Canada joining the rush to create a Darpa
Trudeau government set to fulfil campaign promise for version of legendary US innovation agency, amid mixed expert assessment of its wisdom
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Interview with Liviu Matei
The higher education professor discusses totalitarian Romania, his academic inspirations and a fascination with folk music
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Can the academy rein in Big Tech?
The grip of Silicon Valley on commerce and culture is huge and ever-growing. But as concerns mount about tech firms’ ethics, is there anything that universities – with vastly lower research and...
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Talking leadership 9: Meric Gertler on building global links
The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades
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Plan to ‘level up’ UK research funding ‘unambitious’
Comparison with current data suggests government proposals are ‘not exactly a revolution in the funding balance’, say experts
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Australian migration rules ‘risk international education crisis’
Policies risk inciting behaviour worse than 2000s immigration scams, expert warns
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THE Awards Asia 2021: winners announced
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology gets leadership prize for ‘volume and range’ of Covid-19 contributions
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New UK rules on international research partnerships now in force
Legislation gives Westminster government power to block or impose conditions on acquisition of intellectual property in 17 areas
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My worst teaching moment – and what it taught me
All academics have had that anxiety dream about standing up to give a lecture, only to realise they have forgotten to prepare anything – or to put on any clothes. But real teaching failures are...
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The UK has already met its overseas recruitment target. Time for another
With concerted efforts, the UK could attract far more than 600,000 international students to its shores, says James Pitman
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Can universities manufacture a post-industrial future for the Midwest?
Freshly inaugurated US president Joe Biden owes his election victory to swing states in America’s Rust Belt. But is his plan to revitalise them by creating ‘millions of new manufacturing and...
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Canada pushes abundant PhD graduates towards industry needs
Doctoral glut seen as especially bad in nation that does too little research
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Talking leadership 10: Yong Hoon Lee on science and technology education
The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology president discusses project-based learning, securing government funding and demographic decline
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Industrial strategy boosts university-industry engagement funding
UK government's White Paper offers commitments on HEIF funding and assigns role to OfS
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After 30 years of STEM, it is time to move on
Privileging one set of subjects with a catchy acronym may once have served a purpose, but that has long since been outlived, says Andy MiahÂ