World Academic Summit
Eric Mazur, father of the ‘flipped classroom’, says rethinking assessment is the next frontier
Iconic Californian institution’s viability as a state university called into question by fall in public support and growing political intrusion, says ex-chancellor
US physician also tells summit that, while governments change, ‘science goes on’
The THE team select their highlights from the 2017 World Academic Summit
Improvement districts and policy innovation via research among international examples of civic missions, summit hears
Times Higher Education’s flagship event will return to the Asian city state for its fifth edition
Universities face new diversity challenge as middle-class parents push to secure places for children at top institutions, says former University of Warwick boss
UCL head warns that decision to leave European Union ‘affecting our ability to recruit and retain the very best’
‘Artificial barriers’ such as Brexit ‘should be resisted‘, Nobel laureate tells event hosted by King’s College London
Ahead of the 2018 World Academic Summit, speaker Nicolas Pejout looks at entrepreneurialism in universities
Andrew Hamilton suggests lure of New York will help it to ride out political storms
Louise Richardson says it is ‘completely mendacious’ to suggest higher tuition fees have driven inflation in executive pay
Julie Devonshire calls on universities to help students to bridge the gap between entrepreneurial aspiration and action
Peter Mathieson is a big believer in the merits of globalisation, and wants universities to instil this belief in their students
All the latest programme news and analysis ahead of the 2017 THE World Academic Summit, hosted by King's College London
Nobel laureates and university presidents will speak at flagship THE event at King’s College London
Reflections on event held at the University of California, Berkeley
The most popular Times Higher Education stories of the last year revealed
Higher education institutions must not be measured by their economic contribution alone, writes John Gill
Experts tell THE summit that Zuckerberg-Chan gift illustrates changing nature of philanthropy
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