Interview with Lee Cronin
The award-winning chemist attempts to explain his reasons for wanting to create a chemical brain, but suggests we won’t be moving to Mars any time soon
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The expectations for UKRI are high, and we intend to meet them
Mark Walport, CEO of the newly formed UK Research and Innovation, lays out the organisation’s plan to ensure society benefits from the ideas and knowledge it aims to generate
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Australian National University eyes role in new space agency
Funding for organisation expected to be confirmed in federal budget
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All learning ‘is going to happen digitally’, Coursera boss says
Increasing use of technology on campus will erode division between online and offline education, according to Jeff Maggioncalda
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‘Nuclear option’ of Australian workplace relations fizzles out
Perth’s Murdoch University backs away from radical move to reboot staff conditions
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Sam Gyimah’s second adviser shows trend for ‘loyalty’ jobs
Minister’s second ‘pad’ could signal government taking policy more ‘in-house’, some suggest
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THE World University Rankings 2019: pathways to greatness
A new THE analysis of ‘academic clusters’ reveals insights into the rapid improvement of institutions such as Tsinghua and New York University
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Croatia weighs a strategy for higher education reform
Following student protests, government mulls a sector report calling for change. Cyrille Cartier writes
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THE World Reputation Rankings 2018: KAIST: the making of an elite
The South Korean institute has built a strong global reputation in less than 50 years. Sung-Chul Shin shares the secrets of its inexorable ascent
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US midterms: the academics who tried to switch to politics
Donald Trump’s election prompted US scientific leaders to get more of their own into public office. However, as the midterm elections loom, progress on bringing analytical skills into the political...
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New UK visa scheme announced for skilled foreign researchers
Initiative will allow UKRI to sponsor researchers from outside the EU, but key questions unanswered
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Universities in developing nations still need support from the Western academy
Despite his stressful sudden exit from Papua New Guinea, John Warren insists that Western universities must continue to send staff to institutions in the developing world
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The big idea: one change that could transform universities
What single change to university practice would have the most positive and far-reaching consequences? Eight academics and thinkers give us their views
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The place of unions in the academy
From the largest strike in the history of UK higher education, to the US ‘academic precariat’ looking to unionise to improve their conditions, Jack Grove assesses the changing influence of workers’...
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THE World University Rankings 2019: elevating influences for lower-ranked universities
Ambitious institutions have taken a variety of steps to achieve uplift from legislation to tenure, says Ellie Bothwell