Asia

Head of Macau University of Science and Technology explains how strategic importance of region is growing as its economy matures

As policymakers reduce funding, institutions seen as having little choice but to start charging students more

Some students saw their university fees triple as the government attempted to lift the benchmark for the first time in five years

The president of Lingnan University on requiring students to use ChatGPT and using data to manage grumbles from staff

Expectations placed on scholars seen as unattainable ‘no matter how hard they work’

Postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers say they are often subject to supervisors’ whims, leaving some feeling exploited

Several Chinese academics working overseas have disappeared or been detained on return to homeland as leaders expand national security laws

Reversing the gains made by the protests against a woman’s death in police custody could see the nation erupt again, says Roohola Ramezani

Leaders’ claims that their appointments owe nothing to their political affiliations are wide of the mark, says an observer

Chinese leader calls for greater alignment of degree programmes with the country’s workplace needs

Lai Ching-te uses inauguration speech to ask for return of mainland students to island universities but installation accompanied by rising cross-Strait tensions

Energy required to run and cool supercomputers is at odds with universities’ sustainability targets, particularly in hotter parts of the world