Asia

Single-sex colleges provide safe space for women but may be financially unviable as enrolments decline

Ex-HKU law professor receives longest sentence to date under controversial national security law

Institutions switch to online learning as air pollution levels soar

Universities raise quality concerns as regulator sets end-of-year cut-off for transition to digital credits

The controversy over Dhankhar’s poor choice of words has overshadowed the wisdom of calling for poorer Indians to be better informed, says Pushkar

Researchers identify emergence of ‘China English’ as legitimate version of language

Outpost due to open next year will focus on both research and teaching, after ‘quick’ but ‘robust’ approval process

Fossil fuel producer cracks down on dissenters as it hosts gathering of world leaders

Chinese multinational makes inroads in Europe as technology giants compete to get their tools on university curricula

Top universities project evolving to focus on interdisciplinary work and longer-term measures of success as 10-year anniversary nears

Science Tokyo head says joining forces is an ‘effective strategy’ for institutions facing funding and demographic shortfalls

The rise of Asian higher education has coincided with increasing graduate un- and under-employment in several nations, calling the value of degrees into question and threatening national stability. But is the problem underprepared students or dysfunctional politics and economies? Helen Packer reports