Asia

Walailak’s loss of faculty seen as a grim omen for sector haemorrhaging academics

Only 4 per cent of reserved posts filled at India’s 45 central universities

President believes that Waseda has already reformed in key ways, helping make its case for support under the country’s excellence initiative

Rising numbers of faculty from mainland China face atmosphere of ‘suspicion and mistrust’, researcher claims

Sector doubles down on tolerance agenda to pre-empt violence on campuses

Admission to an Indian Institute of Technology is the prize every Indian school-leaver dreams of. But does the scramble for places prepare students well for higher study? Are the institutes’ curricula fit for purpose? And what will internationalisation mean for their future? Pola Lem reports

Academics voice concerns over ‘short-sightedness’ of programme envisaging opening of dozens of science departments

University of Aizu president Toshiaki Miyazaki quits after investigation found he published the same conference paper on multiple occasions

By creating one large, centralised research funder, Indian government is ‘pouring old wine into new bottle’, say academics, who doubt it will be able to solve the plethora of issues facing science in the country

Female researchers given additional three years to apply to reflect childbearing and caring responsibilities

Working together to tackle specific teaching and research needs could seed high-quality research institutes, say Diya Dutt and Sudarshan Saha

Battle over who should have final say over professorship appointments demonstrates difficulty in reconciling starkly different academic cultures