India’s rush to digital learning is too much, too soon Unreliable internet connections and underdeveloped pedagogies will blunt the potential impact of online options, says Mukhtar Ahmad By Mukhtar Ahmad 29 March
Universities ‘could play larger role’ in Taiwan military training Ukraine war focuses attention on future of island and role of universities in defence By Pola Lem 25 March
Japan University Rankings 2022: results announced International universities decline during Covid-19 in teaching-focused league table By Ellie Bothwell 24 March
Spike in dropouts forcing Japanese to focus on student well-being University leavers jumped 40 per cent in 2021, according to government figures By Pola Lem 23 March
India faces medical education crisis after Ukraine exodus Long-standing issues put into sharp focus as expert predicts half of students pursuing medicine abroad fail to become doctors By Pola Lem 22 March
Hideo Ohno: improving innovation and culture change The Tohoku University president discusses the legacy of the 2011 earthquake and making his institution more friendly to foreigners By Rosa Ellis 22 March
War forces post-Soviet scholars to choose between Russia and West East-West schism widened by Russian academia being cut off from world, says scholar By Pola Lem 19 March
Chinese campuses close as Covid cases spike again Senior officer dismissed because of cluster of cases at university in Jilin By Jing Liu 18 March
Tony Chan: working in Saudi Arabia The KAUST president discusses the treatment of women and academic freedom By Rosa Ellis 15 March
Revamp of postgraduate recruitment goes before Chinese lawmakers Authorities to debate changes to master’s and PhD enrolment systems By Jing Liu 12 March
How long can China stay largely closed to international students? Scholars optimistic despite 490,000 learners still waiting to enter country, with recent survey showing 53 per cent struggle with ‘serious mental health issues’ By Pola Lem 11 March
Hope for end to campus violence as student unions return to Pakistan Supporters say student engagement could lead to a ‘less radicalised’ student body, but fear more political meddling in institutional decisions By Pola Lem 10 March
