Asia

Vice-provost for academic affairs at Nazarbayev University says the post-Soviet country is supporting higher education to break new ground in international research  

Aftershocks continue amid new revelations of fabrication

University’s emphasis on creativity, not exam scores, aims to help shift China away from ‘degree factory’ model, THE summit hears

National University of Singapore takes top accolade at inaugural ceremony

Tsinghua University overtakes National University of Singapore in regional table

Minister tells THE summit that space project on which she works typifies national priority to diversify economy

Bharatiya Janata Party’s election manifesto includes pledges to substantially boost student numbers and create three new specialist universities

The quality of Indian higher education outside a few elite institutions is notoriously poor, and a slew of initiatives aimed at addressing it have made little impact so far. Simon Baker analyses the data to assess the scale of the challenge and asks what more could and should be done

Campus voyeur let off too lightly, critics complain

Max Lu defends Surrey’s collaboration with Chinese giant, suggesting that UK government would ban ties if it had evidence of espionage

Academics fear global reach of new Singaporean legislation could result in censorship of international academic journals

The Chinese tech giant’s challenge for universities will be far from an isolated case and universities are not prepared for the nuanced reaction required, says John Ross