Sustainable development

Protests target wealthy campuses over housing policies and lack of action on crime and community well-being

As institutions embedded within cities and regions, universities can be the catalysts for local action to address national and global problems

UK universities must think as one with civic leaders and businesses to boost regions as Boston peers have, says influential peer Lord O’Neill

University’s Institute of Technology and proposed innovation district aim to make benefits stick in one of England’s most deprived areas

The principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Glasgow discusses the economics of higher education 

Despite shifting power dynamic, centuries-old perceptions of Western superiority persist, scholars say

Chancellor heralds switch of investment zone focus to higher education institutions in ‘left-behind areas’

Science and technology investment fund created by universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield injects first capital to fuel innovation shift

Tribal areas get their first public institution since 2018 incorporation, benefiting women unable to seek education further afield

Paper by Times Higher Education explores partnerships and collaboration in relation to Sustainable Development Goals

After long being attuned to primary and secondary needs, lender and donor sees urgency of tertiary-level development

‘Universities can’t sit in isolation’ but academics remain too ‘internally focused’, says Arizona State president

Labour conference hears that levelling up is now ‘dead’ for Tories, meaning alternative vision for regional innovation needed

Land of the free market outpaces UK’s muted ‘levelling up’ with funding to leverage power of universities in struggling regions

Rwandan government and Mastercard Foundation hand over $275 million as institution enters second decade

Soaring youth unemployment could spur outward flight or lead young people to turn away from ambitions of studying abroad

Spate of new senior roles created as universities seek answers on addressing sustainability, diversity and social responsibility

Experts predict institution in planned megacity could surpass KAUST with backing of all-powerful Mohammed bin Salman

Joint appointments, infrastructure sharing and publication fee waivers will help to rebuild Ukraine’s science system, say Western scientific bodies

Unesco report suggests large share of funding goes towards scholarships in relatively wealthy nations

Colonialism, deindustrialisation and climate change mean universities must help change way we live, professor of educational futures tells CGHE event

SOAS director says he’s seen little evidence colleagues are prepared to confront ‘difficult questions’ of African brain drain and ‘unequal’ relationships with institutions in the developing world

THE survey finds that applicants are using sustainability over other factors to decide where to ultimately enrol

Institutions in developing world told to take lead on tackling major global challenges