‘Star’ academics’ PhD students no happier than peers
Supervisors’ supportiveness, not their academic ability, found to be key driver of satisfaction in survey
Search
-
-
Latin America tipped as potential branch campus growth region
US universities are opening outposts in the region to capitalise on untapped market and skirt barriers created by the Trump administration
-
Common threads bind campuses together
A spell of globetrotting shows that no matter their location, universities, and those they serve, face challenges that cannot be tackled alone
-
Asia Universities Summit: Caltech's size a 'major advantage'
President Thomas Rosenbaum also defines his role as maintaining a culture ‘where people dream’
-
THE podcast: Australia’s research challenge
Will recent funding cuts affect Australian researchers’ ability to continue to compete on volume and impact?
-
World insight: the future of higher education in South Asia
We have reached a key moment in the development of the region's higher education sector, says Ismail Badat
-
Asia University Rankings 2017: Hong Kong’s ties to China do a power of good
Mainland partnerships and lunar missions show the benefits of collaboration, says Timothy W. Tong, the head of Hong Kong Polytechnic University
-
A university rooted in its city but with a global agenda
The University of Macau’s strategy is infused with the culture of its Sino-Western home city and the ambitions of the Greater Bay Area, says its president
-
German university’s London campus will ‘send anti-Brexit signal’
Technical University of Munich outpost may be joint venture with Imperial College London
-
Universities are the aces in the political pack
Higher education is often cast as politically insignificant, but look closer and it is frequently a chip in the highest-stakes game around
-
One in six universities worldwide led by a woman
Data on more than 19,000 institutions show Europe lags behind leading anglophone sectors on female leadership
-
UK campus will teach China to open education to world, says dean
Wen Hai, head of Peking University HSBC Business School’s Oxford outpost, says venture will help foster collaboration between Britain and China
-
Netherlands and Germany ‘most supportive’ of internationalisation
British Council research warns that Brexit ‘may affect future international engagement’ of the UK
-
Funding and state buy-in ‘key to reshaping Indian universities’
Government proposals to create large, multidisciplinary universities hailed as ‘important new drive’ but experts say they have ‘seen this play before’
-
Foreign students at Israeli university ‘made to work on farm’
Tel Aviv University launches investigation into complaints made by African and Asian learners on industry-backed master’s