‘Disappointing’ post-pandemic lectures fail to entice students
Students want to be on campus but they still need a reason to go there, summit hears
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World University Rankings 2024 digital edition
Since their founding year in 2004, the World University Rankings have become increasingly sophisticated and now use an array of metrics to give a robust picture of global university performance
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The shape of rankings to come
We’re gathering data on interdisciplinary science and online learning, and making improvements to some of our existing rankings, to capture insights on more of the work that universities do, says THE...
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World University Rankings 2024: trends in industry
WUR expands industry pillar to include patents in country scores, with greatest gains by Ireland, Hong Kong and the US
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New metrics and AI tools ‘can produce better research assessment’
While the process to replace Excellence in Research for Australia is a ‘black box’ exercise, new evaluation mechanisms hold promise
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Universities like ‘deer in headlights’ on AI, says edX founder
Metaverse campuses may be needed to alleviate loneliness of ‘personalised learning at scale’ driven by AI, Anant Agarwal tells THE summit
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‘Killing’ projects ‘helps multidisciplinary research thrive’
Research ecosystems need some ‘apoptosis’ as some cells emerge and others fade away, summit hears
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Talking leadership: Gary May on attracting minority students
UC Davis’ chancellor, Gary May, has plenty of background in attracting minority students, but finds California’s decades-old ban on race-based admissions a formidable foe
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Regional universities can hold their own, deputy v-c insists
Think twice before pushing bush campuses into national institution or shotgun marriages with research elite, says Chris Hutchison
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Horizon association deal ‘opens door for Pioneer reappraisal’
Ministers should take another look at ‘ambitious’ plans for decade-long fellowships after Horizon Europe membership was agreed, urges sector
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‘Adversarial collaboration’ makes feuding scholars work together
Pairing of ideologically opposed academics should become sector norm when researchers disagree, says Pennsylvania project leader
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Knowledge Exchange Framework 2023: sector spinouts worth billions
Latest KEF data reveals how Oxbridge offshoots turnover more than £40 million annually on average with impressive results found elsewhere in sector
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For their own good, we should force students to physically attend lectures
Lockdowns demonstrated the damage isolation does to mental health. Why are universities prolonging it by recording lectures, asks Paul Wiltshire
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UCU staff back strike action over cuts to campaign team
Union says it is ‘committed to resolving this issue as a matter of urgency’ as Unite urges it to continue funding for postgraduate rights role
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UKRI rejects call to treat postgraduate researchers as staff
Funder’s ‘New Deal’ will examine welfare arrangements for PhD students but insists they are better off ‘without an employment contract’