World University Rankings 2018: Brian Schmidt – a laureate’s lesson in leadership
The Nobel prizewinning physicist and Australian National University vice-chancellor on why his experience running a research team matters more than his Nobel prize
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World University Rankings 2018: Cornell’s commitment to its calling
Cornell is dedicated to truth, free expression and diversity, for only through these can it fulfil its mission to ‘maintain and promote the humane and rational values’ crucial to society, says its...
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World University Rankings 2018: agile minds need not fear the future
Tan Chorh‑Chuan explains how the National University of Singapore is addressing two key questions posed by the new age of empowerment
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World University Rankings 2018: Latin American brain drain must be halted
The region must revive the reform spirit of 100 years ago to reverse the loss of talent, say Marcelo Knobel and Andrés Bernasconi
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World University Rankings 2018: universities must train a new breed of leaders
Good academic leadership that enables universities to stay abreast of societal developments is more vital than ever, says Ole Petter Ottersen
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World University Rankings 2018: Asia and the network effect
To consolidate strengths and address shared challenges, top regional institutions have formed the Asian University Alliance, Tsinghua University’s Zhou Zhong explains
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World University Rankings 2018: quality, in any language
Russia’s top universities are being supported to make internationalisation a priority, and the fruits of their efforts are paying off, says Vladimir Filippov
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World University Rankings 2018: the journey in numbers
Duncan Ross explains how far THE’s rankings have come – and where they might be going
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THE podcast: World University Rankings 2018 results
The results of the 2018 THE World University Rankings discussed by the editorial team
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World University Rankings 2018: the research and reputation nexus, a country comparison
Simon Baker, THE’s data editor, considers three pairs of countries
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World University Rankings 2018 table information
Key statisticsThe data shown under key statistics is that provided by the university itself in its submission to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It represents data from the 2015...
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World University Rankings 2018: the key measures marking Asia’s progress
Simon Baker, THE’s data editor, analyses the areas of academic activity that are central to the progress Asian universities are making
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Huddersfield wins Global Teaching Excellence Award
Inaugural HEA award is latest accolade for Yorkshire institution
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European researchers shun UK fellowships after Brexit vote
UCL head warns that decision to leave European Union ‘affecting our ability to recruit and retain the very best’
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Paul Nurse: research relies on ‘freedom of action and movement’
‘Artificial barriers’ such as Brexit ‘should be resisted‘, Nobel laureate tells event hosted by King’s College London