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A global panel of research universities and industry leaders discuss how to foster a sustainable culture of innovation 

Vice-chancellor at the Australian National University Brian Schmidt delivers a powerful address to open the 2018 World Academic Summit 

Delegates from the summit and THE's editors talk about their key takeaways from three days of talks in Singapore 

Higher education institutions too slow to adapt what and how they teach, rival says

End of era of deference as well as funding behind development of country’s higher education system, says Tony Chan

Singaporean scholar says that reverse brain drain has allowed global power to thrive 

Lengthy discussions slow pace of bringing products to market and are often irrelevant by the time they are concluded, summit hears

Times Higher Education’s flagship event will take place in continental Europe for first time

Making innovation zones work goes beyond financial support and facilities, summit hears

Top Israeli scholar says he was told to leave behind his scientific qualities when he became a member of parliament

Multidisciplinary mindset requires more diverse reward structures, says Sydney v-c

Long-term benefits of research success – and of building industry relations – may be less direct but far more valuable than royalty payments, summit hears

Leaders have increasingly been acknowledging that the cultural pressure put on the country’s children to spend their hours studying has left them too one-dimensional

President of Humboldt University of Berlin says new public laboratory will help drive the ‘production, preservation and communication of knowledge’

Humboldtian tradition at risk of unravelling in shift to use of teaching-only staff, Nobel prizewinning v-c says

Leaders of top universities say students must be pushed to ‘breaking point’ and allowed to fail

Summit to coincide with Times Higher Education Awards

New league table will be first to measure global universities’ success in delivering on UN targets

The event will host the launch of the 2019 US College Rankings in partnership with the Wall Street Journal

 Who’s coming and what’s on the agenda for the 2018 World Academic Summit in Singapore  

President of Canada’s York University warns against binary divide between regional and global universities

Coming to you from a log flume in Florida, the team discusses highlights from the THE Young Universities Summit. Buckle your safety belt

Newer, urban universities can have impact beyond more established names, USF leaders argue

Event hears rallying cry for liberal education in the face of ‘false dichotomy’ between learning and jobs

President shares story of institution’s path out of the ‘abyss’

Bold by nature, young institutions are tailor-made for ambitious projects such as the EU’s plan to create disruptive ‘super-networks’, says Anthony Forster

The event will host the launch of the 2018 Times Higher Education Young University Rankings

Academics from North and South Korea are exploring how reunification could work, says Incheon National University president

THE Emerging Economies Summit hears senior university leader call for reform to address nation’s graduate employment crisis

China’s ‘educational inequality’ revealed as country’s lower-ranked universities fall further behind

World Bank consultant says India’s decision to relax state control over curricula at some universities is model

The event will host the launch of the 2018 Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings

Hear the Times Higher Education team discusses the highlights from the THE MENA Universities Summit 2018 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 

Head of Koç University says international researchers are applying to institution despite political landscape

University of Waterloo president says modern universities must combine research and creativity 

Middle Eastern country has the resources to ‘invest appropriately’ in universities, says UCL head

Internationalisation expert says universities should only proceed with new collaborations if there is backing from scholars 

No better place than city state for higher education's new era, says Nanyang Technological University president

Hear the Times Higher Education team and university leaders talk about the hot topics discussed at the 2018 Asia Universities Summit

League table may include metrics on university spin-off companies and research publications co-authored with industry

‘Students who would have gone abroad for their studies are already staying back in India and joining us,’ says vice-chancellor

Alliances between institutions to become increasingly important, says Sheffield vice-chancellor

Imperial College London president predicts that higher education institutions will follow global corporations in screening applicants using AI-based algorithms

Ability to commercialise research is key to rebuilding war-torn countries such as Sri Lanka, but businesses must pledge support, say sector leaders

Leaders of top universities acknowledge that balance of power in higher education is moving eastwards

Asian universities in particular are embracing a technological future, but they should bear in mind the words of two wise Americans, says Alice Gast

Ana Mari Cauce says collaborations allow universities to be ‘less solely dependent’ on the federal administration

Leaders of some of the world’s top universities will speak at flagship THE event in Singapore

Video and podcast coverage of the 2018 annual meeting of the World Economic Forum

THE data analysis in partnership with Elsevier highlights economic impact of world’s leading institutions 

Simon Baker discovers what the World Economic Forum’s ‘community’ of universities – the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) – can teach us about industry-academia collaboration and innovation with economic impact

Find out what you can expect at the upcoming 2018 Asia Universities Summit in Shenzhen, China

Times Higher Education’s third summit in the region will reveal the best universities in the Arab world 

Ahead of our Asia Universities Summit, Sir Keith Burnett looks into the future for UK higher education and sees the growing importance of China 

Times Higher Education’s first summit in mainland China will host launch of 2018 Asia University Rankings

In-depth chat with the former chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley

Scientific endeavour has for centuries been driven on by both competitive and collaborative spirit, and the rankings can boost both, says Phil Baty

What will European and global research collaboration look like post-Brexit?

Speakers at the 2017 World Academic Summit discuss how world-class universities are embracing social inclusivity

Panel discussion on the importance of internationalisation featuring the leaders of some of the world's most prestigious universities