Stephen Bax, 1960-2017
Academic whose research interests were shaped by an African childhood remembered
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China’s shift towards basic research ‘aids entrepreneurial goals’
National University of Singapore president says focus is moving away from short-term and applied research
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THE Research Excellence Summit 2018 heads to the Czech Republic
The first 探花视频?ranking measuring universities in the 13 nations that have joined the EU post-2000 will launch at the event?
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Do university rankings allow the real ‘stars of teaching’ to shine?
Mark Jones looks at what happens to the league tables if you isolate the World University Rankings’ teaching metrics
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‘If universities are harassed, culture erodes and tyranny will prevail’
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam looks at restrictions to academic freedom in what he describes as an age of ‘psycho-nationalism’
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How high can SUSTech fly?
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...
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The long view: scholars assess the state of history
Five historians reflect on the disciplinary, institutional, social and political challenges facing their subject
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Interview with Patrick Awuah
The Ghanaian university president on medieval poetry,?good leadership and Goethe?
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Brexit, tuition fees and China: my predictions for academia in 2018
Simon Marginson looks ahead at what 2018 has in store for academia in the UK and further afield?
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Research that pays: knowledge transfer at the world’s top universities
Simon Baker discovers what the World Economic Forum’s ‘community’ of universities – the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) – can teach us about industry-academia collaboration and innovation with...
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Hawaii: from holiday destination to educational hub?
Campaign aims to double international student numbers as state’s universities battle ‘curse of jaw-dropping geography and weather’
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Interview with David Lavallee
The world’s first professor of duty of care in sport discusses the challenges of tackling corruption, seeking inspiration from Maya Angelou, and the perfect Reuben sandwich