Women largely absent from Asian highly cited lists Clarivate ranking ‘reflects systemic bias’ in institutions, says citation analyst By Pola Lem 1 December
Japan quarantine fees ‘another slap in the face’, say students Students report mandatory two-week accommodation costs between £845 and £2,250 By Pola Lem 26 November
Is the honeymoon period over for liberal arts in Asia? Saikat Majumdar surveys developments from the Gulf to South Korea in light of the closure of Yale-NUS College By Saikat Majumdar 25 November
Get us out of Afghanistan, plead British Council researchers Letter from 22 academics warns of ‘life-threatening circumstances’ By Pola Lem 22 November
Japan seeks to ‘change attitudes’ on industry-funded courses ¥30 million fund a start towards bridging the divide between sectors, researchers say By Pola Lem 22 November
China journal crackdown ‘a band-aid rather than a cure’ Major science organisation targets periodicals publishing too many papers or high proportion of brief articles By Jing Liu 20 November
Changing of guard in Hong Kong leadership ‘may narrow diversity’ International candidates may be reluctant to follow departing Taiwan-born university heads, say scholars By Pola Lem 18 November
Highly Cited Researchers: China pursuit of US ‘to slow eventually’ Closing gap entirely will be ‘challenging’, says analyst behind annual list of Highly Cited Researchers By Simon Baker 16 November
Singaporean students ‘most honest’ among anglophone peers Half of respondents to survey admit cheating overall, but only 21 per cent of students from Singapore own up By Pola Lem 14 November
Emerging Economies Summit: economic advancement depends on universities’ humanitarian values The embrace of those values by the UAE’s higher education institutions has been key to the nation’s success, says Zaki Nusseibeh By Zaki Nusseibeh 13 November
International students urge Japan to rethink reopening rules Visa requirements mean only limited numbers of students will be able to enter before Christmas By Pola Lem 12 November
Western academics warn against ‘Cold War’ attitude on China Deteriorating political climate causing self-censorship, conference hears By Pola Lem 8 November
