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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Interview with Robert Bickers
The Wolfson History Prize-nominated professor discusses how China’s past shapes its nationalism and why the Communist Party’s ‘historical nihilist’ label suits him
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Sir John Marsh, 1931-2017
Tributes paid to agricultural economist who wielded significant policy influence
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Time to end bias against academia’s female entrepreneurs
Female under-representation in spin-offs is likely to be attributable to the usual suspects: gender bias, lack of appropriate support and limited access to the right networks, says Simonetta Manfredi
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Peter Mathieson on the perils of Hong Kong politics
As a Brit leading HKU, Peter Mathieson had no baggage. The University of Edinburgh’s new v-c tells Ellie Bothwell about academic freedom, internationalisation and being treated to taxi drivers’ views...
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Conferences mean high times but low returns
Academic gatherings may be fun, but they do little to advance knowledge. To justify the public spending that supports them, such events must do more to provide benefits to those who don’t attend,...
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Asia University Rankings 2018: continental contenders
Futao Huang considers the five nations trying to compete with China, Asia’s higher education superpower
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Chi Onwurah: research funding in regions could ‘rebalance economy’
Shadow science minister acknowledges challenge of combining excellence with ‘place’ in supporting R&D
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Colombia: barriers to scientific cooperation remain
Botanist warns of continuing political instability and restrictive legislation on science
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Europe's aerospace industry commits to a common research strategy
Brussels, 28 Apr 2003 The European aerospace industry has agreed on a set of guidelines for customer-supplier relationships, one of which calls for the creation of a common research and development...
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UK considers extending post-Brexit support for Horizon 2020 bids
Treasury underwriting of projects previously funded by the EU could continue after transition period, Jo Johnson says
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Research that pays: knowledge transfer at the world’s top universities
Simon Baker discovers what the World Economic Forum’s ‘community’ of universities – the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) – can teach us about industry-academia collaboration and innovation with...
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China’s shift towards basic research ‘aids entrepreneurial goals’
National University of Singapore president says focus is moving away from short-term and applied research