The week in higher education – 30 November 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Ambitious target will be smashed as communist state steps up overseas collaboration efforts
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
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam looks at restrictions to academic freedom in what he describes as an age of ‘psycho-nationalism’
Only 6 per cent of displaced university-age Syrians currently in other countries in the Middle East are in higher education, expert warns
Reina Lewis applauds an insightful analysis of women’s ‘pious fashion’ in Muslim cultures
Berkeley chancellor issues warning at conference on New Nationalism and Universities
Ahead of THE’s Asia Universities Summit in Shenzhen, Jack Grove visits the city known as China’s Silicon Valley to assess whether its ambitious new university could really emulate Stanford – and...
The past year has seemed one of almost daily shocks and surprises for higher education, which THE has divulged, documented and dissected
Seven scholars from around the world give us their festive reflections on snakes, bad lobster and turkeys’ backsides
Turkish president feted just days after almost 500 academics are sacked
Medical scholar branded a ‘terrorist’ by Turkey over his alleged links to a US-based cleric is named head of an institution in Texas