World insight: the future of higher education in South Asia
We have reached a key moment in the development of the region's higher education sector, says Ismail Badat
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Asia University Rankings 2017: Hong Kong’s ties to China do a power of good
Mainland partnerships and lunar missions show the benefits of collaboration, says Timothy W. Tong, the head of Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Building an international learning society: is the UK listening to the East?
China’s investments in talent circulation and innovation hubs hold many lessons for the UK’s international education ambitions, says Catherine MontgomeryÂ
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Public ‘overestimate’ harmful impact of new technologies
Research benefits often unforeseeable but must be communicated
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The university that took in 50,000 students fleeing Islamic State
Kirkuk hosted students from seven closed universities in captured territory, providing refuge from horror of executions and alternative to fighting for jihadists
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Plan S architect reflects on US ‘disappointment’ and global hope
Robert-Jan Smits looks back on open access initiative ‘roller coaster’ after swapping European Commission for Eindhoven’s ‘booming’ innovation ‘ecosystem’
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The week in higher education – 16 May 2019
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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How the University of Hong Kong became the world’s most international institution
HKU’s history, location, social context and educational and research ambitions combine to create a truly global university, says Ian Holliday Â
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UK must compete with US and Asia on research translation, v-c warns
Challenge for UK as Asian research diaspora returns home, says China-born member of PM's science council
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New scholarships turn out to be funded by axeing exchange scheme
Australian government accused of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’
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Singapore ‘fake news’ law ‘threatens academic freedom worldwide’
Academics fear global reach of new Singaporean legislation could result in censorship of international academic journals
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Are branch campuses withering?
Overseas branch campuses have mushroomed in the past two decades, but with the risks larger than initially assumed and the returns less certain, stories of abandoned ventures have begun to mount....
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Paul Taylor, 1973-2018
Tributes paid to leading research integrity expert
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Keep pressing the case for research as a public good
Publicly funded research brings social and economic benefits for all. It’s critical that the global academic community continues to champion this work, says Ian Jacobs
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Confront fraudulent research before it spreads
When credible concerns emerge about research validity, universities and journals must move quickly, writes John Ross