China jails scientist for 12 years over misuse of research cash Researcher said he had transferred the sums to help cash flow at his lab By Joyce Lau 6 January
Key role for student vote in pivotal Taiwanese presidential poll Exams rescheduled and special trains laid on to get students home to participate in ballot By Joyce Lau 5 January
How China’s higher education development outpaced India’s The two countries had similar tertiary enrolments in the late 1980s but literacy rates and policy strategy set them on very different paths, says Alan Ruby By Alan Ruby 5 January
Publishers urged to take stronger stance on Uighur persecution Scholars say ensuring vulnerable minorities have given consent to use of their data does not go far enough By Ellie Bothwell 4 January
Korean professors indicted in admissions case tied to politics Former justice minster and wife alleged to have faked materials for children’s university applications By Joyce Lau 2 January
Researcher behind ‘gene-edited babies’ given prison sentence Chinese biophysicist jailed for three years for experiment that led to live births of three genetically altered children By Joyce Lau 30 December
Is student politics out of control in Bangladesh? The apparently political murder of an undergraduate at a top Bangladeshi university by other students has stunned a nation, writes Nahid Neazy By Nahid Neazy 30 December
Dismissal of Chinese professors seen as major progress on #MeToo Two prominent cases signal higher-level response to abuses on campus By Joyce Lau 20 December
Queer studies scholars forge their own paths across Asia Asian academics lend their own languages and experiences to the budding field of queer studies, says ‘godmother’ of the Taiwan LGBT movement By Joyce Lau 19 December
Academics criticise violent suppression of India student protests Campus demonstrations oppose controversial new citizenship legislation By Joyce Lau 18 December
Dreams of Malaysian higher education reform falter Civil service hostility, legislative complexity and political naivety keep restructure in the slow lane By John Ross 18 December
Call for cross-institutional ‘mega research institutes’ Report calls on Hong Kong to speed up funding system and increase number of junior researchers By Joyce Lau 15 December