Summits and events news

Universities established between 1967 and 1985 are the top-performing institutions in the overall THE Young University Rankings this year

Newer universities excel when it comes to internationalisation and research influence

In our expanded picture of the top young universities worldwide, we still scrutinise all the information we collect with the same exacting measures we use across all our rankings

Nobel laureates and university presidents will speak at flagship THE event at King’s College London

McLaren Applied Technologies director sees need to go ‘beyond STEM’, THE-Ulsan summit hears

University of Waterloo recruits British academics ‘worried about future’ after referendum

Presidents agree on need to respond but are warned against being ‘slaves to industry’

Universities on the continent must shun xenophobia themselves, THE-Ulsan event hears

Ahead of the Asia Universities Summit, Feridun Hamdullahpur sets out what you need to consider when carrying out industry-funded research

Universities in the US, South Korea and elsewhere must contribute to the advancement of the knowledge-based industries of the 21st century, says Doh-Yeon Kim

President of ETH Zurich talks to Times Higher Education rankings editor Phil Baty

Subra Suresh, president of Carnegie Mellon University, speaks to THE at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Phil Baty reports from the World Economic Forum in Davos

Event will explore university-industry collaboration, curiosity-led research and whether institutions can create entrepreneurs

Reflections on event held at the University of California, Berkeley

The most popular Times Higher Education stories of the last year revealed

Ellie Bothwell hears from students at the THE BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit in Johannesburg

The Times Higher Education editorial team look at some of the highlights from this week's edition

Provost of Universitas 21 tells THE summit that universities must engage with institutions outside their elite groups

Berkeley academic also tells THE event that government initiatives have little influence on the quality of universities

Nobel laureate tells THE summit that religious zealotry has taken a ‘heavy toll on intellectual pursuit’

The vice-chancellor of Covenant University tells THE that collaborations within the continent can be most useful for solving challenges

India and China are the main winners in our list of the best universities in emerging economies

The THE team looks ahead to the 2016 BRICS and Emerging Economies Summit

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

Bairbre Redmond considers the importance of international collaboration ahead of the BRICS & Emerging Economies Universities Summit

Higher education institutions must not be measured by their economic contribution alone, writes John Gill

Experts tell THE summit that Zuckerberg-Chan gift illustrates changing nature of philanthropy

Discussion at THE World Academic Summit explored how league tables can help promote accountability, reports Ellie Bothwell

Saul Perlmutter tells THE World Academic Summit that there is a ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of the purpose of research

At THE World Academic Summit, academics and entrepreneurs debate impact of technology on teaching

Times Higher Education’s flagship event will be hosted in partnership with the London university

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman tells THE World Academic Summit that universities should focus on teaching undergraduates how to discern truth

Association of American Universities president also says state of US public universities is like battle to save species from extinction

Nicholas Dirks tells THE summit that free tuition would enable government to 'control' public research universities

Former secretary of labor tells THE summit that growing inequality in admissions is ‘national tragedy in the making’

Phil Baty addresses the THE World Academic Summit 2016, and raises some fundamental questions about how higher education is viewed worldwide

Study being launched at THE World Academic Summit highlights challenges of collecting comparable data on social mobility

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz to tell THE summit that universities rely on public trust and institutional autonomy

Ana Mari Cauce, who is Cuban-American and gay, aims to improve race and identity relations on campus

LinkedIn co-founder, a Nobel laureate and more than 10 university presidents among high-profile speakers at Times Higher Education’s flagship event 

Tuition rises have left middle classes ‘slammed’, and low African American enrolments can cause tensions, warns Gene Block

Former universities minister sees Chinese branch campuses as ‘prize’ for UK

President Thomas Rosenbaum also defines his role as maintaining a culture ‘where people dream’

Shanghai Jiao Tong University a model of how China’s universities can transform and put innovation first, says president

Jean-Lou Chameau says new institution has established 'remarkable' research record since opening and has not been influenced by Saudi Arabian cultural issues 

The 2016 THE Asia Universities Summit took place at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology this week

Steve Kang says he wants to challenge East Asian 'uni-directional' tradition of education where students simply 'prepare for the test'

Academics do not always publicise their work, says senior academic administrator at Moroccan university 

Event host Pompeu Fabra University is arguably the greatest legacy of 1992 Games, says Jack Grove

New head of Staffordshire University says sector must think harder about whether classrooms and lecture halls on campus are suited to modern teaching methods

Philanthropic donations to universities seen in the US can be replicated in Europe and the Middle East, argues former University of Chicago president Hugo Sonnenschein

Outdated view that modern universities exert only local influence should be challenged, Hefce’s David Sweeney tells Barcelona event

Summit will take place on 5-7 April and officially launch the 150 Under 50 Rankings 2017, ranking the world's best universities under 50 years old

New universities must seek innovative ways to improve the student experience rather than simply mimicking older institutions, says Peter Coaldrake

Youth is not a bar to excellence, despite older institutions’ rankings success. Jack Grove analyses how some youthful contenders have risen in the ranks

Higher education is booming in parts of the world without a long history of university research and teaching – but development must be sustainable

Recently founded institutions can ‘leapfrog’ the educational approaches of the past, says former AUC president

Broader-based education addresses concerns over graduate skills, conference hears

Challenge of balancing need for quick decision-making with demand for collegiality debated