Over next 5 years, universities and colleges will need to find ways to teach reading, writing, comprehension and speech, for better academic performance and prep for job market

Firm announces R&D partnerships with Weizmann Institute, Tel Aviv University in brain and cancer therapies; move marks foray into 'merging of minds between academia and pharma'

Yissum, the technology transfer arm of the Hebrew University, forms a strategic partnership with Japenese VC fund Universal Materials Incubator Ltd.

Engineering students account for 18.4% of the total Israeli student body, topping enrollment ranking, data shows

Higher Education Council launches program aimed at scholars from North America, India, China; earmarks funds for recruitment, courses in English

Tel Aviv, Technion and Hebrew U are repeat members of the list, while Ben-Gurion University ranks for the first time, in lineup compiled by PitchBook

Technion drops to 95 from 77, but is still among the world's top 100 institutions; Hebrew U falls to 101-150 bracket, joining Weizmann Institute, in prestigious academic ranking

Funds to be distributed to colleges and universities over 5 years to encourage students' creativity, innovative thinking and collaboration

Motion accuses Israeli universities of providing justification for extra-judicial killings and systematically discriminating against non-Jewish students

Hebrew University, Israel's best university slips 8 places to 162 out of 1,000 institutions ranked by the QS World University Rankings; Technion slips 10 places to 257 globally