The week in higher education – 23 March 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
The time is right for Europe's universities to make Chinese connections, say Ka Ho Mok and Jin Jiang
Thirty-nine per cent of institutions report decline in overseas applications
A series of mergers have helped French universities to dominate a new table of universities founded in the 21st century
Culture bigger draw than academic advancement while most students have safety fears, survey finds
Our new rankings focus on what institutions offer students
We must make it clearer to UK-based European scholars that the UK higher education sector wishes to remain open, says Sir Keith Burnett
Philosophical Gallic charm, modern slavery, top tips for managing research projects, when man meets machine and the loss of hope
Automation has the potential to replace or alter 35 million jobs worldwide, which means universities must adapt to survive, argues Nancy Gleason
But data show applications and enrolments from India and Saudi Arabia have plummeted
Pericles Lewis, founding president of Yale-NUS college, on a turbulent time for the liberal arts
Paper concludes that ‘contrary to popular thinking, Confucius Institutes have not had a positive impact on China’s global interests’
University of Hong Kong v-c denies he is ‘heading for a simple life’ as the next head of the University of Edinburgh