NYU president: global engagement is a form of alchemy
Institutional partnerships are on the rise, but the sector must do even more to join forces to tackle global challenges, writes Linda G. Mills
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Interview with Kabir Sheikh
Health researcher on bridging the policy-academia divide and navigating global health politics
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The AI revolution demands radical change to law curricula
The emergence of ChatGPT underlines that keeping the status quo may be the beginning of the end for legal education, warns Mimi Zou
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Is the Covid generation ready for college?
With students who entered high school during the pandemic starting to apply for places, admissions officers feel ill equipped to judge their readiness
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A sustainable future for UK HE needs shared vision – and less competition
The challenge for universities seeking greater openness, innovation and collaboration is they can’t do it on their own, say Ian Matthias and Mike Boxall
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AI pioneer: ChatGPT will soon become scholars’ ‘debate partner’
Gone are the days when AI was seen as the villain in education, according to leading HKUST scientist
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Has science lost the ‘mandate of heaven’?
We who are the beneficiaries of technology must also listen and respond to the voices of frustration if science is to regain public trust, says Keith Burnett
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Creative minds enjoy the challenge of change
Howard Newby embraces the opportunities that the HE Act offers to a cash-strapped but energetic sector A residing strength of the higher education sector is its ability to look beyond itself: its...
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Whatever happened to the CUDOS of academic values?
Over the past century, capitalism, relativism, egoism and social advocacy have fuelled the decay of traditional academic commitments, says Bruce Macfarlane
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A challenge to Boris
Keith Burnett urges the new prime minister to use his time in the global spotlight to show that Britain is welcoming to international talent
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My Utopia Institute is all about impact and interdisciplinarity
We need to encourage and support scientists to leap into the unknown to solve our grand challenges faster and more equitably, says Xiangkun Cao
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Europe’s mobility ambitions should go far beyond joint degrees
Creating a cross-border qualification within a year is hugely ambitious but the wider benefits of mobility should be huge, say Jo Angouri and Jan Palmowski
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A question of incentives
University rankings wield enormous influence. But if constructed and used correctly, they should be a mirror and support, not a straitjacket
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Objectivity scepticism is loosening universities’ grasp of their purpose
Some politicians are using the supposed ideological character of research to justify imposing greater control over it, says Martyn Hammersley
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The merged Adelaide University will be big, bold and for the better
Many ask why we assume a combined university will offer more. The answer is that we are purposefully designing it that way, say Peter Høj and David Lloyd