Visas: closing off opportunities to collaborate
Paul Wordsworth warns that the privatisation of visa applications is hampering academics’ ability to be part of an international community
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The Nobel path is not a safe one
Planning to win top laurels is a fool’s errand, so how should research be structured to best produce far-reaching results?
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Ted Belytschko, 1943-2014
A much-cited engineering researcher whose systems of prototyping helped to produce safer cars has died
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Time will tell: bigger picture reveals underlying movement
A snapshot view of four years of change
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BRICs, mortar boards and mixed fortunes
The large developing nations are making patchy progress in the rankings: will Putin’s ambitions be realised? Phil Baty reports
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Averages, dispersion and global variation
How far have national systems gained or slipped since 2013-14?
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Berkeley’s forecast: sunshine after the storm
UC’s finest has emerged from the financial crisis stronger than ever, argues Nicholas B. Dirks
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Fusion reaction
Tsinghua revels in its structural role on the global stage: forging connections between East and West, writes Chen Jining
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Hybrid vigour: the sum is greater than the parts
Competition and collaboration; home and abroad; public and private. Put them together and what have you got? The future, argues Alice Gast
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Broad range
At the heart of the Andes, one of Colombia’s top universities is striving for regional and global impact, explains Pablo Navas Sanz de Santamaría
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Hybrid vigour: the sum is greater than the parts
Source: Alamy Competition and collaboration; home and abroad; public and private. Put them together and what have you got? The future, argues Alice Gast. Research and education are global pursuits...
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Tapping new seams
As the state disinvests, Queensland is securing the future of its student experience and research by diversifying its income streams, writes Peter Høj
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We’re taking a long, hard look at ourselves
Germany is on a mission to punch its weight in the rankings, says Hans Müller-Steinhagen
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Drilling down into a rich landscape of data
Phil Baty explains how to use the league tables to extract information specific to your requirements
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A very particular set of skills
Phil Baty discovers which institutions excel in which subject areas and finds that the US/UK domination continues