Universities ‘contribute little to generic skill development’
Schools take credit for majority of literacy and numeracy development

Schools take credit for majority of literacy and numeracy development

Prestigious event will bring together leaders from some of the world’s best universities

The look of success can be fresh-faced as well as weathered and time-worn, Phil Baty writes

Wollongong’s Paul Wellings rejects claims he contravened rules in approving Ramsay Centre course, as decision faces legal challenge

University’s emphasis on creativity, not exam scores, aims to help shift China away from ‘degree factory’ model, THE summit hears

Research benefits often unforeseeable but must be communicated

China’s investments in talent circulation and innovation hubs hold many lessons for the UK’s international education ambitions, says Catherine MontgomeryÂ

Akiyoshi Yonezawa looks at what new domestic league table might tell the world about Japan’s strengths and weaknesses

Robert-Jan Smits looks back on open access initiative ‘roller coaster’ after swapping European Commission for Eindhoven’s ‘booming’ innovation ‘ecosystem’

Kirkuk hosted students from seven closed universities in captured territory, providing refuge from horror of executions and alternative to fighting for jihadists

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

HKU’s history, location, social context and educational and research ambitions combine to create a truly global university, says Ian Holliday Â

The 2016 THE Asia Universities Summit took place at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology this week

Shanghai Jiao Tong University a model of how China’s universities can transform and put innovation first, says president

Jean-Lou Chameau says new institution has established 'remarkable' research record since opening and has not been influenced by Saudi Arabian cultural issuesÂ