Nandini Sundar: academic freedom is in peril if scholars don’t speak up Sociologist who has shone light on some of India’s most oppressed people explains why she keeps up the good fight By Joyce Lau 10 December
Measuring teaching in a time of Covid Assessing pedagogy is even more challenging during the pandemic, but initial results from our Japan student survey reveal some interesting insights, argues Duncan Ross By Duncan Ross 9 December
Student activism challenges China’s cult of the supervisor Professors accused of misconduct brought down by online complaints By Jing Liu 8 December
Chinese ‘revert to favouring Western study destinations’ Survey suggests move to regional mobility may have been temporary response to pandemic By Ellie Bothwell 7 December
Hong Kong brain drain predicted as West launches ‘lifeboats’ Experts predict a post-Covid wave of emigration to the West, but university enrolment likely to unscathed By Joyce Lau 3 December
Elsevier reaches open access agreement in Japan Proposal is first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region for the world’s largest academic publisher By Joyce Lau 1 December
Malaysian universities given funds to ‘weather the pandemic’ Budget, seen as ‘remarkable commitment’ to education, could be leveraged to improve IT and teaching quality By Joyce Lau 1 December
South Korea launches Covid crackdown before entrance exam Experts say the crisis should have been used as a good opportunity to rethink a notoriously stressful assessment system By Joyce Lau 28 November
Vietnam approves joint online courses While reservations remain, the pandemic has smoothed acceptance of virtual delivery By John Ross 27 November
Professorships launched to attract top scientists to Hong Kong City’s leader announces sweeteners, while pushing engagement with mainland China By Joyce Lau 27 November
Students rage as China campus lockdowns drag on Some students have been stuck on campus for months despite no local cases being reported By Jing Liu 25 November
Online learning exacerbates inequality in India ‘Technocratic’ solutions alone cannot solve a societal problem, expert says By Joyce Lau 25 November