Soochow and Stanford professors win Yidan prizes
Founder of China’s New Education Initiative will use award money to expand programme’s reach to rural areas
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Nusrat Ghani named UK science minister
Strong critic of Chinese human rights abuses takes on brief after hiatus of several months
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World University Rankings 2023: top marks for Australian sector
Covid’s impacts are yet to take the sheen off local universities’ rankings performance, with their average scores now topping the world
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US exchanges offer hope for University of the South Pacific
Biden administration comes to the party, as cash-strapped regional institution seeks new ‘development partners’
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The US should take its higher education to the world
Amid growing anti-immigration sentiment, US universities should make greater efforts to export their expertise to where the demand is, says Richard Joseph
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World University Rankings 2023: US stagnating, Oceania rising, and a weak point for China
The global picture is changing, as five countries enter the ranking for the first time – all of them in Africa. Rosa Ellis reportsÂ
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Australia to redraw its science priorities
Bigger focus flagged on Indigenous knowledge, climate science and critical technologies
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Myanmar sentences Australian academic on ‘trumped up’ charges
Hopes that formalisation of economist’s imprisonment could trigger his early release
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Stakes are high across Asia
Money, policies and partnerships aim to unlock the region’s full potential
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Fragility in the system
International students add hugely to the richness of universities. But are the risks of relying on their fees to subsidise so much fully understood?
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Student interest in studying Russian slumps as Ukrainian surges
Scholars say Russia’s war is to blame for decline in first-year students, with some noting ‘unprecedented’ increases in Polish and Ukrainian languages
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Hong Kong universities ‘could suffer’ as population shrinks
But academics note silver lining, with larger number of qualified local high schoolers gaining access to city’s high-quality institutions
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International student drivers ‘back to pre-pandemic norms’
Covid a memory in most regions as cost, quality, work and migration opportunities guide study destination choices
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Business schools are complicit in populism’s threats to democracy
The inequalities exacerbated by global capitalism must be challenged by institutions in the service of citizens rather than corporations, says Carl Rhodes