Machine learning: universities ready students for AI revolution
Sydney’s move towards programmes focused on problem-solving designed to address rise of artificial intelligence and automation
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World University Rankings 2018: top performers in our research pillar
Research powerhouses find fuel to raise work to new levels in collaborations that cross institutions, industries and disciplines. Linda Nordling writes
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Public versus private: university leadership in Japan
Futao Huang says that calls for Japan’s national universities to adopt more marketised leadership strategies have so far gone unheeded
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Interview with Stephen Hopgood
We talk internationalisation in the face of Brexit, as well as the “alien” concept of fun for academics, with the international relations professor
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European science ‘will be damaged by Brexit’
UK exit from EU research would boost success rates for other countries – but at cost of quality, experts warn
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Indian minister blames ‘subversion’ for campus clashes
Arun Jaitley comments come after Amnesty warns that free speech is under threat in Indian universities
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The 10 most popular World University Rankings stories of 2016
A look at the most-read THE university rankings articles from the past 12 months
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Some English universities overconfident on finances – Hefce
Latest report on sector’s financial health paints picture of growing gap between haves and have-nots
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Europe ‘struggling to catch’ US on high-impact science
Americans produce nearly twice as many highly cited papers in key fields, with China also catching up on EU
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World University Rankings 2018: their dreams are not impossible
Position in the overall rankings does not capture some of the ways in which many institutions in developing countries shine. Ellie Bothwell reports
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How will Brexit shape the European research landscape?
Holly Else considers how the withdrawal of one of the biggest players in European research could change science on the Continent, and likely national winners and losers
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Rankings 09: Asia advances
America's superpower status is slipping as other countries' efforts to join the global elite begin to pay dividends. Phil Baty reports
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University finances: start spreading the risk
As universities rely on multiple income streams to stay afloat, private money comes with caveats and portfolios must balance profit and principle
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Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction, by Chris Thomas
Book of the week: Human actions have killed off some species but may be kick-starting new ones, writes Jules Pretty
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Tech innovation to rely on graduate ‘creativity’ and openness
McLaren Applied Technologies director sees need to go ‘beyond STEM’, THE-Ulsan summit hears