How should the UK position itself in the new geopolitics of higher education?
With Brexit, we’re on the precipice of a new world order, but UK universities have first mover advantage if they act fast, says Simon Marginson
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020: tactical advances
Three years ago, THE tipped a number of countries as possible future stars of global higher education. Ellie Bothwell assesses their progress
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World University Rankings 2015-2016 by subject: physical sciences results
Asia doubles representation while European countries face varied performance
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Questions over overseas bids as UK grant success rates revealed
Overall success rate for applications to six research councils stood at 27.4?per cent
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Soros university network ‘to build resilience and sustainability’
Vice-chancellor of new global alliance says network will involve ‘multilayered cooperation’ and different levels of membership
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A health emergency is no time to sideline the medical humanities
Even as medics scramble to address the coronavirus, research into its social and political entanglements is vital, says Robert Peckham?
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What are you reading? – 16 January 2020
A look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers?
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SOAS blames ‘challenging’ finances as research leave cancelled
Union condemns ‘short-sighted’ suspension of institution-funded research leave, saying move amounts to ‘institutional self-sabotage’
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Open data ‘tougher’ than open access and needs ‘mindset change’
Huge rewards could ensue if governments bankroll the systematic sharing of research data, but experts warn of unintended consequences
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Academic freelancing growth ‘could damage researcher development’
Study finds that some scholars can earn lucrative rewards from international contracts, but may deprive domestic postgraduates of vital experience
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Professors bust ‘myth’ of unquestioning Asians
Eastern and Western students are silent in different ways, academics say
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Open up your education system, India told
Sector leaders emphasise?potential role that country’s?academics could play in finding solutions to global challenges
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Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics and the Fight for a Better Future, by Paul Krugman
Book of the week: Victoria Bateman is impressed by the clear and wide-ranging insights of a Nobel-winning economist and public intellectual
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Will Sino-Australian academic ties weather the political storm?
Australia’s teaching and research relationships with China are becoming increasingly overshadowed by rising geopolitical tensions. But the long, deep personal?links between academics in the two...
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Campus close-up: Uclan aims to combat media ‘trivialisation’ of North Korea
Course looking at ‘key security issue for East Asia’ part of major University of Central Lancashire investment in Korean studies