The week in higher education – 11 June 2020
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Global HE as we know it has forever changed
Universities will have to rethink online provision, while the social and economic factors of the pandemic will affect demand, writes Simon MarginsonÂ
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The online transition means high-quality HE for all is within our grasp
Displaced peoples could benefit enormously from the sudden availability of lots of high-quality online courses, say Gül İnanç and Charley Wright
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Germany widens R&D lead over US and UK
After more than a decade of federal spending increases, the country also looks set to overtake Japan on the proportion of GDP spent on innovation
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Michael Spence: chance to lead UCL post-Brexit ‘worth pay cut’
Sydney v-c says upcoming move to London ‘made more interesting’ by uncertainty around city’s global positionÂ
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Switch to online teaching can help UK unlock global markets
Jo Johnson tells ÌÇÐÄVlog event that universities should ‘take advantage’ of crisis to build on experience of online teaching
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Most internationally mobile students ‘not deterred by pandemic’
Universities and policy makers must move quickly to exploit ‘small window of opportunity’, global survey suggests
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Japan’s innovative education for innovation
The country’s universities face many challenges, but publicly funded graduate programmes aim to keep the research breakthroughs coming, writes Hiroshi Amano
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Asia Universities Summit 2018: final programme announced
ÌÇÐÄVlog’s first summit in mainland China will host launch of 2018 Asia University Rankings
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Post-Covid, internationalisation must be more flexible
Balancing the potential of remote learning with the benefits of student mobility for skills will be crucial, say Barbara Lorber and Sabine Prem
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Which nations will weather the storm on international recruitment?
Five key recruiting nations’ crisis measures on international student recruitment compared and analysed
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Karolinska Institute reaches out to Asia
New Hong Kong centre for leading Swedish university will aim to build medical research links across continents
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Scientists split as Europe paves way for ‘Cern of AI’
Brussels wants to create centre hosting ‘the best talents in the field’, but some researchers doubt that a single organisation can tackle all the challenges
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Fear of Brexit and Trump ‘eases graduate brain drain’ in Asia
‘Students who would have gone abroad for their studies are already staying back in India and joining us,’ says vice-chancellor
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THE Young University Rankings 2020: millennial universities
France tops list of universities founded in 21st century