World Academic Summit

Highlights from a roundtable discussion with universities in Davos about how location influences community outreach and academic research 

Michael Spence tells THE/Toronto event that maintaining conversations at staff and student level is ‘incredibly important’ in face of rising tensions

University leaders and top academics will gather in Toronto to discuss the power of place

Nobel laureate astrophysicist Brian Schmidt discusses the notion of ‘genius’ with rising star physicist Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski

ETH rector says academia should focus on ‘excellent performances’, not quantity of research

Gemma Hersh acknowledges that publishing giant could do more to demonstrate its value

Universities also warned that lack of diversity in AI is leading to missed opportunities to solve important problems

Times Higher Education flagship event will take place in Canada for first time

OECD education adviser Dirk van Damme highlights disappointing maths and literacy scores of university leavers

World Economic Forum economist Saadia Zahidi says campuses must prevent ‘hollowing-out of the middle class’ for sake of social stability

Italian mathematician Alessio Figalli says falling short demonstrates the testing and unknowable nature of research

Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski tells young scholars to focus on research and ignore ‘shitty job market’

Harvard professor says universities must take on responsibility for morality in a post-institutional and post-religious world

UK universities struggle in latest league table, as institutions in Germany, China and Australia make progress

Brian Schmidt says academia is losing brightest researchers because they cannot endure ‘intolerable’ precarity throughout their thirties

Higher education institutions urged to change tactics when lobbying for extra funding

Analysis of the backgrounds of leaders in the world top 400 reveals turnover is high but diversity low among presidents and vice-chancellors

Publishing deals need to acknowledge the reality that most research is not yet gold open access, says Elsevier’s Gemma Hersh

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

Presidents of the next three Times Higher Education World Academic Summit host partner institutions discuss global talent in the 21st century 

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 Ong Ye Kung 

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