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After long being attuned to primary and secondary needs, lender and donor sees urgency of tertiary-level development
As companies seek to supplant university courses, Nobelist fears policymakers blinded by promises of cheap and easy
President says experience of ‘provocateur extraordinaire’ provided a tough test of principles that are now paying off
‘Universities can’t sit in isolation’ but academics remain too ‘internally focused’, says Arizona State president
Asian superpower’s drift away from international partnerships a result of the pandemic, says president of National Natural Science Foundation of China
Outgoing Oxford v-c critiques Westminster fiascos and social media trolling, while making case for more women in leadership
NSF director Sethuraman Panchanathan highlights need to exploit vast talent beyond the nation’s elite universities
The global picture is changing, as five countries enter the ranking for the first time – all of them in Africa. Rosa Ellis reports
Universities face growing public pressure but this only means their mission is more vital than ever, NYU president Andrew Hamilton tells Rosa Ellis
Biggest ever World University Ranking reveals how Africa rises as US’ crown slips
Global balance of research power shows signs of shifting as US stagnates and China improves
Number of African countries in rankings doubles since 2018, with 25 universities making debut appearances this year
Some presidents advocate cutting ties with universities in rival states, while others urge maintaining academic links even when diplomatic ones are straitened
Academics must work closely with students to foster innovation, says KAUST president
Head of New York Public Library warns that ‘two-tier’ higher education system is broken and ‘letting kids down’
‘If you are worried about the quality of online teaching, worry about the teaching part,’ says Clay Shirky
Universities should equip students to deal with changing nature of work through broad education, says National Humanities Medal recipient
Celebrated Harvard economist opens THE’s World Academic Summit by showing academia’s top leaders the ways their sector continues to stratify society
‘Short horizons’ of grant-givers holding back early career researchers from disadvantaged backgrounds, says Glasgow principal
Rectors set up emergency measures to allow Russian students to participate in courses even if they cannot leave their country
‘Awful lot of pressure’ on higher education sector ‘to do the heavy lifting’ without wider societal commitment, says Manchester professor
New York University’s multiple sites around the world were instrumental in minimising Covid-related disruption, says Andrew Hamilton
Prepare for the rankings launch of the year
Demands to accommodate price spikes and satisfy business needs are putting students’ progress at risk, summit hears
Australian pioneers of institutional-scale block teaching say expansion forced refinements of the model
‘Absolute support’ for Australian government’s decision to quarantine extra places for disadvantaged students
But preoccupation with the mundane sidelines universities from the main game, according to vice-chancellors
Analysis of the average score by country over the past five years
Emerging from the pandemic, in a region beset by authoritarian leaders and poverty, universities remain resilient. Rosa Ellis writes
Chilean university leads list for fourth consecutive year, but Brazil is top-performing country overall
An internalised, colonial-era emphasis on exam grades is preventing students from deeper learning, forum hears
Instead of creating ‘strong leaders’, institutions should aim to educate students to be ‘someone everyone wants to work with’, academics told
Free online courses have much to offer professors, including feedback on their own performance
Grand challenges ‘do not fit neatly within disciplinary boundaries’ and neither should science
Nanyang Technological University gets leadership prize for its ‘outstanding rate and quality of development’
In partnership with Fujita Health University, this year’s Asia Universities Summit will examine the role of the university in a rapidly changing world, coinciding with the Asia University Rankings 2022 launch
EU-sponsored groupings need to win friends and influence national deregulation to realise their ambitions, experts say
Chief of renowned university sees positive leadership role during Covid but admits miscues on edX and blind spots on cost discipline
Virtual tools have unprecedented power to bend teaching towards research-proven ideals, yet opportunity of lockdown getting squandered, MIT experts tell colleagues
India and Malaysia take lead as best represented countries, followed by China
Access to many courses will remain free, says head of Mooc pioneer, with participants charged for exams, interaction and certificates
Philosopher A. C. Grayling says scholars should not fight digitisation but should seek to protect academic freedom and avoid the creation of a gig economy
Institutions cannot ‘in good conscience’ partner with Russian counterparts while Ukraine war continues, says Chris Philp
In partnership with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, THE’s hybrid summit will explore the components of a positive innovation climate that delivers on impact ahead of the release of the Impact Rankings 2022
Undergraduate institutions should instil innovative thinking and research skills to prepare future PhD students, scholars say
Digital exchanges prove ‘more inclusive’, offering a ‘taste’ of the real thing
Short-term contracts are leading researchers to chase more secure roles in less heralded universities, says Cardiff Met vice-chancellor
Estates directors complain about academics wanting offices to be ‘toasty warm’ around the clock despite visiting for only a couple of hours a week
Academics and estates teams must work together to drive through the linked changes in infrastructure and teaching
Scholars attacked for research into colonialism and atrocities of empire need professional support and counselling, says broadcaster
Cash and frameworks can help but improving diversity within research really requires diversity as a core institutional value, says Colin Bailey
York leader tells THE Campus Live that ‘tattoo parlours had much more notice’ of Covid restrictions than students
New government focus on universities raising pre-18 attainment could be a ‘challenge’, but also indicates positive shift
Universities support gentle touch on nudging researchers to make climate-friendly decisions
The embrace of those values by the UAE’s higher education institutions has been key to the nation’s success, says Zaki Nusseibeh
The World University Rankings will be released in October
Minister to speak as major English reforms awaited, alongside sector leaders and solutions-focused workshops
Changing university curricula to reflect challenges of climate change will inspire students, not lofty environmental commitments, says Daniella Tilbury
THE Climate Impact Forum hears issue may still be seen as ‘middle-class problem’ in poorer nations
Analysis says lack of insights from outside the sciences could hamper uptake of clean technology
