Asia

With East Asia’s governments failing to reverse falling birth rates, how should universities adjust to declining numbers of local students? Joyce Lau reports

Pandemic-driven shifts could ‘accelerate’ rise of continent’s universities, leaders tell THE event

Mainland China rises up regional ranking, while Macao is home to top new entry

A draft national security law raises concerns about academic freedom and a return to student protests

More than 60 institutions nominated across 10 categories in biggest-ever sector celebration

Tammy Lai-Ming Ho offers a local’s view of a well-contextualised look at the territory’s once-unthinkable pro-democracy demonstrations

The country’s universities face many challenges, but publicly funded graduate programmes aim to keep the research breakthroughs coming, writes Hiroshi Amano

University and industry leaders will discuss how university operations have been transformed by the pandemic, while event will also reveal the Asia University Rankings 2020

US-China research collaborations will continue despite politics, Harvard economist says 

Deleted posts, suspensions and investigations are part of a larger trend of control that predated the pandemic, experts say

Desire for visibility and political pragmatism help propel archipelago’s institutions up league table

Initiative hopes to drive promising performers into fundamental science and basic research