UCLA chancellor: budgets and racial diversity biggest challenges
Tuition rises have left middle classes ‘slammed’, and low African American enrolments can cause tensions, warns Gene Block
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Inaugural THE Innovation and Impact Summit to be held in Hong Kong
ÌÇÐÄVlog’s debut event on universities’ innovation and impact will be held in partnership with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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The battle for the Indian mind
What do protests at the University of Hyderabad and Jawaharlal Nehru University tell us about India’s ‘messy democracy’?
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Soul traders: the ‘faithonomics’ of religion
What price eternal life? Matthew Reisz meets a scholar who uses economics to explain our belief in the hereafter
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Asian HE expansion 'producing more graduates than market needs'
Hong Kong scholar says students are embarking on postgraduate degrees to 'delay' unemploymentÂ
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Spread betting: is all HE expansion good for all?
In India as in the UK, highly stratified systems have negatives, especially for first-generation students
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Live blog: HE sector responds to THE World University Rankings 2016-2017 results
The latest reaction to the World University Rankings as it comes in
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World University Rankings 2016-2017: The nine big challenges global higher education must confront over the next five years
To remain relevant in a rapidly changing world, the global university sector must work harder to convey its value to policymakers and the wider public, says Hamish Coates, professor of higher...
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We must reduce Brexit’s continental aftershocks
We need quick agreements to mitigate the damage that UK exit will have on the European academy, argues Bernd Huber
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Grant winners – 9 June 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Journals and publishers setting sights on the unwary
This graph shows an explosion in the number of so-called predatory publishers and journals in the past five years
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Lofty ambition in Asia's mountain frontiers
With the Aga Khan's aid, the highlands of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic will soon boast an ambitious three-campus university. David Shariamadari reports. Building a new university...
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Even if Brexit means less funding for universities, we should still vote leave
Blog: James Tooley believes the UK academy would be better off outside the European Union
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African universities must be ‘audacious’ to transform continent
Institutions need to establish ‘nuanced’ notions of excellence, expert on African development tells THE Africa Universities Summit
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Globally, a good name is gold
Among all the changes in an international higher education sector, one constant is the primacy of integrity and quality