Asia

New Korean president’s plan to cut school funding to boost universities amid demographic and economic changes may be ‘prescient’

文化熟悉度、安全感和不断攀升的排名提升了学生们对邻近国家的兴趣

The country’s cultural deference to authority means students lack the courage and the motivation to challenge current thinking, says Aus Abdulwahhab

多位专家赞成增加对博士生的财政支持

Zayed University provost Michael Allen says lack of course flexibility regarding microcredentials is hurting graduates’ chances in the labour market

Applicants turn away from public campuses, but external perceptions of the country as ‘failed state’ could put off overseas institutions from forming new collaborations

Recent changes to visa represent shift in thinking about attracting and retaining brightest graduates, says education adviser Maryam Riaz

Shorter online lectures work better, says former World Bank higher education director Francisco Marmolejo

For collaborations to succeed, institutions ‘need to tackle’ underlying problems of uneven funding between countries

Despite shifting power dynamic, centuries-old perceptions of Western superiority persist, scholars say

Nation ‘would do well’ to seek out global expertise for its 2023 national publishing plan, with negotiations expected to be ‘long and protracted’

Tsinghua and Peking universities among 79 institutions reportedly affected by unrest over long-running lockdowns and restrictions