World insight: a homegrown academic workforce for the Gulf
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam considers the implications of ‘Emiratisation’ policies for higher education in the Middle East
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Postgraduate stem courses: top five sending countries to the UK
Saudi Arabia is the top country of origin for international postgraduate students on medicine and dentistry courses in the UK
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World University Rankings 2015-2016: results announced
US continues to lose its grip as institutions in Europe up their game
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The American studies melting pot
Christopher Phelps surveys a field that lends itself to interdisciplinarity, while a British scholar laments that UK institutions prefer Americans for Americanists
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150 Under 50 Rankings 2016: Focus on mission, not measurements
Rankings efforts must not detract from university mission, says Hong Kong University of Science and Technology president Tony Chan
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Authorship abuse is the dark side of collaboration
Too many senior scholars abuse their power when it comes to assigning credit, argues Bruce Macfarlane
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Benedict Anderson, 1936-2015
‘A tremendously important and empathetic scholar’ who transformed our understanding of nationalism has died
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Balance of power
There seems little doubt that Asia’s star is rising, but reports of its imminent academic hegemony are greatly exaggerated, argues Miguel Lim
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World University Rankings 2015-2016 by subject: life sciences results
UK is top in life sciences while Asia performance varies
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Study finds eightfold rise in ‘predatory’ journal papers
Majority of academics publishing in journals with lax peer review are from Asia, study concludes
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World insight: Syria is in Europe
Arshin Adib-Moghaddam explores the migrant crisis, and universities’ role in it
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Are Asian students really less creative than those in the West?
Do the socially conservative societies of Asia stifle creativity, or is this a myth created by a complacent West? asks Jack Grove
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Chinese new year
Japan loses its crown to its main regional rival, as massive state funding and innovation pay dividends for the People’s Republic, writes Katie Duncan