Teach students to navigate fake news, say researchers
Universities should be providing students with the skills to understand and handle media manipulation, say academics behind a new study
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Global MBA applications rise for first time in four years: survey
Accreditation body’s new report suggests high quality management education still ‘desirable’ in ‘uncertain’ world
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BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017: should emerging economies nurture world-class universities?
For many universities, rankings help to identify where improvement is needed for the national good, says THE rankings editor Phil Baty
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Rethink the influence of Confucius Institutes, suggests study
Paper concludes that ‘contrary to popular thinking, Confucius Institutes have not had a positive impact on China’s global interests’
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Australia’s ‘diaspora strategy’
Christopher Ziguras looks at how Australia's universities are seeking to build stronger relationships with alumni
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The UK’s industrial strategy: what will it mean for universities?
New approach calls research crucial to raising productivity, but there is a shift in focus to industrial challenges
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Jean-Lou Chameau: the leader with the Midas touch
Ellie Bothwell talks with the KAUST president about effective leadership, securing funding and the importance of keeping the local public onside
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Backpack Ambassadors: How Youth Travel Integrated Europe, by Richard Ivan Jobs
Book of the week: Richard Larschan traces the steps of the young tourists who forged a borderless post-war identity
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Tech challenger universities lead the way on industry links
THEÂ analysis shines a light on institutions that have thought outside the box on research collaboration and funding
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National University of Singapore’s use of skills data sparks debate
But academics argue against narrow teaching focus and warn that technical skills have a ‘half-life’
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World University Rankings 2016-2017: results announced
University of Oxford snatches top spot from Caltech in this year’s World University Rankings as Asia’s rise continues
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Innovation & Impact Summit 2017: programme details announced
Event will explore university-industry collaboration, curiosity-led research and whether institutions can create entrepreneurs
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Grant winners – 5 January 2017
A round-up of academics awarded research council funding
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Peter Mathieson: Hong Kong ‘prepares me well’ for Scotland
University of Hong Kong v-c denies he is ‘heading for a simple life’ as the next head of the University of Edinburgh
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Thousands of scholars call for US academic boycott
But some academics suggest move would harm US universities and scholars ‘who desperately need support’Â