World Academic Summit

How can universities and industry improve the talent pipeline to meet 21st-century economic and social needs? 

Vice-chancellors turn on businesses for not doing enough to educate and retrain their workforce

Times Higher Education’s flagship event will head to Zurich, Toronto and New York

Leaders of universities around the world consider how to advocate for international higher education amid rising nationalist agendas 

In an unpredictable, increasingly digital age, Singapore’s universities are rethinking how to equip alumni with relevant skills throughout their lives

University leaders from Europe, Africa and the US discuss how they are ensuring their students' skills stay current in a tech-driven future 

We must constantly be asking how the research university model can evolve, especially in a time of great technological disruption, says Ye Kung On 

The president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology gives a pared down version of his 2018 Times Higher Education World Academic Summit plenary address 

A panel of leading industry, government and university representatives discuss the challenges they face when fostering collaborative research systems

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

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

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

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

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