Global visa crackdowns may herald era of ‘contested’ mobility
Warnings that US and Australian policies threaten academic and student movement
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Chinese universities ‘stand to gain’ if scholars spurn Trump’s US
Some academics and students may choose to move to China over the US, says leading scholar
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Interview with Bertil Andersson
We speak to the head of Nanyang Technological University about the rise of Asia, what it’s like being a European leading a Singaporean institution, and barbecue chicken
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Interview with Nirmala Rao
We talk women’s equality and emancipation, the necessity of HE investment in developing countries and eureka moments in the Himalayas with the new head of the Asian University for Women
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University leaders divided over fourth industrial revolution
Presidents agree on need to respond but are warned against being ‘slaves to industry’
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European graduate enrolment in US rises 8 per cent
But data show applications and enrolments from India and Saudi Arabia have plummeted
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Universities that boost China's local economies need recognition
Institutions that succeed in helping regional growth deserve being included in measures of performance, says Simon Baker
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Half of academics confused about open data
Survey reveals three quarters of academics have shared data despite widespread uncertainty
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Cultural exploration main factor for teenage study abroad interest
Culture bigger draw than academic advancement while most students have safety fears, survey finds
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World in brief – 27 April 2017
Higher education news from around the globe
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Desmond Ball, 1947-2016
One of Australia’s leading public intellectuals has died
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Russell Group reaches out to China’s elite
UK delegation meets up with C9 universities to consider new funding opportunities
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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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The steel city forging a university-industry-community alloy
John Morgan witnesses a pioneering collaboration between two Sheffield universities, drawing upon the city’s manufacturing heritage to become a hub of industrial innovation and a model of civic...
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UK universities’ confusion on Brexit ‘toxic’, says Germany’s U15
Lack of clear strategy to keep UK in EU’s research framework is blocking new collaborative projects