World Academic Summit

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

Francis Crick Institute director Sir Paul Nurse speaks at the 2017 Times Higher Education World Academic Summit

Panel debate from the 2017 THE World Academic Summit

Peter Agre, Ed Byrne and Nicholas Dirks speak to Times Higher Education at the 2017 World Academic Summit in London

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