World Academic Summit

The World University Rankings will be released in October 

People will always ‘come up with the same bullshit’ to support anti-science agendas, says Nasa scientist

Cambridge statistician tells THE World Academic Summit that experts’ media role in pandemic had not been ‘unalloyed success’

Institutions in poorer nations have the eager students, and hope the West is now ready to supply the expertise

But offshore bulwarks take many forms – and in some institutions, staying at home works best

THE survey finds that students rate in-person tuition significantly more highly

Admitting profits is a strong start, experts say, but academia has much more central culpability yet to remedy

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton tells THE summit that non-science disciplines are vital to shaping how tech is used

Notions of reconciliation and treaty should be treated as ongoing journeys rather than destinations, summit hears

Summit also hears how successful universities can drive damaging gentrification in their cities

Louise Richardson ‘embarrassed to confess we educated’ Michael Gove given his Brexit comments on experts

Campuses can rarely help replicate Silicon Valley and face great risk trying, innovation expert warns

The opportunities afforded by this year’s event are greater than ever before

The humanities can seem to struggle in our science-dominated world, but even a utilitarian view must hold them as foundational to a decent society

Online event to explore how pandemic and technology are reshaping geography of global higher education

Subject rankings will be launched throughout the autumn

New York University provost says sector approaches to diverse hiring can become ‘distasteful, racist and fetishistic’ exercises

‘Peripheral’ institutions can more easily ‘play on the world stage’ but most prestigious universities may be more likely to survive and thrive, THE summit hears

Continent’s scholars urged to focus on solving societal problems

As universities renew their pedagogical efforts, there is no case to lower tuition fees, summit hears

Universities should capitalise on their students as an asset, says UN environment expert

Panel stresses importance of ethics training for field that generates moral questions ‘on steroids’

Mamokgethi Phakeng says universities often ‘part of the machine’ that perpetuates white privilege and exploitation of Global South

A Pakistan-based institution saw a new generation of leaders emerge during Covid-19

NYU president counters that such competition is what drives science forward

Wits v-c says that decolonised knowledge must not be sanitised knowledge

Manchester v-c says Covid response has transformed inter-university and regional government collaboration in city

Nottingham vice-chancellor insists international collaboration can become ‘even better’ using digital communication

Toronto president tells summit that ‘quality of city’ is crucial for university headhunting

Covid-19 is disrupting academic and student mobility in short term but university leaders are optimistic that higher education will maintain its international outlook

CEU president says that rather than relying on ‘outside institutions’, academics and students must stand up for themselves

We preview the upcoming virtual World Academic Summit and speak with the University of Toronto’s Susan McCahan about her vision of the future for higher education

Virtual event will explore the value of place and opportunities for more equitable international partnerships, as well as marking the launch of THE’s World University Rankings 2021

Virtual event will explore how to better recognise institutions’ socio-economic contributions to region and mark launch of THE’s Latin America University Rankings 2020

Pandemic-driven shifts could ‘accelerate’ rise of continent’s universities, leaders tell THE event

Survey of academics in region finds widespread predictions of enrolment decline, budget cuts and concerns over lack of preparation for online education