India’s rush to digital learning is too much, too soon Unreliable internet connections and underdeveloped pedagogies will blunt the potential impact of online options, says Mukhtar Ahmad Mukhtar Ahmad 3月 29日
Universities ‘could play larger role’ in Taiwan military training Ukraine war focuses attention on future of island and role of universities in defence Pola Lem 3月 25日
Japan University Rankings 2022: results announced International universities decline during Covid-19 in teaching-focused league table Ellie Bothwell 3月 24日
Spike in dropouts forcing Japanese to focus on student well-being University leavers jumped 40 per cent in 2021, according to government figures Pola Lem 3月 23日
India faces medical education crisis after Ukraine exodus Long-standing issues put into sharp focus as expert predicts half of students pursuing medicine abroad fail to become doctors Pola Lem 3月 22日
Hideo Ohno: improving innovation and culture change The Tohoku University president discusses the legacy of the 2011 earthquake and making his institution more friendly to foreigners Rosa Ellis 3月 22日
War forces post-Soviet scholars to choose between Russia and West East-West schism widened by Russian academia being cut off from world, says scholar Pola Lem 3月 19日
Chinese campuses close as Covid cases spike again Senior officer dismissed because of cluster of cases at university in Jilin Jing Liu 3月 18日
Tony Chan: working in Saudi Arabia The KAUST president discusses the treatment of women and academic freedom Rosa Ellis 3月 15日
Revamp of postgraduate recruitment goes before Chinese lawmakers Authorities to debate changes to master’s and PhD enrolment systems Jing Liu 3月 12日
How long can China stay largely closed to international students? Scholars optimistic despite 490,000 learners still waiting to enter country, with recent survey showing 53 per cent struggle with ‘serious mental health issues’ Pola Lem 3月 11日
Hope for end to campus violence as student unions return to Pakistan Supporters say student engagement could lead to a ‘less radicalised’ student body, but fear more political meddling in institutional decisions Pola Lem 3月 10日