Singapore university events ‘must be in national interest’ Government says that higher education institutions manage their own events but that it might advise them to “respect…wider social norms” Emily Dixon 1月 13日
Tuan quits as CUHK president after new governance rules come in Experienced leader says new structure, imposed despite significant opposition, makes it an ‘opportune moment’ to go Chris Havergal 1月 9日
Quality ‘at risk’ as cash-strapped Korean campuses look overseas Chungbuk National University head says simply ‘selling degrees’ is not in the interest of students or the sector Pola Lem 1月 2日
Fee-free Philippines degrees ‘threaten private sector viability’ Partial elimination of tuition fees could prove self-defeating by undermining the private universities that educate more than half of the country’s students John Ross 12月 31日
Indian exemption blunts Australian work rights revocation Canberra’s attempt to reduce backlog of ‘permanently temporary’ graduates hamstrung by trade agreement John Ross 12月 19日
Study abroad: US students all but absent from China While Americans return to institutions worldwide, Biden administration talks of post-Covid academic reset with political rival but largely prevents it Paul Basken 12月 19日
Rising Chinese student preference for creative arts ‘can help UK’ Seven in 10 Chinese students more likely to stay in the UK because of the graduate visa route, Ucas report adds Patrick Jack 12月 18日
Tokyo axes tuition fees for large families to boost universities Government schemes to bolster higher education come amid ongoing population decline and recent drop in doctoral students Pola Lem 12月 12日
Qatar universities report spike in applications after World Cup ‘Branding opportunity of a lifetime’ raises awareness of Gulf state’s campuses Patrick Jack 12月 10日
Scholars see politics behind Iran’s India branch campus move University of Tehran plans outposts in India, Iraq, Syria and Georgia, plus closer ties with Russia and China Pola Lem 12月 8日
Science in Gaza was always hard. Now it’s impossible My interviews revealed that even before the latest conflict, good research relied on the determination and sacrifices of returnees, says Sheren Saad Sheren Saad 12月 5日