Australia lobbied to rejoin ‘Asian Erasmus’ scheme
Country’s vice-chancellors conceived exchange programme, only to abandon it as focus shifted to recruitment
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Nobel laureate: my legacy is mentorship, not research
Sir Fraser Stoddart says the most rewarding element of his work has been supervising research students, who supported him personally after his wife’s death
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Asia Universities Summit: student creativity key, says KAIST head
Steve Kang says he wants to challenge East Asian 'uni-directional' tradition of education where students simply 'prepare for the test'
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Nature boss warns Plan S could put journal out of business
Springer Nature says highly selective titles need special treatment under European-led open access initiative
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Asia University Rankings 2016: The pillars of National University of Singapore’s success
To rise rapidly, institutions should consider a four-pronged strategy for growth and development, says Tan Chorh Chuan
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Asia University Rankings 2015 results announced
Japan still ‘king of the mountain’ but balance of power shifts to neighbour
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Australia’s innovation ecosystem needs biodiversity
The government’s new ‘national interest’ test for research proposals is another damaging symptom of short-termism, says Margaret Sheil
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Western universities mull Indonesian branch campuses
Details of law allowing international providers to operate in special economic zones have been released
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Leading Asian universities fall back in arts and humanities
Asia scholar says continent’s progress in STEM fields has been ‘to the detriment of the social sciences and humanities’
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Singapore is 'Asia lite' for Western universities
But Western institutions in the city state may need to relax ‘normative’ views of free enquiry, Nanyang Technological University’s head tells John Morgan
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A plan for study exchange is essential for ‘Global Britain’
Paul James Cardwell considers the alternatives to staying outside the Erasmus+ programme if the UK has no national student mobility strategyÂ
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Emerging Economies Summit: Universities urged to focus on Sustainable Development Goals
Institutions in developing world told to take lead on tackling major global challenges
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Three education ministers quit before university president starts
Scholars cite concerns over academic autonomy in Taiwan after election of National Taiwan University president is finally approved
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Food Routes: Growing Bananas in Iceland and Other Tales from the Logistics of Eating, by Robyn Metcalfe
Book of the week: Martin Cohen finds much of interest in a work describing how produce gets to our plates
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Psychologists reluctant to own up to research mistakes
Despite widespread recognition of prevalence of errors in psychological research, academics remain reluctant to own up to their errors