Interviews, Presentations, News Reports and Press References

    • University Diego Portales (Chile) Panel on financing policies on 3 July 2024 (in Spanish).
    • Council of Higher Education Accreditation interview on July 31, 2023.
    • The World of Higher Education Podcast on equity hosted by Alex Usher on 23 February 2023
    • World Wise on universities of the future, hosted by Rajika Bhandari, launched on 1 February 2023
    • Address on equity during the Third UNESCO World Higher Education Conference, May 2022, Barcelona.
    • Webinar on governance and financing reforms in Chile, 14 December 2022 (in Spanish)
    • Podcast on education reform in Morocco, TelQuel platform, 10 December 2022 (in French)
    • Interview on the importance of critical thinking in DAAD’s Aktuell magazine, 6 December 2022. (English and German).
    • Commencement address at KOI in Sydney, 28 September 2022.
    • Interview on higher education reform with Moroccan news outlet Hespress, 30 October 2020 (Arabic, French).
    • Interview on impact of Covid-19 on internationalization in Colombian universities, 26 October 2020.
    • Podcast on my equity work and professional journey, with Matt Brett of the Australian Disability Clearinghouse, 27 August 2020
    • Interview on the equity impact of Covid-19 in the higher education sector. World Influencers Network Conference, 3 May 2020.
    • Presentation on Trust in Quality Assurance, Annual Conference of TEQSA in Melbourne, November 2019.
    • Interview ahead of keynote presentation at DAAD annual conference in Bonn on 17 July 2019.
    • New York Times interview on online education in Africa on June 7, 2019.
    • Newspaper report on workshop on sustainable financing in Nairobi, Kenya, on 11 May 2019.
    • Conference on new challenges for tertiary education at Annual Meeting of FIMPES, Mexico City on 17 October 2018.
    • Presentations on governance and university autonomy in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on June 11-12 2018 (in Russian).
    • Podcast interview on my new book at Harvard Kennedy School of Government on February 9 2018.  Available on or iTunes.
    • Review of my book on Tertiary Education and the Sustainable Development Goals in University World News.
    • Interview in Chilean daily newspaper El Mercurio on free higher education (7 January 2018)
    • Moderation of CHEA webinar on plagiarism and quality assurance (10 July 2017)
  • Interview in Chilean weekly magazine Qué Pasa? on student protests and free higher education (14 October 2016) jamil-salmi-1-700x300
  • Interview in Dínamo, Chilean online newspaper, on the ongoing funding reforms (13 October 2016)
  • Interview on the CRUCH monopoly in Chile on EMOL.com (11 October 2016)
  • Interview on transformative leadership in University World News (2 October 2016)
  • TV Interview on university dropouts on 13-News Channel (August 2016)file_20161011095455_300x200
  • Article on Times Higher Education’s 2016 Asian Universities Ranking (21 June 2016)
  • Visit of Kazan Federal University (11-12 February 2016).
  • Times Higher Education article on my chapter on Excellence Initiatives in Ellen Hazelkorn’s new book (3 December 2015).
  • Interview on tuition-free higher education in the Chilean weekly magazine Que Pasa? (10 September 2015)
  • Report on my visit and lecture at the University of Central Asia (27 August 2015)
  • News report on visit to Nazarbayev University (17 June 2015)Cali Dec 2014
  • Interview on Australian TV program TalkAboutIt on ABC (1 March 2015)
  • Interview in El País (25 January 2015) in Spanish
  • TV interview on higher education in Latin America at the University of Guanajuato (28 November 2014) in Spanish
  • Lecture at University San Ignacio de Loyola in Lima (4 September 2014) in SpanishScreenshot 2015-01-03 20.11.50
  • Interview in the Spanish daily 20 Minutos (21 May 2014)
  • Interview in the Colombian daily  El Tiempo (3 May 2014)
  • Report on my presentation at the NORAD workshop in Addis-Ababa (14 March 2014)
  • Speech at Olin College of Engineering (25 October 2013)
  • TV interview (in Spanish) at the University of Cauca (23 January 2014)
  • Blog entry on governance challenges in Spain and Latin America (in Spanish) (25 November 2013)
  • Launch of the Spanish language version of The Road to Academic Excellence, at the Tech of Monterrey (Monterrey, 16 October 2013).Screenshot 2014-02-25 13.36.07
  • Presentation on new challenges at the University at the University of Guadalajara, in the context of the new strategic planning cycle (Guadalajara, 15 October 2013).
  • Interview on the quality of education in Latin America, published in El Correo (Panama, 5 October 2013)151013_jamil_ag.imagen nodo
  • Article on the Kuala Lumpur master class on world-class universities in the Indian Times (18 September 2013)
  • Interview on governance and internationalization on the website of the American Association of Governing Boards (Aug 2013).Dr Jamil Salmi, at UBD Chancelor Hall
  • “Quote of the day” in the main Chilean daily El Mercurio and interview on the feasibility of free higher education (Santiago, 4 August 2013)
  • Interview in Borneo Bulletin on my participation in the Brunei Dialogue of university presidents (Brunei, 5 June 2013)
  • Presentation on Russian universities on their quest to becoming world-class at the International Foreign Relations Institute, Paris, 14 May 2013 (in French).jamil_presentation_fri
  • Interview in Alma Mater, the monthly publication of the University of Antioquia (Medellin, May 2013, page 15)
  • Lecture on New Challenges for Tertiary Education in the 21st Century at Central University (Bogota, 29 April 2013 – in Spanish)Screen Shot 2013-04-06 at 3.12.58 PM
  • More coverage on my UWI visit in Trinidad, 15 April 2013
  • Interview on CNC3 TV morning news program, Port-of-Spain, 3 April 2013.
  • Report about my April 2013 visit to the University of the West Indies in Trinidad (St-Augustine Campus) in the Trinidad GuardianSkoltech
  • Report on my January 2013 visit to KAUST.
  • Presentation on digital universities at the Catholic University of the North in Colombia
  • My presentation in the proceedings report of the International Conference at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, August 2012.