Times Higher Education events
Universities also warned that lack of diversity in AI is leading to missed opportunities to solve important problems
Times Higher Education flagship event will take place in Canada for first time
OECD education adviser Dirk van Damme highlights disappointing maths and literacy scores of university leavers
World Economic Forum economist Saadia Zahidi says campuses must prevent ‘hollowing-out of the middle class’ for sake of social stability
Italian mathematician Alessio Figalli says falling short demonstrates the testing and unknowable nature of research
Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski tells young scholars to focus on research and ignore ‘shitty job market’
Harvard professor says universities must take on responsibility for morality in a post-institutional and post-religious world
UK universities struggle in latest league table, as institutions in Germany, China and Australia make progress
Brian Schmidt says academia is losing brightest researchers because they cannot endure ‘intolerable’ precarity throughout their thirties
Higher education institutions urged to change tactics when lobbying for extra funding
Analysis of the backgrounds of leaders in the world top 400 reveals turnover is high but diversity low among presidents and vice-chancellors
Event will host the launch of the 2020 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education US College Rankings
Publishing deals need to acknowledge the reality that most research is not yet gold open access, says Elsevier’s Gemma Hersh
International students feel “at home” while locals feel left out on outsized Australian campus, says Michael Spence
Universities fuel governments’ appetites for metrics when they brag about their rankings, summit hears
'We have budget troubles too', provost of China’s leading university insists
Event hears how machine learning can aid student progress and curriculum design – and that academics should let AI ‘take over’ admissions
Forum mulls the merits of external experience, elected leaders and 10-year term limits
In times of conflict it is best to meet students on their own turf, University of Cape Town leader says
There are plenty of pluses in being the only campus in town, new Australian v-c insists
Event will include launch of THE Europe Teaching Rankings 2019
University of Auckland tops first global ranking to measure institutions’ social and economic impact
More joint papers would ‘spread the word about China’s strengths’, summit hears
Future steps require a future, first-time China summit hears
Event at Nankai University will discuss rapid rise of Chinese research institutions, and upcoming threats and opportunities
How can universities and industry improve the talent pipeline to meet 21st-century economic and social needs?
Vice-chancellors turn on businesses for not doing enough to educate and retrain their workforce
Presidents of the next three Times Higher Education World Academic Summit host partner institutions discuss global talent in the 21st century
Times Higher Education’s flagship event will head to Zurich, Toronto and New York
Higher education leaders reflect on the challenges universities face during times of national conflict
Institutions in developing world told to take lead on tackling major global challenges
Higher education institutions who are developing AI have a responsibility to ensure that it is not biased against developing nations, conference hears
Universities and their international connections are integral to national resilience, conference hears
Forum of top university leaders will share best practice on management strategies
Leaders of universities around the world consider how to advocate for international higher education amid rising nationalist agendas
In an unpredictable, increasingly digital age, Singapore’s universities are rethinking how to equip alumni with relevant skills throughout their lives
University leaders from Europe, Africa and the US discuss how they are ensuring their students' skills stay current in a tech-driven future
We must constantly be asking how the research university model can evolve, especially in a time of great technological disruption, says Ong Ye Kung
The president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology gives a pared down version of his 2018 Times Higher Education World Academic Summit plenary address
A panel of leading industry, government and university representatives discuss the challenges they face when fostering collaborative research systems
A global panel of research universities and industry leaders discuss how to foster a sustainable culture of innovation
Vice-chancellor at the Australian National University Brian Schmidt delivers a powerful address to open the 2018 World Academic Summit
Delegates from the summit and THE's editors talk about their key takeaways from three days of talks in Singapore
Higher education institutions too slow to adapt what and how they teach, rival says
End of era of deference as well as funding behind development of country’s higher education system, says Tony Chan
Singaporean scholar says that reverse brain drain has allowed global power to thrive
Lengthy discussions slow pace of bringing products to market and are often irrelevant by the time they are concluded, summit hears
Times Higher Education’s flagship event will take place in continental Europe for first time
Making innovation zones work goes beyond financial support and facilities, summit hears
Top Israeli scholar says he was told to leave behind his scientific qualities when he became a member of parliament
Multidisciplinary mindset requires more diverse reward structures, says Sydney v-c
Long-term benefits of research success – and of building industry relations – may be less direct but far more valuable than royalty payments, summit hears
Leaders have increasingly been acknowledging that the cultural pressure put on the country’s children to spend their hours studying has left them too one-dimensional
President of Humboldt University of Berlin says new public laboratory will help drive the ‘production, preservation and communication of knowledge’
Humboldtian tradition at risk of unravelling in shift to use of teaching-only staff, Nobel prizewinning v-c says
Leaders of top universities say students must be pushed to ‘breaking point’ and allowed to fail
The event will host the launch of the 2019 US College Rankings in partnership with the Wall Street Journal
Who’s coming and what’s on the agenda for the 2018 World Academic Summit in Singapore
Academics from North and South Korea are exploring how reunification could work, says Incheon National University president
THE Emerging Economies Summit hears senior university leader call for reform to address nation’s graduate employment crisis
