Canada joining the rush to create a Darpa
Trudeau government set to fulfil campaign promise for version of legendary US innovation agency, amid mixed expert assessment of its wisdom
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Liberté, egalité, autonomie: Do French universities want more freedom?
Despite incremental reforms throughout Emmanuel Macron’s first term as president, France still has one of the most centralised higher education systems in Europe. As the election looms, Ben Upton...
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Can universities manufacture a post-industrial future for the Midwest?
Freshly inaugurated US president Joe Biden owes his election victory to swing states in America’s Rust Belt. But is his plan to revitalise them by creating ‘millions of new manufacturing and...
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Canada pushes abundant PhD graduates towards industry needs
Doctoral glut seen as especially bad in nation that does too little research
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Interview with Liviu Matei
The higher education professor discusses totalitarian Romania, his academic inspirations and a fascination with folk music
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Can the academy rein in Big Tech?
The grip of Silicon Valley on commerce and culture is huge and ever-growing. But as concerns mount about tech firms’ ethics, is there anything that universities – with vastly lower research and...
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Talking leadership 9: Meric Gertler on building global links
The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades
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Plan to ‘level up’ UK research funding ‘unambitious’
Comparison with current data suggests government proposals are ‘not exactly a revolution in the funding balance’, say experts
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THE Awards Asia 2021: winners announced
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology gets leadership prize for ‘volume and range’ of Covid-19 contributions
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ߣߣÊÓƵn migration rules ‘risk international education crisis’
Policies risk inciting behaviour worse than 2000s immigration scams, expert warns
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New UK rules on international research partnerships now in force
Legislation gives Westminster government power to block or impose conditions on acquisition of intellectual property in 17 areas
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The UK has already met its overseas recruitment target. Time for another
With concerted efforts, the UK could attract far more than 600,000 international students to its shores, says James Pitman
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My worst teaching moment – and what it taught me
All academics have had that anxiety dream about standing up to give a lecture, only to realise they have forgotten to prepare anything – or to put on any clothes. But real teaching failures are...
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Talking leadership 10: Yong Hoon Lee on science and technology education
The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology president discusses project-based learning, securing government funding and demographic decline
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Institute of Physics puts skills at centre of latest reinvention
Physics’ royal society aims to be more relevant than ever with focus on skills, education and business