Plan for ‘catastrophic’ break with China, new UUK head urges
Vivienne Stern tells Australian conference that universities should make contingency preparations for collapse in relations
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Asia Universities Summit to focus on spreading excellence
Fully virtual gathering to be held in partnership with Fujita Health University
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How can Africa’s vast appetite for higher education be met?
With the continent’s youth population set to soar, many observers worry that its overstretched universities will be unable to cope, with consequences for the whole world. So what is the solution?...
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Phishing attack ‘highlights flaws in Chinese universities’ cybersecurity’
Separate breaches in one week trigger concerns over lack of awareness in the sector
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After Yale-NUS closure, liberal arts in Asia will benefit from peer support
A new consortium will embody the spread of liberal arts beyond the West, say Bryan Penprase and Thomas SchneiderÂ
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Paris-Saclay president aims for global profile
After predecessor exits to become higher education minister, Estelle Iacona is tasked with completing integration of ambitious, elite amalgam
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Fields success beyond EU ‘strengthens case to widen Horizon’
This year’s wins in ‘Nobel Prize of maths’ show bloc’s research programme must be open to UK and Switzerland, leaders say
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Reproducibility in psychology ‘hinges on author role in replication’
Successful replication efforts heavily tied to whether original research team allowed a role, finds study of contentious psychology field
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Screening graduates by university is outdated in the information age
When employers and governments state preferences for particular universities, it further overheats entry competition, says Hiroshi Ono
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Will Moocs rise again in Asia?
China and India embrace creation of online courses to support universities that lack the capacity to create their own digital programmes
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Is Japanese higher education finally becoming a woman’s place?
Japan ranks low for gender equality and Japanese women have long complained that the domestic demands on them, combined with universities’ unwillingness to compensate for them, make academic careers...
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Covid cuts ‘extraordinary opportunity’ for next-door university
Deemed surplus to needs as their university amassed a A$200 million buffer, UWA social scientists find welcome at Curtin
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Rebuild sector around cooperation, not competition, say leaders
Instead of creating ‘strong leaders’, institutions should aim to educate students to be ‘someone everyone wants to work with’, academics told
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Jo Johnson: rise of China-Russia axis could hobble global science
‘DragonBear’ alliance may force Western universities to cancel research partnerships with China, says former science minister Lord Johnson
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Japan sets 2027 deadline to recover international student numbers
Policy welcome, but Japan ‘must address uncertainty’ around future Covid waves, academics say