Heightened focus on education after Kazakhstan’s deadly protests Academics urge policymakers to tackle ‘root issues’ including corruption, unemployment and quality education By Pola Lem 29 January
Asian universities are neglecting to take food security seriously Even institutions that are engaging with the SDGs as a whole are ignoring their responsibilities to promote sustainable agriculture, argue Wayne Nelles and Supawan Visetnoi By Wayne Nelles 27 January
Chinese universities embrace teaching professorships, with doubts Roles seek to counter dominance of publication metrics in promotion, but scholars say research should remain primary path to career progression By Jing Liu 25 January
Yong Hoon Lee: revamping science and technology education The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology president discusses project-based learning, securing government funding and demographic decline By Ellie Bothwell 25 January
Delhi students grow restless as classes stay online Undergraduates complain of poor attendance in online classes and cheating in examinations By Pola Lem 24 January
India-UK student mobility ‘must go both ways’ Call for subcontinent to be recognised as more than ‘just a market for education’ By Pola Lem 22 January
Anger mounts as Japan lets only 87 international students return Government cracks open door for select few, but thousands still stuck overseas By Pola Lem 21 January
Rama Govindarajan: battling discrimination taught me to fight for my rights Monsoon physicist talks through her journey resisting pressure to be ‘ladylike’ and becoming the only woman of 54 in chemical engineering class By Pola Lem 20 January
Traditionally insular countries forging global links Russia and Taiwan improve in list of the world’s most international universities, while UK and Canada backslide By Rosa Ellis 19 January
Offer scholarships to young Hongkongers, Patten tells West Ex-governor also wants UK to offer visas to youth born after 1997 to counter clampdown on free speech By Pola Lem 19 January
Afghan students ‘in doldrums’ at Iraqi university Students complain of being ‘kept in dark’ over immigration status and pushed into MBA programme By Pola Lem 17 January
China looks to universities to lead development of its mid-west New schools of future technologies and modern industries part of 10.7 billion yuan plan By Jing Liu 16 January
