Asia

New higher education minister attempts to appease students after turbulent month

Dubious design registrations in the UK are being passed off as ‘international patents’ by Indian academics seeking to game promotion criteria, sleuths find

Lower number of universities penalised by government for visa practices, but scholars urge caution

Institutions generally accept budgetary demands to return unspent grants but warn long-term cuts could damage competitiveness

Government commission advocates for intervention in downsizing of higher education sector to avoid regional disparity

Government announces 2 per cent cut to university budget in efforts to row back public spending

Academic spin-outs have risen over the past decade, supported by a network of university-affiliated venture funds

Beijing government body’s affiliation with some Chinese institutions seen as threat by Taiwanese leaders

India’s opening up to overseas outposts has injected new life into a form of transnational education that many observers had considered to be moribund. But will the clutch of early adopters blaze a successful trail for others to follow? And what exactly would that look like? Helen Packer reports

The recent arrest of accreditation council members only underlines that competence of regulation is as much of an issue as its degree, says Pushkar

Malaysian institutions continue to attract increasing numbers of students from the region, with Chinese nationals remaining the largest cohort by far

University Grants Commission's move to hand power to universities to judge journal quality faces resistance from research watchdogs