THE World Academic Summit 2023 heads to Sydney
The University of Sydney will host the next THEÂ World Academic Summit in September 2023
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Populist slurs about universities contain ‘kernel of truth’
Universities have done themselves a disservice by playing politics and overlooking the public mood, chancellors say
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University rankings capture winds of change
For two decades, ÌÇÐÄVlog’s rankings have both tracked and contributed to an ever more connected world. Now universities face an unwelcome shift in global dynamics
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World Bank splashing $9 billion on university campuses
After long being attuned to primary and secondary needs, lender and donor sees urgency of tertiary-level development
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Listen to universities, not accountants, Schmidt urges Canberra
As companies seek to supplant university courses, Nobelist fears policymakers blinded by promises of cheap and easy
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Few researchers get open data training despite mandates to share
Lack of institutional support in meeting the growing demand for data sharing must be addressed, says global study of attitudes towards publishing
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Employing Jordan Peterson ‘not easy’ but ‘right’ for Toronto
President says experience of ‘provocateur extraordinaire’ provided a tough test of principles that are now paying off
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Transform universities to avert societal irrelevance, urges Crow
‘Universities can’t sit in isolation’ but academics remain too ‘internally focused’, says Arizona State president
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13 October 2022 digital edition
China closes in on US; Oceania and Africa rise in our biggest-ever World University Rankings table
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Being a community college professor has pushed me to breaking point
America’s two-year public colleges are often romanticised as engines of social mobility and the epitome of the educative mission. But one academic has found the reality to be very different, with...
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Interview with Eugenia Cheng
The mathematician and author talks about how her experience of racism and ‘not fitting in’ prepared her for being a woman in maths, and how abstract maths can stimulate empathy
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European universities tentatively embrace working with industry
Recent decades have seen attitudes to working with industry shift in Europe, but the difficulty of reaching smaller companies and a lack of incentives to bridge the gap are stifling progress
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Free speech bill ‘could make debating societies more cautious’
Legal accountability may increase early cancellation of hostile speakers as institutions bury booking processes in red tape, Hepi study suggests
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‘Eye-watering’ Australian university salaries revealed
Up to 50 staff at wealthier Australian institutions out-earn the average English vice-chancellor, FOI documents reveal