Modi’s ‘fast-track courts’ offer fails to quell exam protests Indian prime minister makes rare intervention to try to ease unrest but protesters pledge to continue demonstrations By Rosalind Skillen 24 July
Child’s death spotlights clinical trial concerns in China Death of youngster following experimental gene therapy only made public after journalists investigated By Rosalind Skillen 24 July
China’s ‘start-up universities’ come of age Success of small, specialist institutions in attracting students and top scholars shows there are ‘other ways to educate’ By Rosalind Skillen 24 July
Private universities give India’s young people a second chance Concerns about quality and price will not go away any time soon, but neither will student demand, says Pushkar By Pushkar 23 July
Entrance test controversy triggers massive protests in New Delhi Students call for wider reform of India’s education system as new youth-led movement gathers support By Rosalind Skillen 20 July
Korea ‘needs new internationalisation plan’ after meeting target Having hit 300,000 foreign enrolments ahead of schedule, experts say the next stage of expansion should be better thought-through By Rosalind Skillen 18 July
Critics misinterpret our mission, says joint campus leader ‘Bumps’ inevitable when an institution tries to fuse the best of the East and the West, according to management theory expert By John Ross 17 July
Iranian universities ‘becoming security battlegrounds’ Scores of students suspended and expelled without due process, report reveals, amid heightened tensions because of war with US By Rosalind Skillen 16 July
ÌÇÐÄVlog Awards Arab World 2026: shortlist announced Universities from 13 countries and territories make the final shortlist after more than 400 entries received By Lily Pagano 16 July
Rise of Chinese social media sleuth ‘exposes research failures’ Content creator who helped oust top Chinese academics after accusing them of fabricating data promises to strike again By Rosalind Skillen 16 July
Indian higher education enrolment reaches new record Increase in female students and applicants coming from overseas helps sector grow by 17 per cent since start of decade By Rosalind Skillen 13 July
Low demand blamed as India closes dozens of engineering schools Technical institutions suffer as high youth unemployment pushes students towards international alternatives By Rosalind Skillen 13 July
