Monthly Archives: June, 2018

HKBU scholar names new gecko species — Hong Kong Tree Gecko

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Biology research group has described a new species of gecko in Hong Kong, and named it Hong Kong Tree...

Oxford overtakes Cambridge for first time in QS world rankings

British universities have performed exceptionally well in the latest 2019 QS World University Rankings, with Oxford taking the lead to be termed as UK’s...

NUS is back on top as Asia’s No. 1 university

The National University of Singapore (NUS) reclaimed its top position as Asia’s leading university following the latest release of the QS World University Rankings;...

The real-time city? Big data and smart urbanism

‘Smart cities’ is also coined as metropolis whose economy and governance is determined by innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship, established by thought leaders. This paper...

Don’t Ditch That Liberal Arts Degree

Breakthrough technologies such as artificial intelligence and the continuous emphasis on its impact to society has resulted in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math)...

QS World University Rankings 2019 is out! Check the full results

QS World University Rankings 2019 1,000 of the world’s top universities are ranked in the table below, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topping the list for...

Global Mobility in Higher Education: Students Apply Where They are Encouraged

A new analysis that examined U.S. student visas issued last year discovered a 17 percent decline in numbers. This decline was particularly obvious for...

How To Promote Entrepreneurial Mind-Sets

Last year a study on entrepreneurship made headlines by arguing that teaching personal initiative was more effective in boosting small businesses than traditional business training. The...

Reconnecting Art and Science in the Classroom

The current economic and social development are a resultant of disruption and we require more thought leaders who can measure knowledge from different dimensions....

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