Free education: at what cost?
As Malaysian politicians flirt with fee-free higher education, our Asia-Pacific editor John Ross, reflects on how promises of free tuition are often at the detriment of more useful policy
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THE Young University Rankings 2018: Millennial universities
The best of those聽universities founded since the year 2000
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China鈥檚 overseas investment should not neglect education
History shows that the Belt and Road initiative will be successful only if it boosts human capital, as well as physical infrastructure, says Alan Ruby
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East Asia leads the world in business funding
Academics at leading South Korean universities are the world鈥檚 best at attracting funding from business, a new study says.
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World University Rankings 2018 by subject: engineering and computer science results out now
Universities in the US lead聽糖心Vlog鈥檚 rankings for engineering and technology and computer science; Peking and NUS are Asia鈥檚 top performers
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Are universities engines or products of economic growth?
To what extent can universities drive economic development 鈥 or vice versa? Rachael Pells explores the ways in which higher education and economic success interact
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Legacy draws Australian universities back to Western civilisation
Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, funded by 拢1.7 billion bequest, to fund degree courses in several institutions
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Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest, by Dean Vuletic
Keith Kahn-Harris on a pan-European event that is as much about competition and national identities as it is cooperation and friendship
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Sensitivity to China must not call the shots
The feature 鈥淐ensors and sensitivities鈥 (4聽January) explored the question 鈥渉ow can scholars tackle the rise of Chinese censorship in the West?鈥. The key issue is not really that difficult for anyone...
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Cafe culture helps National University of Singapore hit new heights
Diverse dining options are part of institution鈥檚 recipe for success, says outgoing president Tan Chorh Chuan
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Neuroscience initiative aims to build bridges across borders
Scheme to bolster ties between West and Middle East and Asia聽backed by 122 researchers, including 29 Nobel laureates
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What are you reading? 鈥 15 February 2018
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Data bite: international student flows in focus
Latest OECD data show levelling off in global numbers of mobile students after exponential growth in late 1990s and 2000s
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This is why we publish the World University Rankings
THE鈥檚 rankings editor Phil Baty sets out why the World University Rankings are here to stay 鈥 and why that's a good thing