Asia

Investigation launched after police attending mass student protest in Varanasi seen to be beating women with sticks

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

Long-awaited list of institutions eligible for excellence initiative funding in China is published

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

Publishing is part of the academic game, says Mike Smith, so you’d better get good at it 

Police complaint is filed against Delhi University lecturer after he posted comment on Facebook

Move follows government accusation that ideological and political work at some top institutions was weak

Scholars at Risk counts 257 assaults and persecutions on higher education communities over past year

Challenge for UK as Asian research diaspora returns home, says China-born member of PM's science council

Carol S. Dweck is named as first laureate of education research prize for her work on the ‘growth mindset’

Ministry says 11 universities breached regulations by asking questions not covered in school curriculum

Canada and Finland also score highly in research assessing the effectiveness of education systems in 35 economies