Seoul promises funding for universities as government goes rural City’s mayor ramps up university investment as South Korea continues decentralisation of the country’s education system Helen Packer 6月 19日
‘Stringent’ oversight needed for private PhDs in Bangladesh Quality regulation poses the biggest challenge as Bangladesh moves to expand PhD courses to private universities Helen Packer 6月 15日
GSDC: The architecture professor rebuilding flattened villages The science is ‘just physics’ and the human chemistry matters more, says academic behind a sustainable development programme that’s going global John Ross 6月 14日
GSDC: Training overseas-bound graduates ‘a net earner’ If rich countries poach your nurses you should ‘build more nursing schools’, conference hears John Ross 6月 14日
Taiwanese academics fear for future as more universities close Academics attempt to move to public universities as private institutions hardest hit by declining enrolment Helen Packer 6月 14日
GSDC: University leaders ‘must decide what sustainability means’ Most initiatives are well-meaning but ‘short-term, scattered, uncoordinated and incoherent’ John Ross 6月 13日
GSDC: Universities ‘cannot do sustainability on their own’ Universities might be in the ‘sweet spot to redefine the future’, but they still need to work with government and business, says leader John Ross 6月 12日
Power struggle at top of University of Hong Kong blown into open Island’s leader steps in as appointment of a new management team reignites row between vice-chancellor and council Helen Packer 6月 12日
US college instructors stabbed on academic exchange in China China offers reassurance after seemingly random attack Helen Packer 6月 11日
GSDC: ‘More university places needed’ for refugees in Global South It may be a ‘hard case to make’, but admitting more refugee students is in low-income countries’ interests, conference hears John Ross 6月 11日
GSDC: University courts copycats for ‘back yard’ warning system As climate catastrophes gain steam, early warnings offer the ‘most effective’ safety shield, modellers say John Ross 6月 11日
Chinese media turns Stanford AI plagiarism into ‘propaganda’ AI model released by students sparked controversy for similarities to one developed by scientists from Tsinghua University Helen Packer 6月 11日
