Japan’s plan to kickstart sciences seen as threat to humanities Academics voice concerns over ‘short-sightedness’ of programme envisaging opening of dozens of science departments Pola Lem 8月 1日
Japanese university president forced out over self-plagiarism University of Aizu president Toshiaki Miyazaki quits after investigation found he published the same conference paper on multiple occasions Jack Grove 7月 31日
High hopes, low expectations for National Research Foundation By creating one large, centralised research funder, Indian government is ‘pouring old wine into new bottle’, say academics, who doubt it will be able to solve the plethora of issues facing science in the country Pola Lem 7月 31日
Chinese funder lets women get early career grants up to age 48 Female researchers given additional three years to apply to reflect childbearing and caring responsibilities Jing Liu 7月 27日
To become world-class, India’s universities need to collaborate Working together to tackle specific teaching and research needs could seed high-quality research institutes, say Diya Dutt and Sudarshan Saha Diya Dutt 7月 27日
Vietnam’s German university struggles to loosen government grip Battle over who should have final say over professorship appointments demonstrates difficulty in reconciling starkly different academic cultures Ben Upton 7月 26日
Japan expected to lose 140,000 students by mid-century Tokyo could use figures to justify more heavy-handed sector intervention, academics say Pola Lem 7月 25日
China-Taiwan trip could augur closer university collaboration But some academics remain wary, warning over Beijing’s ‘manipulation’ of student exchange for political purposes Pola Lem 7月 24日
Chinese universities grow career services to tackle unemployment Sector must meet demands of students who increasingly expect help landing a job, scholar says Pola Lem 7月 21日
Japan’s ?10 trillion excellence fund off to shaky start As fund records ?60 million deficit ahead of disbursement, academics voice concern over ‘strings-attached’ model Pola Lem 7月 19日
Brain drain fears as Bhutanese head down under for degrees While Australia has long been a favoured education destination for the mountain kingdom, it now hosts a ‘major proportion’ of the population John Ross 7月 19日
Korea draws shortlist for ambitious excellence initiative ‘Glocal’ scheme aims to boost universities outside Seoul and drive innovation in the face of demographic decline Pola Lem 7月 17日