Asia

Vice-president says private sector funding is vital to compensate for decline in public investment in basic research

Monash Technology Transformation Institute aims to bridge ‘valley of death’ that sees many discoveries fall short of securing commercial-scale investment

Shin Sung-chul, who is under investigation by the Korean government, says state is starting to provide more freedom to universities but progress is slow

Candid interviews with Chinese university presidents and government officials reveal widespread doubt that institutional freedom has increased

YS Chi claims publisher’s shift to recognise research quality over quantity left a void that has been filled by others happy to publish insubstantial work

Bin Yang tells THE summit that Chinese universities lack ‘original, innovative ideas’

But study authors stress that research environment at Chinese universities is quickly catching up with US

More joint papers would ‘spread the word about China’s strengths’, summit hears

Future steps require a future, first-time China summit hears

Indian scholar explains why she thinks guidelines on ensuring PhDs focus on ‘national priorities’ are dangerous and wrong

THE rankings data show institutions are progressing on all areas of their global outlook, but experts say there is still more work to be done

Kyoto University overtakes University of Tokyo in student-focused table