‘World’s business school’ sees new challenges in uncertain times
Stung by alumni reaction to his intervention on Israel-Gaza crisis, new dean of Insead says creating a ‘cauldron of cultures’ is a better way of contributing to the world
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For Taylor Swift, professors find a place in this world
College courses based on Swift and other pop stars grow quickly in US, promising academic value for instructors battling to maintain weakened attention spans
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Paper claiming ‘world’s oldest pyramid’ retracted over ‘error’
Editors express concern over dating of soil samples ‘not associated with manmade features’, but authors attack ‘unjust retraction of groundbreaking research’
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Degree apprenticeships: ‘don’t ruin something world is adopting’
Report on ‘voices from the frontline’ aims to dispel degree apprenticeship misconceptions like that of middle-class takeover
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Africa ‘is a laboratory for the world’, says Holberg prizewinner
Cameroonian historian and philosopher Achille Mbembe says continent’s universities need more funding, and better global partnerships
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Quarter of world’s top 200 universities led by women
Increase in female leaders driven by Europe as US stagnates
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Australian university governance a ‘circular system of patronage’
Dozens of consultancy bigwigs feature in corporate-heavy council membership, according to union analysis
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Extra pay for indigenous staff recognises ‘cultural workload’
Substantial allowance ‘fair recompense’ for extra expectations on Aboriginal employees, Murdoch says
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Pakistan’s new government must wake up to the education emergency
Young people are leaving the country in droves yet no political party is committed to reforming higher education, says Asghar Zaidi
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Australian student visa changes undermine campus diversity push
Latest changes encourage more recruitment from China for universities that already have the market cornered
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Graduate debt relief expected in Australian budget
Student loans among the ‘areas where we need to do much better with the younger generation’, prime minister concedes
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Patten: boost funding ‘or lose university world power status’
Outgoing Oxford chancellor, ‘chairman of the Tory party when there was one’, advocates cross-party consensus on state investment, not higher fees
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Talking leadership: SKKU’s Ji-Beom Yoo on allowing failure
As overhaul presses staff and students to broaden horizons, president discusses handling faculty pushback, maintaining a vital Samsung partnership and dealing with disgruntled alumni
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Asia University Rankings 2024: methodology
To reflect this dynamic region, we make adjustments to the criteria behind our World University Rankings, which we have revised to reflect today’s higher education scene