Megacompanies fuel Vietnam’s new wave of ambitious universities
Innovative models of higher education, unimaginable in the West, are emerging in a big, youthful country confronting a demographic and economic crossroads
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Non-Anglo countries ‘increasingly favoured’ for study abroad
Visa cost and ‘complexity’ among the factors pushing students away from traditional education destinations, survey finds
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Australian student visa approvals hit record low for second month
Students and educators call for more guidance from immigration authorities as majority of Indian and Nepalese applicants rejected
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Metrics obsession is supplanting academic vision in China
But the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ decision to stop updating its journal ranking list is a hopeful sign, says Bruce MacfarlaneÂ
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Replicating Bologna Process for APAC ‘incredibly difficult’
Focus on forming manageable consortia of five to 10 institutions instead of ‘sleeping’ agreements that elicit no action, university leaders say
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‘More coordinated’ investment needed to unlock Asian AI potential
Patchy uptake of new technologies across region, survey finds, with limited connectivity a potential barrier
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Entrepreneurial training ‘essential’ as value of degrees questioned
Universities urged to play greater role in teaching people how to create their own work, as countries become more sceptical of higher education
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Opportunity ‘not enough’ for female leadership, says Nancy Ip
Pioneer women university presidents must pave the way by becoming ‘sponsors’ of their successors
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Support from staff ‘often overlooked’ in new TNE ventures
University leaders often forget to ask the most important questions when setting up offshore, summit hears
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Instruction in English ‘often doesn’t work for employment’
Internationalisation is creating new linguistic challenges for universities, as the imperative to attract foreign students clashes with policies to retain them after they graduate
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Hungary’s larger-than-life stature in global HE policy is about to shrink
Péter Magyar is likely to end the funding of foreign influence operations – but ideological control at home will be harder to overcome, says Liviu Matei
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Asian and African students flock to China for STEM degrees
China’s flagship Belt and Road initiative continues to pay off as students from priority regions take up degree programmes, but post-pandemic recovery still ongoing
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Arts education in ‘tremendous’ demand across Asia – LASALLE chief
New president of leading Singaporean arts college discusses how creative industries are helping cities grow and importance of thinking differently and impact of moving into federated model
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As Iran shows, dual-use research risks making campuses military targets
We are witnessing the collapse of the idea that, as civilian institutions, universities should not be targeted in wartime, says Roohola Ramezani
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UK universities ‘foolish’ to bank on overseas student growth
Foreign students no longer a magic bullet for cash-strapped universities as visa changes and pricing wars force leaders to reconsider growth strategies