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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: a region alive with possibilities
Asia-Pacific institutions are no longer just catching up, they are challenging the best. Phil Baty writes
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: to the top of the world again
China is reasserting itself at the forefront of intellectual endeavour while its regional neighbours vie to keep the pace. John Ross reports
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: not all plain sailing Down Under
Despite talk about Australia’s international education boom, the country’s sector has reason to be wary, as Phil Honeywood explains
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: always developing
On many fronts – research, international collaborations, entrepreneurship, student learning and more – HKUST is active and eager to advance, says Wei Shyy
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: hard lessons to learn
The University of Malaya has had mixed success in offsetting the effects of funding cuts, writes Awg Bulgiba Awg Mahmud
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: the network as catalyst
Multilateral efforts can leverage the resources and capabilities of individual institutions into world-changing collaborations, says Christopher Tremewan
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: steps forward and backward
Five sectors considered side by side, and how reputation tracks citation impact (or not)
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THE Awards Asia 2019: shortlist announced
More than 30 institutions from 13 territories in running for inaugural awards
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Public ‘overestimate’ harmful impact of new technologies
Research benefits often unforeseeable but must be communicated
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National rivalries slowing scientific progress, professor warns
Research for the public good being subverted by geopolitical ‘zero-sum competition’, says former LSE professor
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: Australia holds its ground
But experts ask how long country’s success can last in the face of rampant competition from Asia
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Sudden v-c exits raise big question: who should run universities?
Marketisation and intense competition a key underlying factor in spate of senior departures and suspensions, experts argue
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Plan S leaders resist pressure for slower open access transition
Little sympathy among scheme’s architects for suggestion that embargoed dissemination should continue to be supported
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Grade point average misses the pass mark in the UK
Key working group no longer active and grade inflation consultation makes no mention of initiative