Summits and events news

Universities’ must take a ‘prominent’ role in the evolution of the Sustainable Development Goals, says facilitator who helped launch them

Universities are better off seeking support elsewhere than accepting funds with ‘conditionalities’, says v-c

South-east Asia must take a wider approach to addressing the region’s rapidly evolving skill needs, forum hears

Senior academics need to recapture their love for research, according to former professor-turned-politician

Universities’ contribution to a sustainable world will remain ‘patchy’ until they become less ‘stuck’ in metrics and better at talking to their communities

Education should be used to create more peaceful future at time of global upheaval, minister tells global gathering

Universities struggling to compete with the opportunities offered by the private sector as potential doctoral candidates question value of PhDs, summit hears

Dean calls for end to ‘silos’ that exist between academics, career services and industry

Institutions must articulate ‘clear narrative’ about what makes them different in competitive global environment, summit hears

Universities urged to play greater role in teaching people how to create their own work, as countries become more sceptical of higher education

Focus on forming manageable consortia of five to 10 institutions instead of ‘sleeping’ agreements that elicit no action, university leaders say

Pioneer women university presidents must pave the way by becoming ‘sponsors’ of their successors

University leaders often forget to ask the most important questions when setting up offshore, summit hears

Internationalisation is creating new linguistic challenges for universities, as the imperative to attract foreign students clashes with policies to retain them after they graduate

Expert says ‘coordination problem’ leaves degree courses out of sync with business needs

Universities find ways to help scholars keep work going despite widespread destruction of universities and research facilities

Continent does not have a knowledge deficit but a ‘knowledge to real-world impact deficit’, vice-chancellor tells summit

Geopolitical instability and economic challenges mean funding institutions used to rely on has dried up, summit hears

Focusing only on admissions to universities neglects wider picture, according to South African politician

Allegations of corruption and concerns about academic integrity will not be addressed without frank conversations, says university president

Institutions in the Middle East should establish an innovation hub to help young people develop their own companies, THE summit hears

Legal restrictions prevented Australian universities from sharing financial documents despite completing merger, former deputy vice-chancellor reveals

Wider range of graduate outcomes must be considered over longer time horizon, say panellists at THE event

University leaders should advocate for grants to be diverted to early years education to reduce later attainment gaps, conference hears

‘Clever’ linkage to maintenance grants could encourage Scottish policymakers to adopt Westminster proposal, conference hears

Institutions must find new ways to respond to the agendas of the communities where they operate, leaders tell summit

Female researchers need ‘action’, not just ‘advice’, says high-flying scientist

Irene Tracey stresses importance of teaching students courtesy and respect to model what ‘good disagreement’ looks like

Curtailing competition, reducing waste and drawing more on industry and philanthropic sources seen as ways to fill gaps left by NIH retreat

Sethuraman Panchanathan says research funder and scientists must improve ‘storytelling’ as agency faces $5 billion cuts

Demonstrating research impact more clearly will reverse falling public support for higher education, argues scholar turned education minister

A year after joining the ‘MIT of the Middle East’, the former King’s College London president reflects on the need for scholars to align their research with national priorities and the joys of leading a ‘city community of scholars’

Just being there is the best many can hope for, says disabled students’ advocate

Social licence ‘more fragile than people realise’ in a world where populism rules, science diplomat warns

Ambitious review with modest government pickup ‘was not an exercise in kicking the can down the road’

Performance-based research fund also faces overhaul, as Wellington embraces least disruptive and costly aspects of landmark review’s proposals

Universities are at a crossroads and must act decisively to become sites of social transformation, says first black woman to lead a university in Brazil

Academics must come out from ‘behind our walls and our labs’ and take the lead on sustainability issues, conference hears

Better education-industry links can ensure continent capitalises on new technologies in a way it didn’t before, says World Bank economist

Language around inclusion in higher education has in fact been exclusionary, Australian university leader claims

Four in five tertiary education students globally to be in developing world by 2040, World Bank research predicts

AI expert Tshilidzi Marwala calls for closer collaboration between universities and companies and rebalancing of AI power divide away from US and China

Turkish academic says women who ‘share their core values visibly’ face ‘invisible barriers’, as she recounts experience of studying in both Istanbul and London

Dawn Freshwater says universities must reclaim social licence to operate to help push for more sustainable planet

Climate expert Mike Berners-Lee says major global crises can only be tackled by return to simple values of truth and respect

Research finds few universities have support tailored towards complex needs of refugee students

Whole role of science in societies ‘being threatened’ by period of great turbulence, says scholar who chaired Ireland’s Covid vaccination drive

Institutions forget their importance to countries when they let themselves get embroiled in political debates, summit hears

Fundamental values that form higher education at stake, warns president of the European University Association

THE summit in Brazil to explore institutional excellence and sustainability

Tariff war between superpowers may lead to more Chinese students choosing universities closer to home, but international collaboration must be protected, say university leaders

Growing spending on research and development in Global South leading to more papers, but increased scrutiny needed to identify misconduct, say publishers

India’s Ahmedabad University secures top award after becoming leading player in research and innovation

Institutions can lean on generous government funding and industry links to win race for top American research talent, summit hears

THE summit in Kigali to discuss challenges and opportunities facing African higher education

Generalists are needed to help India achieve its ambitious space goals, THE summit hears

Traditional progression metrics and unbalanced governing bodies holding female academics back, say experts

Impact of AI on education may be overestimated unless used to rethink traditions, says technologist

Current health data is largely based on Western studies and Western participants, leading to potential data gaps for Middle Eastern citizens

THE summit hears that scholarships and online courses can play an important role in aiding students displaced by conflict