Academic World

Israeli academia must adapt to fast-changing security and tech challenges, HIT president says

Prof. Eduard Yakubov, President of HIT spoke about the growing role of Israeli academia in national resilience and workforce development

Prof. Eduard Yakubov, President of HIT
European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021

The boycott of Israeli academia - opinion

Prof. Eduard Yakubov, president of the Holon Institute of Technology

Israel cannot afford to rely solely on theoretical doctorates

Person, hands and writing with tablet for research (illustrative)

Study: Younger scientists produce more disruptive research


Iran, Israel in talks on deal to free abducted academic - report

Russian Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov is being held by pro-Iran militia in Iraq, Israel believes. Reports suggest the abduction was an attempt to pressure Israel to release detained Iranians.

 Kataib Hezbollah Iraqi militia gather ahead of the funeral of the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 4, 2020.

Practice and follow-up are crucial in improving literacy in children - study

The results of methods in all three countries have revealed the most important part: Targeted practice and follow-up are key in learning how to read and thrive at doing so.

PARENTS AND pupils read together in a first grade class at Paula Ben-Gurion School in Jerusalem.

Tel Aviv University ranked first in Israel by QS World University Ranking

 Tel Aviv University

How many Israelis are graduating university, what are they studying?

Central Bureau of Statistics Report Highlights Academic Achievements and Emerging Trends in Higher Education

Students on campus at Tel Aviv University

Reuben Baron, Jewish co-author of most widely cited psychology paper dies at 86

His paper, “The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research,” remains the most cited paper in the history of psychology.

Yahrzeit candle

Israel must bring its scientists back home - opinion

Israel's economy loses out on NIS 2.4 billion every year by not having their scientists return home as opposed to working abroad.

 THE CHEMISTRY building at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba: The total GDP potential lost due to scientists who have left Israel is a market failure estimated at billions of shekels per year, says the writer.

Grapevine May 31, 2023: A triple-digit age

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 MORDECHAI SPIEGLER of Israel gets entangled with Vietnam's goalkeeper in an international match at the National Stadium, Ramat Gan in 1964.

UFOs becoming increasingly attractive to US academics - study

A new study shows that interest in studying UFOs/UAPs as reached mainstream academia and many are pushing for further academic research on the subject.

 UFO (illustrative).

Tel Aviv University: Meeting challenges of equity, diversity, community

TAU’s Equity and Diversity Commission deals with all aspects of equity and diversity on the TAU campus, including gender, Arabs, people with disabilities, the LGBT community and haredim.

 The Haredi student club on TAU campus

Two-thirds of Israeli universities drop in global academic rankings

Institutions of higher learning in the West are being overshadowed by those in China, which is investing huge sums in teaching and research.

 Israelis walking in front of the entrance to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem