Fewer Chinese master’s students opt to continue studies abroad Number of postgraduates heading overseas after completing studies at elite institutions still below pre-pandemic levels Jing Liu 2月 19日
Indian students who defied BBC’s Modi documentary ban give me hope While corporations and universities bowed to pressure to ban controversial BBC documentary, students showed freedom of speech and critical enquiry still matter in India, says Mukhtar Ahmad Mukhtar Ahmad 2月 18日
Armenian rector who opposed merger says she’s being ‘forced out’ Karine Harutyunyan accuses government of undermining her position because she supported staff and students’ protests Patrick Jack 2月 17日
China’s research ties with Islamic countries ‘rapidly rising’ ‘Exponential growth’ in past few years sees China gain on the US in race to be the leading nation in global research output Pola Lem 2月 16日
Kaoru Mitoma: can you study your way to being a better athlete? Japanese winger’s former professor helps assess how much of his success can be attributed to a thesis on dribbling Tom Williams 2月 15日
Iran forces regime critics out of academia Sciences ‘under fire’ with appointment of hard-line cleric to oversee appointment of deans Pola Lem 2月 13日
Open branch campuses with us, Kazakhstan tells West Population boom and geopolitical shifts create positive conditions for institutions to set up shop in central Asia, says higher education minister Pola Lem 2月 10日
Chinese universities criticised over continuing Covid controls Academic emphasises need for transparency as institutions forced into U-turns on restrictions Jing Liu 2月 8日
Students trapped following deadly Turkey earthquakes Universities join rescue mission after 7.8 magnitude tremor strikes near Gaziantep Patrick Jack 2月 7日
Overseas applications to Malaysian universities surge Country should strive to be more than a student hub, says second-term minister John Ross 2月 7日
Beijing’s call for foreign R&D investment ‘a signal’ to West US is the ‘elephant in the room’ in a policy that seeks to attract overseas talent and money, says academic Pola Lem 2月 6日
Top Chinese graduate schools ‘pull up drawbridge on test takers’ Leading institutions switching from exams to interviews for admission, but students from many universities are excluded from this route Jing Liu 2月 4日
