Japan’s ¥10 trillion excellence fund off to shaky start As fund records ¥60 million deficit ahead of disbursement, academics voice concern over ‘strings-attached’ model Pola Lem 7月 19日
Brain drain fears as Bhutanese head down under for degrees While Australia has long been a favoured education destination for the mountain kingdom, it now hosts a ‘major proportion’ of the population John Ross 7月 19日
Korea draws shortlist for ambitious excellence initiative ‘Glocal’ scheme aims to boost universities outside Seoul and drive innovation in the face of demographic decline Pola Lem 7月 17日
Chinese sector expansion focuses on vocational training Opening of colleges running at 10 times the rate of development of new universities Jing Liu 7月 15日
Acceptance of overseas entrance exams is a new recruitment frontier Use of the CSAT is likely to increase US enrolment of South Koreans but could bode ill for some of the latter’s domestic institutions, says Kyuseok Kim Kyuseok Kim 7月 15日
India climbs to third among G20 nations for research output China continued to produce more publications last year than anywhere else, according to new report Patrick Jack 7月 12日
Suspended Indian professors draw international solidarity More than 500 scholars condemn South Asian University’s actions against faculty who supported students during hunger strikes Pola Lem 7月 12日
CityU chief’s ‘sea change’ puts focus on rising academic stars Weeks into the job, Freddy Boey promises to cut red tape, rethink teaching – and unsparingly weed out underperformers Pola Lem 7月 11日
For rent: desk space in Chinese university libraries ‘Seat scalpers’ and institutions put a price tag on their workspaces, sparking debate about fairness Jing Liu 7月 9日
Postgraduates need more help to bear Iran’s scientific burden Doctoral students drive Iranian science, but the country’s low spending means that they often lack access to basic resources, says Roohola Ramezani Roohola Ramezani 7月 8日
More Australian branch campuses proposed for Indonesia Western Sydney University joins Victorian and Queensland institutions in seeking presence in the world’s third biggest democracy John Ross 7月 4日
Hong Kong considers raising cap on non-local students Universities consulted on increasing limit from current level of 20 per cent in face of demographic decline Pola Lem 7月 4日