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Pericles Lewis, founding president of Yale-NUS college, on a turbulent time for the liberal arts

Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton on why he signed an anti-Trump petition, and why universities are partly to blame for Trump’s rise

Paul Fain on the university leaders and senior HE figures responding to Trump's executive order

The UK must raise the issue of Turkey's appalling treatment of academia, says Mehmet Ugur

Universities need to adapt to stay relevant, says Gordon Redding

Trisha Craig on the changing face of study abroad programmes

Sir Keith Burnett reflects on the future of academia and innovation in the UK and China

Recent university rankings results provide some much-needed discomfort in Japan, says Devin Stewart

Positive discrimination helps students more than it hinders them, find Dennis Epple and Lowell Taylor

Martin Hall on how Brown University is confronting its controversial past

The US election result shows the shortcomings of higher education, says Dan Sarofian-Butin

Sir Keith Burnett asks if criticising your country means academics are unpatriotic

Curt Rice's election night party turned sour, but the morning after provided much-needed reassurance

Web 3.0 could revolutionise the way higher education is delivered, but will it be used as a force for good, asks Martin Hall

A more international approach will boost higher education in the region, write Marco Zago and Raul Machado-Neto

Sir Keith Burnett reflects on what he learned about international students while in India with the UK prime minister

Not all universities are great at everything, so they shouldn’t claim to be, say Matthew Hartley and Alan Ruby

A trip to the theatre prompts Martin Hall to think afresh about the demonstrations gripping his country’s campuses

Karl Dittrich sings the praises of an increasingly international Dutch higher education system, and dismisses concerns about English proficiency

A teaching collaboration between two very different institutions worked better than either could have hoped, write John Simon and Thomas Schutte

The pursuit of high-ranking universities should not be at the expense of education itself, writes Ka Ho Mok

In this Q&A, Jukka Kola, rector of the University of Helsinki, gives his take on the changing face of university leadership 

Hong Kong’s position at the intersection of the Western world with China makes it a test bed for China’s “opening up”, with the University of Hong Kong at its centre, says the institution's president, Peter Mathieson

Anna Esaki-Smith writes on the many challenges facing her as she prepares her class for the IELTS exam

Holistic admissions offer a level of fairness that traditional academic criteria alone cannot provide, and it is a new approach in Singapore, writes Kristen Lynas

The early days of Xiamen University Malaysia illustrate the challenges Chinese universities will face as they open branch campuses in other nations, say Alan Ruby and Bonnie Yingfei He

As institutions battle crippling deficits, there are hard and volatile times ahead, writes Martin Hall 

The Sainsbury review represents a huge opportunity for UK universities, while institutions across the world can reap the rewards of vocational courses, says Martin Hall

To effectively embed experiential learning, the whole university needs to buy into the idea, says Trisha Craig

Latin America needs a HE system that promotes equality across the region, says Carolina Guzmán-Valenzuela

The Dutch binary system, with its distinction between research-oriented and professional higher education, is a good thing, says Martin Paul.

The MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge focused on Africa’s strengths, not its weaknesses, says Martin Hall

We have reached a key moment in the development of the region's higher education sector, says Ismail Badat

Is class becoming as important as academic attainment in China? asks Ka Ho Mok

Serdar Değirmencioğlu was dismissed from his university in April, and believes many more are on the verge of being banned from public service

A strong international presence on campus is worth more than money in the bank, says Philip Wainwright 

Charles Bailyn's time in Asia has opened his eyes to the high regard in which a liberal arts education is still held internationally

Marguerite Dennis explains how university student recruiters should plan for enrolling Chinese students

University fundraising in Australia needs to catch up with the UK, says Nick Blinco

Universities should take responsibility for the betterment of society, says Michael Crow

Money for universities will be spread ever more thinly unless enrolment numbers are brought under control, says Warren Bebbington

David Lloyd finds that a journey into the Australian outback proves instructive

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam considers the implications of ‘Emiratisation’ policies for higher education in the Middle East

Alan Ruby remembers a pioneer of Asian American studies

Technology can help to educate people fleeing from conflict, but the conservatism of universities must be overcome also, says Martin Hall

Charles Bailyn asks whether a new liberal arts college really does start with a blank canvas

David Malual W. Kuany discusses the difficulties encountered by universities in the world’s newest country

Academics often think 'global' is the opposite of 'regional', and that isn't so, says Martin Paul

Sharing data on students’ academic activities will bring the field to a tipping point, says Martin Hall

Stateside efforts to widen higher education’s global reach are fragmented and conflicting, says Philip Wainwright

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam explores the migrant crisis, and universities’ role in it

The Watt review’s recommendations are timely and sensible, says David Lloyd

Countries like Singapore are turning to broad-based education just as the US turns away from it, says Trisha Craig

Global higher education programmes should respond to our unstable world, says Martin Hall

Martin Paul believes that the advantages of teaching some courses in English far outweigh the disadvantages for students in the Netherlands

International cooperation could be most successful in the postgraduate sector, says Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

Heated debate and hours of staff time are worth it if students get the courses they need, says Charles Bailyn

Studies of childhood development demonstrate the value of research outside high-income countries, says Martin Hall

Rather than scrapping fees, universities in the country should invest the money in developing their research, says Cristián Larroulet

Freeze on tuition fee increases does nothing to counter inequality, writes Martin Hall