World insight: Banging the drum for liberal arts in East Asia
Countries like Singapore are turning to broad-based education just as the US turns away from it, says Trisha Craig
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Fourth Degree by Laurie Taylor – 24 January 2019
All campus life is here
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International students and cheating: how worried should we be?
Some evidence shows international students are more likely to use essay mills, but academics say this reflects wider problems in global higher education
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Academic freedom fears as China erodes Hong Kong funding divide
Dollars, not diktats, now seen as biggest risk to institutional autonomy in special administrative region
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Martin Green: Sun King’s supervisor basks in rays of hope
Counting China’s first green billionaire among your mentees doesn’t hurt in funding applications, says UNSW professor
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International fees trust fund ‘just another idea’
Universities responsible for ensuring research funding sustainability, minister says
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Video: three-minute plenary with Tony Chan
The president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology gives a pared down version of his 2018 ÌÇÐÄVlog World Academic Summit plenary addressÂ
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The crisis of the humanities is a Western phenomenon
Narratives of decline fail to take account of the recent revival of the liberal arts in India, says Saikat Majumdar
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Interview with Rachel Sandison
Glasgow’s new vice-principal for external relations discusses what administrators can offer senior teams in higher education, overcoming impostor syndrome, and why you should never perm your hair
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Video: research universities and lifelong learning
University leaders from Europe, Africa and the US discuss how they are ensuring their students' skills stay current in a tech-driven futureÂ
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US university insures itself against Chinese student revenue drop
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says policy will provide protection if potential visa restriction, pandemic or trade war curbs enrolment
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Howard Petch, 1925-2018
Former president of University of Victoria remembered
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Canada urged to prize human capital over research output
Universities should use federal budget boost to help companies keep innovating, not to do it themselves, top science policy expert says
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Student enthusiasm ‘key to new university-industry ventures’
Making innovation zones work goes beyond financial support and facilities, summit hears
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Higher education obsession ‘holds back developing countries’
Universities offer prestige but vocational colleges offer jobs, say leaders in three continents