Academic World

Israel cannot afford to rely solely on theoretical doctorates

In an era driven by technology, artificial intelligence, and rapid innovation, Israel’s higher education system must expand beyond the traditional research PhD model.

Prof. Eduard Yakubov, president of the Holon Institute of Technology
Person, hands and writing with tablet for research (illustrative)

Study: Younger scientists produce more disruptive research

An event at Yazamut 360: "A mission bigger than academia itself.”

At Yazamut 360, students build ventures, take risks, and shape the future of Israel’s job market

Q-Factor is led by professors from the Technion, the Weizmann Institute, and experts in the world of deep-tech startups.

Q-Factor emerges as Israel’s latest quantum computing developer with $24 million seed investment


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

Jerusalem highlights May 12 –18

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 GET YOUR wheels in gear for Studio in Motion at the Yitzhak Navon train station (pictured).

The famed Dershowitz family and a story of aliyah to Israel

Rabbi Prof. Zecharia Dor-Shav (Dershowitz) is a retired professor from Bar-Ilan University, an author and speaker, uncle to renowned US lawyer Alan Dershowitz.

 Zecharia Dor-Shav (Dershowitz) From New York to Jerusalem, 1969