grant bureaucracy

What will European and global research collaboration look like post-Brexit?

University of Hertfordshire job cuts add to fears staff could be forced out ahead of REF 2021

Modern universities do not always allow the necessary time for scholars’ intellectual pursuits, but slow philosophy can help address this unhappy situation, says Michelle Bolous Walker

Bone cutters, a trepanning tool and a cloth used to wrap King George II are among the discoveries on a Halloween tour of St George's in London, explains Carly Manson

Stephen Halliday used to hate pointless meetings until he found a way to exploit the tedium

Hannelore Vanhaverbeke on what publishers can do to help reduce the number of scholars infringing copyright agreements

Scholars are increasingly willing to use other people’s data in their research, writes Mark Hahnel 

Subscription models and self-publishing present ways for scholars to bring their work to the public

New Zealand-based academic and Australian citizen Vicki Spencer on being refused entry to the US – despite complying with all visa regulations

Universities are very much at the forefront of efforts to extract the most value from artificial intelligence, writes Dame Wendy Hall

A ‘European Campus’ has already been created by French, Swiss and German universities

Billy Hunter responds as publishers seek the removal of millions of papers from ResearchGate

Panel debate from the 2017 THE World Academic Summit

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

Budapest-based institution says negotiations between Hungary and New York State have created ‘basis for an agreement’

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

Viewed by many academics as an impostor subject, media studies is more critical than ever, says Louise Byrne

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

US survey finds development of curiosity, leadership and work ethic unaffected by length of international experience

How one Nobel winner instilled belief in Erika Mancini