Flying down to Rio fuels new North-South romance
Canada seeks long-term relationship with growing higher education superpower. Jon Marcus reports
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Research intelligence - British drive and German engineering
First UK Fraunhofer revs its engine as technology-hub model gains traction. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Culture, media & gender studies round-up
In the Limelight and Under the Microscope: Forms and Functions of Female CelebrityEditors: Su Holmes and Diane NegraEdition: FirstPublisher: ContinuumPages: 352Price: £65.00 and £19.99ISBN...
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From where I sit - Yale makes India a key focus
Why is there a new buzz to the Yale-India relationship?New Haven academia's links with India are longstanding, beginning in 1718 when the Collegiate School of Connecticut was renamed Yale College in...
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Having their say, and how: 31% rise in reputation survey responses
The expert opinion of more than 17,500 academics from 137 countries will be used to inform the 2011-12 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it was confirmed this week.Thomson Reuters,...
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Searing honesty
Jon Baldwin has left for Australia, but he has a few home truths to impart from abroad about the mess the UK academy is in
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Now everyone will know that Cornell means business
Expanding into the Big Apple provides a platform for high-tech start-ups. John Morgan reports
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Time is the essence
Malcolm Gillies argues that to succeed, universities must be of the moment
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From where I sit - The social and political network
Just as the media, in the shape of US news channel CNN, surprised the world with coverage of the First Iraq War, now it is social media's turn to astonish us.This seems to have happened first when...
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Stock plagiarism penalties don't always fit the crime
Scholars identify weaknesses in a proposed sector-wide 'reference tariff'. Jack Grove reports
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World Reputation Rankings 2012 methodology
 Informed opinion at the heart of the matter Thousands worldwide have responded to our Academic Reputation Survey, whose rigorous methodology addresses common concerns and shows what scholars really...
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Asian business schools target Western students
Some of the biggest players in Asian business education are joining forces to target top prospective students from Europe and other Western markets.
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Tigers burning bright
Asian higher education is on the rise in a success story that is shaking up the global order. Simon Marginson explains the importance of the Confucian model to the region's progress, while Philip...
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About-face by Oxford University Press
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Pinpointing science's fertile clusters and danger zones
Paul Jump reports on a new way to spot strong and weak centres for research performance