The overseas campus model provides benefits in a post-Brexit world Overseas campuses in Malaysia and China offer University of Nottingham students the global outlook necessary for today’s world, says Shearer West By Shearer West 5 September
It's time for Chinese universities to realign their goals Having caught up in the numbers game, Tsinghua and China more widely are ready to pursue research and teaching suited to their unique priorities, says Bin Yang By Bin Yang 3 September
Hong Kong boycotts replace lectures with ‘lessons in civics’ Students schedule their own classes in protest theory, political history and martial arts By John Ross 3 September
Window of calm closes as Hong Kong classes resume Strikes planned, welcomes canned, visits discouraged and events cancelled as campuses brace for strife By John Ross 26 August
India’s ‘institutes of eminence’ scheme a ‘huge farce’ Experts raise further concerns over excellence initiative after 14 more universities granted elite status By Ellie Bothwell 26 August
Hong Kong university leaders urged to stand up for protesters New term may force vice-chancellors to confront issue of mass demonstrations, experts say By Jack Grove 22 August
The gao kao’s efforts to level the admissions playing field are showing the strain Ongoing efforts to iron out regional anomalies are creating as many problems as they solve, says Ceren Ergenc By Ceren Ergenc 19 August
There has been an uprising in Arab higher education New figures suggest steep rises in university participation rate in several Middle-Eastern countries, say Justin D. Martin and Fouad Hassan By Justin D. Martin 16 August
Legal vindication does not end the problems for Turkey’s Academics for Peace Those fired and imprisoned for signing a 2016 statement condemning Turkish military action still have a long struggle ahead, says Mehmet Ugur By Mehmet Ugur 13 August
Taiwan technology merger eyes Asian university race But academics question the logic of consolidating three institutions in different locations By Ellie Bothwell 12 August
Authoritarian shift undermines China’s science moonshot Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise By John Ross 7 August
Foreign academics in Japan ‘marginalised’ and ‘disillusioned’ Overseas scholars feel that their presence is ‘tokenistic’, says study, despite state-sponsored drive for internationalisation By Nick Mayo 5 August