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Two-year waits for visa interviews have made it impossible to organise visits to America, says University of Ghana dean

Newcastle vice-chancellor says shared approach needed to prevent ‘bad practices’

BBC presenter and physicist says ‘no one is clever enough’ to know which subjects to switch off

Former education secretary tells World Academic Summit that UK has ‘deprioritised’ equitable access

Manchester vice-chancellor says institutions must continue to work across borders in the face of political scepticism

Baroness Smith references October budget as she says government is ‘working on a whole range of options’

Rather than railing at those who control the purse strings, help them solve their problems, says regulator

Educators must take responsibility for their own contribution to the crisis, forum hears

Canberra’s international education crackdown is sapping sector of funds to diversify, forum hears

Professor Brian Cox and Sire Andre Geim to give keynote speeches at THE World Academic Summit 2024

Third edition of THE event solidifies global commitment to sustainable development

The challenges facing the planet can seem overwhelming, but a landmark THE event in Bangkok heard reasons for optimism amid the maelstrom

The science is ‘just physics’ and the human chemistry matters more, says academic behind a sustainable development programme that’s going global

If rich countries poach your nurses you should ‘build more nursing schools’, conference hears

Most initiatives are well-meaning but ‘short-term, scattered, uncoordinated and incoherent’

Universities might be in the ‘sweet spot to redefine the future’, but they still need to work with government and business, says leader

A fixation on publishing in ‘academic comic books’ is subverting the values permeating business schools, conference hears

It may be a ‘hard case to make’, but admitting more refugee students is in low-income countries’ interests, conference hears

Stronger leadership, fresher thinking and better incentives needed to drive action on sustainability, says Auckland vice-chancellor

As climate catastrophes gain steam, early warnings offer the ‘most effective’ safety shield, modellers say

Debate on how far governments should regulate universities without impinging on academic freedom and autonomy

Sector leaders call for rethink of teaching methods to prepare students for changing world of work

Students looking closer to home for international education, but immigration rules and price points remain barrier

Turkish university’s ‘clarity of vision’ in transformation into innovation hub secures top prize

Malaysian Cabinet member says universities should prioritise local needs over global reputation

Legal reforms to enable creation of ‘European degree’ the next step towards closer cross-border integration, THE summit hears

University leaders warn they often find themselves stuck between the US and China

Companies must understand that it is not the job of a university to conduct commercial product development, summit hears

European Innovation Council president says member states are struggling to turn good science into ‘game-changing innovations’

Effective digital learning requires more than a camera in a classroom, says Ghanaian e-learning leader Eric Appau Asante

Undergraduates at Nigeria’s Covenant University enjoy their classes on how to have a happy marriage, says leader

UK universities that have made the switch to different teaching model say it boosts student retention and recruitment but staff burnout is real risk

Financial constraints reducing appetite for risky experimentation but pressures can also help to ‘clarify minds’, say experts

Institutions ‘got it wrong’ by putting all the attention on assessment when large language models first launched, say experts

Tying state-of-the-art digital research infrastructure to particular research communities should give way to more equitable landscape, conference hears

Former government adviser says a modest cut in operating costs could allow for a doubling of the number of UK academics

Agenda overview for THE’s Global Sustainable Development Congress 2024 is announced

Current business model not sustainable for more than two to three years, according to David Maguire

Too heavy a focus on skills training restricts universities’ role in the world, THE event hears

Minister tells THE he has been calling vice-chancellors directly when he receives reports of Jewish students feeling threatened

Adult education and skills development needs separate pot of money, THE event hears

Campus Live event hears sector leaders call for neighbouring institutions to share facilities in the face of declining enrolments

Solutions on higher education funding in England already known, says former secretary of state

Zaki Nusseibeh, chancellor of United Arab Emirates University, says universities must evolve with the world to take advantage of the green transition

Conference attendees discuss how to respond to the ‘600-pound gorilla in the room’ on university teaching

American University in Cairo president says institutions must work to close disparities in income, language and digital literacy levels

Event hears how even the best performing students can struggle to get a job if they lack soft skills

Universities in the Gulf are increasingly attracting scholars and staff from across the Arab region and beyond. What are the main pull factors? And how is this shifting the knowledge centres of the Middle East?

As MENA adapts to global warming, regional universities, especially in the UAE, are preparing to embrace a climate leadership role, says Mariët Westermann

Upskiling staff to thrive in clean-energy industries could mostly benefit graduates and high-skill workers, Andreas Schleicher tells conference

Universities must focus on the student experience, but they also must clarify what students want that experience to be

Dangers of universities being seen to shape public opinion highlighted in Pakistan, while Saudi leader warns of ‘slippery slope’

Teaching students how to best use ChatGPT and other tools will be core to universities’ future, leaders tell THE summit

Students want to be on campus but they still need a reason to go there, summit hears

While the process to replace Excellence in Research for Australia is a ‘black box’ exercise, new evaluation mechanisms hold promise

Metaverse campuses may be needed to alleviate loneliness of ‘personalised learning at scale’ driven by AI, Anant Agarwal tells THE summit

Research ecosystems need some ‘apoptosis’ as some cells emerge and others fade away, summit hears

‘The real world doesn’t come neatly compartmentalised,’ summit hears, in exploration of the ‘unique’ strengths of multidisciplinary research

Admission and retention of under-represented students must not rest on the goodwill of a few ‘teachers and role models’, Sydney summit hears

Incentives needed to build research across disciplines to address global challenges, THE summit hears