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Institutions must find new ways to respond to the agendas of the communities where they operate, leaders tell summit

Female researchers need ‘action’, not just ‘advice’, says high-flying scientist

Irene Tracey stresses importance of teaching students courtesy and respect to model what ‘good disagreement’ looks like

Curtailing competition, reducing waste and drawing more on industry and philanthropic sources seen as ways to fill gaps left by NIH retreat

Sethuraman Panchanathan says research funder and scientists must improve ‘storytelling’ as agency faces $5 billion cuts

Demonstrating research impact more clearly will reverse falling public support for higher education, argues scholar turned education minister

A year after joining the ‘MIT of the Middle East’, the former King’s College London president reflects on the need for scholars to align their research with national priorities and the joys of leading a ‘city community of scholars’

Just being there is the best many can hope for, says disabled students’ advocate

Social licence ‘more fragile than people realise’ in a world where populism rules, science diplomat warns

Ambitious review with modest government pickup ‘was not an exercise in kicking the can down the road’

Performance-based research fund also faces overhaul, as Wellington embraces least disruptive and costly aspects of landmark review’s proposals

Universities are at a crossroads and must act decisively to become sites of social transformation, says first black woman to lead a university in Brazil

Academics must come out from ‘behind our walls and our labs’ and take the lead on sustainability issues, conference hears

Better education-industry links can ensure continent capitalises on new technologies in a way it didn’t before, says World Bank economist

Language around inclusion in higher education has in fact been exclusionary, Australian university leader claims

Four in five tertiary education students globally to be in developing world by 2040, World Bank research predicts

AI expert Tshilidzi Marwala calls for closer collaboration between universities and companies and rebalancing of AI power divide away from US and China

Turkish academic says women who ‘share their core values visibly’ face ‘invisible barriers’, as she recounts experience of studying in both Istanbul and London

Dawn Freshwater says universities must reclaim social licence to operate to help push for more sustainable planet

Climate expert Mike Berners-Lee says major global crises can only be tackled by return to simple values of truth and respect

Research finds few universities have support tailored towards complex needs of refugee students

Whole role of science in societies ‘being threatened’ by period of great turbulence, says scholar who chaired Ireland’s Covid vaccination drive

Institutions forget their importance to countries when they let themselves get embroiled in political debates, summit hears

Fundamental values that form higher education at stake, warns president of the European University Association

THE summit in Brazil to explore institutional excellence and sustainability

Tariff war between superpowers may lead to more Chinese students choosing universities closer to home, but international collaboration must be protected, say university leaders

Growing spending on research and development in Global South leading to more papers, but increased scrutiny needed to identify misconduct, say publishers

India’s Ahmedabad University secures top award after becoming leading player in research and innovation

Institutions can lean on generous government funding and industry links to win race for top American research talent, summit hears

THE summit in Kigali to discuss challenges and opportunities facing African higher education

Generalists are needed to help India achieve its ambitious space goals, THE summit hears

Traditional progression metrics and unbalanced governing bodies holding female academics back, say experts

Impact of AI on education may be overestimated unless used to rethink traditions, says technologist

Current health data is largely based on Western studies and Western participants, leading to potential data gaps for Middle Eastern citizens

THE summit hears that scholarships and online courses can play an important role in aiding students displaced by conflict

Skills development is job of whole society, not just universities, conference hears

Closer relationships with companies needed to produce more relevant scholarship, summit hears

Universities risk becoming ‘obsolete’ if they are not able to tailor education to their local communities, summit hears

If we rely on industry to bankroll research, we lose sight of problems that do not interest industry, technologist warns

Universities should no longer give the â€˜cold shoulder’ to businesses that can potentially perform functions more effectively, says Ken Sloan

Youngest ever black Cambridge professor seeks to challenge ‘exclusionary, elitist’ culture in academia

Shitij Kapur warns sector has already used up a lot of political capital on small fee rise that will not solve institutional funding woes

Two vice-chancellors discuss challenges they face dealing with conflict on campus

Driven more by pragmatism than purism, Asia’s new wave of industry-linked universities is shaking up the sector

Region’s educational strengths must be brought to bear against key challenges such as climate change, forum hears

UK sector leaders expect trust issues as culture changes, but ‘burning platform’ of financial crisis will focus minds

Emerging institutions’ aspirations snubbed as old-guard administrators focus on a vanishing bottom line

Global sustainability event in Istanbul on 16-19 June 2025 to convene 5,000-plus attendees

Higher education climate action event in Azerbaijan convenes global sustainability leaders

Flagship higher education event on 7-9 October 2025 to focus on ‘Universities as agents of change’

United Nations expert says higher education is vital for supporting displaced peoples, but should be channelled through humanitarian agencies

Under more favourable policies, ‘I could spin out probably four or five companies for every one I can’ currently, says Oxford vice-chancellor

University of Manchester physicist hits out at critics who claim Nobel-winning discovery has not yet delivered

British and Canadian vice-chancellors warn their financial models have never faced greater threats, but do not want to further deter international students

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’