Neighbour’s long shadow casts Hong Kong in sharp relief
While China’s intensification puts regional rivals in the shade, it casts a spotlight on progress in the special administrative region
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Doctoral study still lacks a global prescription
PhDs are becoming more programmatic in many countries, but the German one-on-one model retains considerable influence, says Glen Jones
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Sector sees opportunity in Cabinet split on visa salary threshold
Higher education leaders fear shortage of skilled workers if limit is not lowered from ?30,000
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How communities of practice can help improve your teaching
Teachers coming together to share learning strategies and mentor each other can?prevent?burnout and jump-start professional growth, says Valencia Gabay
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Embrace technological change, but not at the expense of our cultural heritage
Technologies like AI should be fostered to enhance learning, but more attention should also be paid to the core, humanistic missions of universities, writes Lin Jianhua
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Plan S: how important is open access publishing?
The advent?of Plan S promises to turbocharge the open access movement,?but amid pushback from researchers and publishers, Rachael Pells examines whether the demand for published research truly merits...
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The British public supports universities – it’s time government gets on board
If not, the country’s single biggest success story could be at?risk, says Janet Beer
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Silicon Valley and local universities show ‘mismatch’
Study claims California’s higher education policy environment has led to the ‘stagnation’ of the state’s universities?
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Books interview: Shane Hamilton
The lecturer in international business and strategy and author of Supermarket USA on big books, the ‘Cold War Farms Race’ and jazzed-up propaganda battles
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Higher education is the gateway to peace and prosperity in Pakistan
New ambitions to increase Pakistan’s higher education capacity and collaborations with the UK are reason enough be hopeful for the country’s future, says Cara Aitchison
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Letters – 6 December 2018
Effort to publish damned by review process Ronald Barnett offered some suggestions on how to conduct journal reviews with integrity in his article “Where are the ethics in academic publishing?” (...
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Interview with Jackie Hunter
We talk to the research council CEO about pharmaceutical drugs modelling and a childhood interest in studying animal remains
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Academics warn about Brexit threat to university-business links
UK ‘naive’ to think that it could replace academic links with European industry with those from elsewhere
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UKRI chair promises ‘radical’ approach to tackling harassment
Sir John Kingman hints that research councils could withhold funding in cases where universities do not address unfair treatment of staff