Hong Kong historian witnesses dictatorship on the doorstep ‘This is a regime that believes you should govern by clubbing people,’ says Frank Dikötter Matthew Reisz 9月 11日
The overseas campus model provides benefits in a post-Brexit world Overseas campuses in Malaysia and China offer University of Nottingham students the global outlook necessary for today’s world, says Shearer West Shearer West 9月 5日
Hong Kong boycotts replace lectures with ‘lessons in civics’ Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts John Ross 9月 3日
Window of calm closes as Hong Kong classes resume Strikes planned, welcomes canned, visits discouraged and events cancelled as campuses brace for strife John Ross 8月 26日
India’s ‘institutes of eminence’ scheme a ‘huge farce’ Experts raise further concerns over excellence initiative after 14 more universities granted elite status Ellie Bothwell 8月 26日
Hong Kong university leaders urged to stand up for protesters New term may force vice-chancellors to confront issue of mass demonstrations, experts say Jack Grove 8月 22日
There has been an uprising in Arab higher education New figures suggest steep rises in university participation rate in several Middle-Eastern countries, say Justin D. Martin and Fouad Hassan Justin D. Martin 8月 16日
Legal vindication does not end the problems for Turkey’s Academics for Peace Those fired and imprisoned for signing a 2016 statement condemning Turkish military action still have a long struggle ahead, says Mehmet Ugur Mehmet Ugur 8月 13日
Taiwan technology merger eyes Asian university race But academics question the logic of consolidating three institutions in different locations Ellie Bothwell 8月 12日
Authoritarian shift undermines China’s science moonshot Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise John Ross 8月 7日