Universities: ‘the collateral damage of blood and soil nationalist politics’
The massification of higher education has made it a polarising issue, says Simon Marginson
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Behind bars: one academic’s experience of an Indian prison
James Tooley reflects on who helped him, who let him down and what he learned from his time in prison in Hyderabad
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Grant winners – 5 January 2017
A round-up of?academics awarded research council funding
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The UK’s industrial strategy: what will it mean for universities?
New approach calls research crucial to raising productivity, but there is a shift in focus to industrial challenges
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No heroes and villains in academic publishing
Jeffrey Beall’s blacklist of predatory publishers has disappeared, and so too should ideas about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ journals, argues Martin Parker
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Education ministers from Pacific Rim meet to discuss reform
Ministers from Asia, Australasia and the Americas explore common challenges
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Russell Group reaches out to China’s elite
UK delegation meets up with C9 universities to consider new funding opportunities
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Interview with Nirmala Rao
We talk women’s equality and emancipation, the necessity of HE investment in developing countries and eureka moments in the Himalayas with the new head of the?Asian University for Women
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Which universities could challenge the higher education elite?
THE analysis?reveals the 53 institutions that could surpass Oxbridge and the Ivy League
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Ideas of a university: defining our terms
What is a university? The Lords debate on the HE bill asked this very question and reminds us that in 2017, clarifying their purpose is more vital than ever
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BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017: should emerging economies nurture world-class universities?
For many universities, rankings help to identify where improvement is needed for the national good, says THE rankings editor Phil Baty
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Dwindling US international student numbers? Don’t blame Trump!
The US has long been losing its popularity with overseas students, says Marguerite Dennis
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Mexico’s CETYS plans future in shadow of Trump’s wall
Border institution co-hosts international conference with US universities as Trump presidency begins
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Trump travel ban on Iranians ‘would harm US science and nation’
Data highlight strength of US-Iran research links while experts stress benefits for American science and economy