Asia

Hideo Ohno urges a level-headed approach as university seeks final green light in high-stakes excellence scheme

Southeast Asian country has made big gains on student-staff ratio since 2020, while Hungary has improved on share of postgraduate researchers

Hong Kong and the Netherlands lead new THE metrics measuring research strength, excellence and influence 

North America has also revived while Oceania’s international outlook has dipped. Patrick Jack picks out key rankings trends

WUR expands industry pillar to include patents in country scores, with greatest gains by Ireland, Hong Kong and the US

In departure from previous small-scale efforts, initiative seeks to retain thousands of students for work after graduation

The authoritarian country has rich datasets for research collaboration, but while some new regulations may feel familiar to European eyes, any comfort must come with big ethical caveats, an expert says

New Delhi could wreak considerable damage to Canadian universities by playing on Indian families’ concerns over student safety abroad, says academic

Lectures taught by loyalists seek to ‘turn everyone into a member of their party’, scholar says

Global Innovation Index shows China overtaking US on number of leading clusters, but UK impresses on intensive smaller clusters

With job prospects slim in Japanese academia, PhD students may need to look outside country for further employment, researcher suggests

While ChatGPT is not officially available in the country, many users bypass restrictions or use similar tools