Asia

Lockdown comes days before Eid religious festival

Downgrading doctoral candidates to a master’s track raises questions about admissions and supervision standards, says Zhang Ruomei

Public universities could be ‘hit beyond repair’ in fallout from pandemic catastrophe, experts warn

New campus to be set up with industry-friendly ‘hubs’, not faculties 

Professor accuses university of ‘aligning itself with a propaganda narrative that is not intellectually defensible’

Expert warns pandemic could exacerbate stresses on PhD mental health

Concentrating funding on top universities around Beijing and Shanghai risks alienating students forced to settle for less exalted institutions, researchers say

The sacking of the Higher Education Commission’s chair provides an opportunity to rethink the organisation's entire rationale, says Tahir Shah

Institutions band together at Tsinghua event to address climate change and other crises

Nearly one in five surveyed students find overlap between their master’s and doctoral training

A decline in admissions standards suggests that foreign outposts will have to up their marketing game, says Hongqing Yang

Encouraging students to start a business could do more harm than good, researchers say