World Academic Summit

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

Rankings portfolio will include new league table on the Arab World

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

University and industry leaders in the UK will discuss the importance of collaboration between institutions, businesses and nations post-pandemic

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