The code breaker
Sometimes a scientist's career lifts like a surfer catching a wave. A combination of ripe problems and apt techniques appears at just the right time, and someone who was drifting is off, riding the...
Sometimes a scientist's career lifts like a surfer catching a wave. A combination of ripe problems and apt techniques appears at just the right time, and someone who was drifting is off, riding the...
4 October 2012 Ed Byrne recommends international collaboration between institutions to achieve excellence - Australians have taken to the idea like a duck- billed platypus to water Australia takes...
The University of Sao Paulo aims to match Brazil's growing global influence, says Joao Grandino RodasThe emergence of Brazil as a major player in the world economy, mostly as a result of growing...
6 October 2011 Behind the University of Melbourne's renowned research and education innovations is a passion for problem-solving, Glyn Davis states The educational experience is transformative for...
The results of the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2014 were released on Wednesday March 5 2014, and showed that universities from just two countries, the US and the UK, make up the...
UC’s finest has emerged from the financial crisis stronger than ever, argues Nicholas B. Dirks. The University of California, Berkeley is routinely ranked as one of the top global universities, a...
16th September 2010 The University of Hong Kong's century-long tradition of excellence and a dynamic setting see it ideally placed to capitalise on the core strengths of its students and scholars,...
4 October 2012 There is no room for complacency, says David Willetts, the UK's universities and science minister. Competition is getting tougher and those at the top must work harder to hold their...
31 May 2012 Confidence is the hallmark of Warwick, a habitual innovator that has made a global splash, says Nigel Thrift From its creation, confidence has been the University of Warwick's watchword....
Source: Science Photo Library University research is an astonishing force for good in the world, argues Leszek Borysiewicz Universities the world over have done much in recent decades to dispel the...
Brazil is seeking to build a sector with quality across the board and a select squad of truly world‑class players, says Luiz Cláudio Costa Brazil’s academy has grown massively in recent years....
Kyoto’s international strategy promises to spread its creative virtues across the globe, says Hiroshi Matsumoto. Since its foundation in 1897, Kyoto University has fostered a distinct culture of open...
Asian representation in Times Higher Education's physical sciences top 50 has doubled since last year, with two additional countries from the region represented in the 2012-2013 table. The National...
Posted by Phil Baty 15 January 2013 The role of university rankings in informing the development of universities in the Middle East and North Africa will be up for debate at the British Council's...
In an era of disinvestment in the US' public universities, the greatest of their number has improved its reputation through creativity, entrepreneurialism and innovation, says Robert BirgeneauOn the...