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Universities’ contribution to a sustainable world will remain ‘patchy’ until they become less ‘stuck’ in metrics and better at talking to their communities

Country shifts soft power focus to universities in developing world, buoyed by the success of its cultural exports

As a report details systematic destruction of hundreds of university buildings, with thousands of students killed, Gazan university leaders tell THE higher education can still bring hope

One-year degrees may be cost-effective, but pre-existing doubts about their quality are now becoming a barrier to employment, says Grace Chau 

We discuss the ambitions of Shenzhen and other cities in China’s Greater Bay Area to develop higher education systems that match their global economic and industrial clout

The manufacturing powerhouses of Guangdong sit just across the border from Hong Kong, but the region has traditionally lacked the academic prowess that the former British colony has in abundance. A series of cross-border collaborations are seeking to change that. John Ross reports from Shenzhen

New Haven leader sees country as ‘biggest coming story in global higher education’ despite nervousness around regulation and war impact

With opportunities for Indian doctoral graduates narrowing in the West, India’s scheme to repatriate them stands a good chance of success, says Pushkar

Japanese students almost guaranteed jobs post-graduation as country’s population continues to fall, threatening future labour market

Western educators are mostly oblivious to a change of guard in higher education, authors of a new ‘mapping exercise’ warn

Beneath the uncompromising rhetoric, however, federal higher education policies are likely to be gradually implemented, says Eldho Mathews

Institutions, in Iran or elsewhere, are not obliged to reshape their research to avoid attacks, say Alireza Qaiumzadeh and Sara Gordafarid