China’s promised research reform ‘little more than PR exercise’ Aims to move away from metrics-based evaluations floundering, study finds Pola Lem 5月 23日
Overseas students stuck in China ‘confused’ about futures Some students have not been able to leave country for more than two years, including long confinements on campus Jing Liu 5月 21日
Chinese students’ discontent with Covid rules ‘bubbling over’ Student protests ‘historically have ominous portents’ for country, scholar warns Pola Lem 5月 19日
‘I was beaten daily’: Afghan scholar recounts Taliban torture Scholar who fled to Iran after torture says the experience cemented his resolve to teach human rights Pola Lem 5月 19日
Chinese student flows tipped to peak within five years India and Vietnam expected to keep up momentum, compensating for decline of degree seekers from China Pola Lem 5月 18日
China’s biggest academic database faces anti-monopoly probe Law experts call for broader effort to improve authors’ copyright interests Jing Liu 5月 13日
Is China taking an isolationist stance on higher education? Cancellation of international exams and pronouncements on rankings trigger debate Pola Lem 5月 13日
‘No end in sight’ to Korean university admissions nepotism Corruption only likely to get worse as higher education sector becomes more stratified, say scholars Pola Lem 5月 13日
More time on research means lower scores for students – study Universities must ‘recalibrate promotion criteria’ to place more value on teaching, says scholar Pola Lem 5月 11日
Indian Institutes of Technology hit internationalisation ceiling Portion of overseas students remains low, with IITs reluctant to make concessions on admissions criteria Pola Lem 5月 10日
India ‘weaponises’ higher education by rejecting Pakistan degrees Pakistani scholars blast move by India’s University Grants Commission, calling it ‘discriminatory, illogical and unilateral’ Pola Lem 5月 7日
Indian government encroachment on academic autonomy is spreading Resignations from the Australia India Institute suggest that politicisation of university management is not confined to the mainland, says Mukhtar Ahmad Mukhtar Ahmad 5月 7日
