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Digital Universities US is returning this May and we’re coming to Salt Lake City! Join Times Higher Education Events and Inside Higher Ed on May 5-7, 2025 to explore ways to build an institutional culture that embraces innovation in teaching and learning, develops intentional digital solutions to improve the student and faculty experience, and overcomes barriers to equitable access. Check out some of the sessions on our agenda you won’t want to miss: Making moves: The journey towards digital-first 🎤Jessica Butts Scott, University of Alberta 🎤Carlos R. Morales, Tarrant County College 🎤Kristin Mulligan, University of Alberta Improving access and meeting demand for alternative credentials 🎤Gary Chinn, Penn State University 🎤Yomi Olalere, Ontario College of Management and Technology 🎤Kimberly Starks, Vanderbilt University Transforming higher education: Getting the most out of teaching with generative AI 🎤Matt M. L., UCLA 🎤Thomas Magee, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science 🎤Hua Zheng, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science 🎟️Our early bird offer ends tomorrow! Book your ticket now to secure a discounted rate: https://lnkd.in/eZt64Yfy #THEdigitalUS #digitaltransformation #digitalfirst #digitaleducation #timeshighereducation #insidehighered #digitalinnovation #newtechnologies #event

📄AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENT📄 🎉Times Higher Education Events is delighted to share the agenda is live for the inaugural THE Arab AI Forum, in partnership with Gulf University! Join us on 14 May in Manama, Bahrain, for a action-packed agenda centred around the following key themes: Our agenda has been carefully curated to cover a wide variety of topics and will focus on the following themes: ✴️AI and cybersecurity: Addressing emerging threats and safeguarding institutional data in the digital age ✴️Integrating AI into higher education: Strategies for incorporating AI into academic and administrative systems ✴️Optimising AI tools for learning and research: Enhancing engagement and outcomes through the effective use of AI ✴️Building responsible AI strategies: Leveraging data and AI-driven insights to support innovation and decision-making ✴️AI for social impact: Exploring how AI can drive positive change in education and society Take a look below at some of the programme highlights and stay tuned for more exciting agenda and speaker updates in the coming weeks. 🔗Do not miss this opportunity to be at the forefront of AI innovation in higher education - secure your place here: https://lnkd.in/e7XZ_8as #THEarabAIforum #timeshighereducation #highereducation #highered #artificialintelliegence #ai #newtechnologies #aiethics #aitools #socialimpact #aistrategies #cybersecurity #digitalage #event

⬆️Top reasons to attend the THE Europe Universities Summit 2025, in partnerships with Obuda University and Semmelweis University⬆️ Join higher education, research, and policy leaders on 6-9 May in Budapest as we explore how universities are driving innovation for global impact. Here’s why you don’t want to miss it: ➡️Future-focused insights – Gain expert perspectives on international collaboration, research excellence, governance, and digitalisation in higher education. ➡️Navigating change – Tackle financial pressures and evolving policies with actionable strategies from sector leaders. ➡️Networking with the best – Connect with peers, policymakers, and industry experts from across 47 European countries. ➡️Driving impact – Discover how universities are rethinking innovation and creating real-world change. Be part of the conversation shaping Europe’s higher education and innovation landscape. 🔗Find out more and secure your place today: https://lnkd.in/eMPPk4ZP #THEeurope #timeshigherducation #highereducation #europeanhighereducation #universities #educationinnovation #innovationineducation #highered #event

Assessment in higher education is an area that provokes passionate debate, angst and so many questions. What purpose should it serve? Is it necessary at all? And, if so, how should it be designed and delivered? This week’s Campus podcast digs deep in seeking answers. Campus editor Miranda Prynne talks to three experts from US institutions to examine the nature of institutionalised education, how assessment can better serve learning, and the impact of grading and compliance. She talks to: Susan D. Blum, professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame and an award-winning author and educator, whose latest book is Schoolishness: Alienated Education and the Quest for Authentic, Joyful Learning; Catherine Wehlburg, president of Athens State University and president of the Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education; and Josh Eyler, director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and clinical assistant professor of teacher education at the University of Mississippi , and author of Failing our Future: How Grades Harm Students and What We Can Do about It. These thoughtful conversations offer a range of perspectives on what role assessment should play in higher education and how it can be improved. https://lnkd.in/eJRJ8kbQ #education #highered #assessment #timeshighereducation

Is the global academic publishing system broken - a victim of too much manipulation, abuse and exploitation? What can be done? What role can university rankings play? This special session that I'm chairing at the Times Higher Education Asia Universities Summit next month is a "must" attend. With my colleague Billy Wong, THE's principal data scientist, and special guests, we'll be: "Rethinking academic publishing: Balancing quality, impact and pressure". The pressure to “publish or perish” has long shaped academic careers, but is the current publishing culture truly serving the advancement of knowledge? Our panel will explore the evolving landscape of academic publishing, questioning the balance between quantity and quality, the role of rankings and impact metrics and the unintended consequences of a system that can prioritise publication volume over meaningful research. The session will discuss how academia can foster a more sustainable and ethical publishing culture – one that values rigorous scholarship, diverse contributions and impact over sheer output. How has the “publish or perish” culture influenced academic research priorities and career trajectories? Are universities and funding bodies placing too much emphasis on publication quantity over quality and innovation? What alternative ways could universities, funding agencies and rankers assess academic contributions beyond traditional publishing metrics? What challenges do researchers from emerging economies face in the global publishing landscape? Find our more about the session in the link below, and share your thoughts ahead of the #THEAsia session in the comments. #researchintegrity #publishorperish Thanks Bhavit Mehta for putting the session together. Here's THE's approach to responsible rankings: https://lnkd.in/eUWu7k8i Here are ten ways that THE has improved the rankings landscape: https://lnkd.in/eEYpahBC https://lnkd.in/eYd4yGQG

⏳Digital Health 2025 is only a few weeks away! Join Times Higher Education Events and the University of Waterloo on 10-11 April, as we bring together global leaders across key sectors – healthcare, academia, government and start-ups – to explore how effective collaboration can drive the development and implementation of scalable digital health solutions. Attendees can expect two unmissable days focusing on the following themes: ➕AI and health technologies ➕Collaboration and commercialisation ➕Responsible innovation, ethics and healthcare equity 🎥The future of healthcare starts with bold conversations. See how our hosts the University of Waterloo are leading the way - hear from Vivek Goel, President and Vice-Chancellor in the video below. 🎟️Limited tickets are remaining - book your place now: https://lnkd.in/e3UhwxWX #THEdigitalhealth #timeshighereducation #digitalhealth #digitalhealthcare #ai #healthtechnologies #digitalhealthtechnologies #digitalhealthinnovation #innovation #healthcareethics #event

Can a university be truly "world class" if it is not facing out into the world and internationally connected and engaged? I think not. Today Times Higher Education publishes its annual list of the world's most international research universities - with data extracted from the THE World University Rankings exploring international research collaborations, international staff and student attraction, and international academic reputation. Huge congratulations to City University of Hong Kong for taking the world number one position, and to no fewer than FOUR Hong Kong universities for taking all top four places, thanks to an enviable position at the heart of a global education and research hub, in the thriving greater bay area. Abu Dhabi University represents the middle east, in fifth place, with European universities taking the rest of the top ten (and the UK and Switzerland standing out as truly international hot-beds). The full ranking is here: “The grand challenges facing the world… are too big for individual universities; they need integrated international teams,” said Alice Gast when she took over as President of Imperial College London back in 2014. “The future holds great challenges but great universities will meet them by joining forces.” Last year I wrote for the World Economic Forum on how important it was for universities to transcend geopolitics and remain outward looking. Today that feels like a more important message then ever. See: https://lnkd.in/eRRPdvWQ #THEUniRankings #internationaleducation #intled

Hong Kong is the breakaway leader in this year’s list of the world’s most international universities, mainly thanks to its relationship with its massive neighbour. Hong Kong claimed all top four spots in the 2025 ranking, with a fifth institution notching 11th place. All five moved up the leader board – apart from City University of Hong Kong, which had nowhere to rise to as it topped the ranking for the second time in a row. Heavyweight research nations like the US, China, Germany and France predictably dominated the ranking of 217 institutions. But most saw their performance slide, with far more institutions moving down the table than up – particularly American, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and South Korean institutions. Exceptions to this trend were the UK and Australia, both of which had considerably more institutions moving up than down – albeit not their frontrunners. Top 10 most international universities in the world 2025 1.       City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2.       The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 3.       The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong 4.       The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 5.       Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates 6.       University of Oxford, UK 7.       Imperial College London, UK 8.       University of Cambridge, UK 9.       ETH Zürich, Switzerland 10.  École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, Switzerland View the full results here: https://lnkd.in/gqR5SVc Read our analysis here: https://lnkd.in/eex9G2u7 #timeshighereducation #THEUniRankings #highereducation #universityrankings #universities #highered #university  

Simon Wang from Hong Kong Baptist University looks how DeepSeek’s reasoning process, accessibility, affordability and open-source model could change higher education. Read his article here: https://lnkd.in/eV_Pqgg3 Campus champions best practice, advice and insight shared by and for the global university sector. Find it on THE’s website here: https://bit.ly/3KtE4Ki and sign up to their newsletter: https://bit.ly/3Vw2Jo3 #THECampus #timeshighereducation #highereducation #highered

India's booming internationalisation drive is going from strength to strength and Times Higher Education is delighted to have been selected as strategic partner to support the development of the exciting new Knowledge City hub in Chennai, one of India's most vibrant and dynamic cities, in a partnership with TIDCO, the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation, with support from Guidance Tamil Nadu. We are delighted that Times Higher Education has entered a Transnational Education (TNE) partnership with TIDCO and Guidance Tamil Nadu, the investment arm of the Government of Tamil Nadu. In a project led by Ishan Cader, THE consultants will work with TIDCO to secure high quality foreign university partnerships and future branch campuses for the new Knowledge City hub in Chennai, focusing on internationalisation, research and innovation. This exciting new ecosystem will support the broader aims of development in Tami Nadu. Guidance Tamil Nadu said: "This is all about boosting internationalisation, research and innovation and it is a major strategic partnership for the Tamil Nadu government's big plans for a next-generation knowledge ecosystem". We are delighted support the vision of Dr. TRB Rajaa, Sandeep Nanduri, Darez Ahamed, Nixon Raj, Mathivathani R P, Abarna Renkarajan and all at TIDCO and Guidance Tamil Nadu and across this vibrant state. A huge thank you to Ishan Cader and Ritin Malhotra for their work to set up this impactful partnership, and for Ishan's leadership, in his partnership with British Council on the huge TNE potential in India (thanks Alison Barrett MBE, Rittika Chanda Parruck and our friends at BC India). #TNE #transnationaleducation #TamilNadu #Chennai