What a carve up: rethink ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Europe
I read with interest “The best universities in New Europe” ranking (News, 25 April). I was particularly glad that some Hungarian universities ranked in remarkably high positions. While...
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Mexican excellence
The bleak reading in “Mexican standoff” (Features, 3 May) does not truly match my own, if limited, experience of working in Mexico since 2012. The National Autonomous University of Mexico is the...
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Help free Abbas Edalat
An open letter to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office We are members of the academic community in the UK and beyond, including China, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Russia, Slovenia, South...
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Appointments – 10 May 2018
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The Australian government is finally looking beyond the economics of higher education
The new remit for the Higher Education Standards Panel flags up various regulatory issues that the minister wants to see addressed, says Gavin Moodie
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Calculating the carbon footprint of research is not a solution to climate change
Convincing universities to divest from fossil fuels and use only green energy is a better strategy, says Thomas Smith
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Luck and gut instinct are a university president’s key assets
The demands of the job take their toll, but rigorous application of the smell test can limit the damage, say Stephen Joel Trachtenberg and Francine Trachtenberg
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Language requirements for international students are too low
Overseas students’ academic potential is hobbled if their English does not far exceed current thresholds, says Danijela Trenkic
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: new name, wider frame
We’ve dropped the term ‘BRICS’ not to disparage any country’s feats but rather to recognise an expanding world of strength and diversity, says Phil Baty
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: China’s haves and have-nots
China is supporting an elite group of universities to achieve world-class status. But this strategy will create a new set of problems, says Ka Ho Mok
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: a boon in Trump’s bombast
The US president’s rhetoric against Latin America has deterred the region’s brightest students, which will benefit its universities, says J. Salvador Peralta
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: the UAE’s oasis of knowledge
Abu Dhabi’s forward-thinking policies for higher education have already borne fruit, and point towards a bright future for the UAE, says Tod A. Laursen
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THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018: results announced
China’s ‘educational inequality’ revealed as country’s lower-ranked universities fall further behind
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University of Montana plans to cut majors and staff numbers
Humanities subjects set to be hardest hit by restructure