What are you reading? – 27 June 2019
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Australia lags on arts, humanities and social sciences staffing
Data from 探花视频 suggest?some countries may be falling behind on the number of academics in non-STEM areas
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THE World Reputation Rankings 2019: Australia rebounds
Result shows that rankings performance is not one-way traffic, despite fierce international competition
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THE to host first summit in Japan
Asia Universities Summit 2020 will take place in partnership with Fujita Health University in Nagoya
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THE World Reputation Rankings 2019: methodology
Our Academic Reputation Survey forms the foundation for these rankings, meaning that they are built on the insights of a representative sample of global experts
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THE Young University Rankings 2019: core curriculum
Younger universities are more likely to concentrate on a smaller range of subjects, with many focusing on technological fields, writes Simon Baker
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Latin America tipped as potential branch campus growth region
US universities are opening outposts in the region to capitalise on untapped market and?skirt barriers created by the Trump administration
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Global poll shows only 18 per cent have high trust in scientists
Based on survey of more than 140,000 people, Wellcome Global Monitor finds affluent respondents are more likely to be positive about science
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One in six universities worldwide led by a woman
Data on more than 19,000 institutions show Europe lags behind leading anglophone sectors on female leadership
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‘Star’ academics’ PhD students no happier than peers
Supervisors’ supportiveness, not their academic ability, found to be key driver of satisfaction in survey
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UK campus will teach China to open education to world, says dean
Wen Hai, head of?Peking University HSBC Business School’s Oxford outpost, says venture?will help foster collaboration between Britain and China
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A networked university is a truly global one
Large-scale, transdisciplinary networks of universities represent the next phase of internationalisation, says Patrick Prendergast?
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Funding and state buy-in ‘key to reshaping Indian universities’
Government proposals to create large, multidisciplinary universities hailed as ‘important new drive’ but experts say they have ‘seen this play before’
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Demand-driven funding ‘better than the alternatives’
Uncapped funding best way of dealing with demographic ‘kinks’, Australian forum told
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Australian universities top in world for tackling inequality
Nation’s egalitarian culture, policies on widening access and Asia-Pacific location seen as key to?success in THE?University Impact Rankings?measure