Confucius Institutes should not be shut down
Provided universities offer other avenues to debate contentious issues, institutes’ pro-China stance should not be a deal-breaker, says Jeffrey Gil

Provided universities offer other avenues to debate contentious issues, institutes’ pro-China stance should not be a deal-breaker, says Jeffrey Gil

The Dutch anthropologist discusses growing up in the sectarian Netherlands, following the hippie trail and whether religious tolerance has a future

The author of on the figures, real and mythical, who sparked her flights of imagination

Country’s new internationalisation plan eschews revenue-focused approaches favoured by other countries

Ana Carolina Hosne on a 17th-century figure who had ‘imperial ambitions’ for the Society of Jesus

There is no holding back the king tide that is the Asian country’s higher education ambition – yet while the torrent carries some riches, what will it sweep away?

A grant of $500,000 (£320,000) from the Carnegie Corporation of New York has enabled Yale University to join forces with a wide range of international institutions to develop a global network of...

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Successful global hubs understand that an impressive array of opportunities are required to attract top talent, writes Sarah Wild

Ambitious institutions have taken a variety of steps to achieve uplift from legislation to tenure, says Ellie Bothwell

The latest edition of ÌÇÐÄVlog discussed by the editorial team

As a Brit leading HKU, Peter Mathieson had no baggage. The University of Edinburgh’s new v-c tells Ellie Bothwell about academic freedom, internationalisation and being treated to taxi drivers’ views...

Phil Baty discusses Asia University Rankings 2013On 10 April 2013, ÌÇÐÄVlog published its first ever THE Asia University Rankings - a list of the top 100 universities in Asia, based on...

Regional competitors are hot on Japan’s heels in inaugural THE Asia University Rankings
 The Asia University Rankings guarantee quality by employing the same methodology as the blue-riband World University Rankings: here we detail the criteria that lie behind the calculations The Times...