Asia

Eastern and Western students are silent in different ways, academics say

Hong Kong university leaders plead with barricaded staff and students to leave

Don’t overlook opportunities in booming archipelago nations, Australian universities urged

Scholars at Risk report chronicles growing number of attacks on universities, their staff and students globally

Universities are inherently political spaces, but the current explosion in violent protest must come to an end, says Brian Wong

Hundreds remain cornered by police inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Exchange students from around the world advised to leave as violence intensifies

Six leading universities cancel last two weeks of semester after campuses left looking like war zones

Raj Kumar wants greater focus on liberal arts studies, against existing preoccupation with science

The ongoing wave of student protests is testing the diplomacy skills of the territory’s vice-chancellors to the limits. But is it possible to keep the peace on campus and maintain good relations with the Hong Kong and Chinese governments while maintaining unrestricted freedom of speech, asks Joyce Lau

Police use tear gas on campus for first time since protests began

Conferences should be part of the open access debate, Tokyo researcher says