Iran forces regime critics out of academia Sciences ‘under fire’ with appointment of hard-line cleric to oversee appointment of deans Pola Lem 2月 13日
Open branch campuses with us, Kazakhstan tells West Population boom and geopolitical shifts create positive conditions for institutions to set up shop in central Asia, says higher education minister Pola Lem 2月 10日
Chinese universities criticised over continuing Covid controls Academic emphasises need for transparency as institutions forced into U-turns on restrictions Jing Liu 2月 8日
Students trapped following deadly Turkey earthquakes Universities join rescue mission after 7.8 magnitude tremor strikes near Gaziantep Patrick Jack 2月 7日
Overseas applications to Malaysian universities surge Country should strive to be more than a student hub, says second-term minister John Ross 2月 7日
Beijing’s call for foreign R&D investment ‘a signal’ to West US is the ‘elephant in the room’ in a policy that seeks to attract overseas talent and money, says academic Pola Lem 2月 6日
Top Chinese graduate schools ‘pull up drawbridge on test takers’ Leading institutions switching from exams to interviews for admission, but students from many universities are excluded from this route Jing Liu 2月 4日
‘Don’t worry’, China tells students rushing to overseas campuses Special circumstances observed in snap reversal of Beijing’s stance on distance learning John Ross 1月 31日
China cancels recognition of online degrees Beijing’s abolition of Covid-era concession expected to spur international enrolments while generating logistical migraines John Ross 1月 30日
‘Disillusionment’ driving Hong Kong’s record dropout rate Administrators unalarmed, noting more applicants could come from mainland China, especially Greater Bay Area Pola Lem 1月 28日
Higher education ‘in free fall’ in crisis-hit Lebanon Sector faces years of uncertainty after a series of economic and political crises in the country Patrick Jack 1月 26日
Axeing of Indian PhD scheme ‘leaves minority students in lurch’ Government took away scheme ’hastily’ and ‘without convincing reason’, according to critics Pola Lem 1月 26日
