Optimism about US international student numbers is misplaced
US universities’ efforts to remain positive won’t wash. Trump is a disaster for recruitment, say Philip Altbach and Hans de Wit
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Now dig this! How UK academia got shook up in the Summer of Love
At 1967’s Congress on the Dialectics of Liberation, radicals preached Black Power, existential psychiatry, free universities and more. Martin Levy reports on an event that was as much a happening as...
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PolyU head’s data-led approach to serving students and public
Leader of Hong Kong Polytechnic University says institution ‘cannot think of itself as an isolated island’
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Ten trends transforming international student mobility
Even in an unpredictable world, there are clues about the future of student movement, says?Anna Esaki-Smith?
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Universities must value their students more than their reputation
In the competition to boost their reputations, are universities in danger of forgetting their students? asks?Juan Manuel Mora
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THE to launch inaugural Teaching Excellence Summit in Glasgow
The first THE ranking measuring teaching across Europe will be launched at the event next year
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Machine learning: universities ready students for AI revolution
Sydney’s move towards programmes focused on problem-solving designed to address rise of artificial intelligence and automation
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What’s the use of education? Amartya Sen puts the case for the defence
Matthew Reisz enjoys an evening in the company of a Nobel Laureate and academic superstar
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Interview with Stephen Hopgood
We talk internationalisation in the face of Brexit, as well as the “alien” concept of fun for academics, with the international relations professor
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Research Excellence Summit: You can’t escape Brexit
Wherever you are, populism and its effect on universities is never far from conversation, finds Chris Parr
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Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction, by Chris Thomas
Book of the week: Human actions have killed off some species but may be kick-starting new ones, writes Jules Pretty
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Do great minds think alike? The THE/Lindau Nobel Laureates Survey
We share what 50 Nobel prizewinners think about issues facing science, universities and the world, from populist politics and researcher mobility, to artificial intelligence and threats to humankind
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Gulf education hub ‘irreparably damaged’ by Qatar crisis
Branch campuses could be forced out of Doha if diplomatic row is not resolved, experts warn
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Books interview: Shayne Aaron Legassie
The English scholar and author of on journeys real and imagined, from Shel Silverstein and Agatha Christie to pilgrims’ tales ancient and modern
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‘Patent first, publish later’ for societal impact, says academic
Vice-president says universities must convince researchers that journal articles are not the only way to disseminate knowledge