Vice-provost for academic affairs at Nazarbayev University says the post-Soviet country is supporting higher education to break new ground in international research
YS Chi claims publisher’s shift to recognise research quality over quantity left a void that has been filled by others happy to publish insubstantial work
Former ETH Zurich president tells THE summit there has been a ‘huge inflation’ in university enrolments, coupled with a ‘substantial mismatch between what universities teach and what society needs’
In an unpredictable, increasingly digital age, Singapore’s universities are rethinking how to equip alumni with relevant skills throughout their lives
The president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology gives a pared down version of his 2018 ̽»¨ÊÓÆµ World Academic Summit plenary address
Long-term benefits of research success – and of building industry relations – may be less direct but far more valuable than royalty payments, summit hears
Leaders have increasingly been acknowledging that the cultural pressure put on the country’s children to spend their hours studying has left them too one-dimensional
President of Humboldt University of Berlin says new public laboratory will help drive the ‘production, preservation and communication of knowledge’