Asia

Policy of setting aside a fifth of places unlikely to be transformative in country that ranks bottom in OECD for female STEM students, scholars say

Interest in India growing as Washington-Beijing tensions show no indication of waning, scholars say

Higher Education Commission could be given control over v-c appointments at public universities, with ‘disastrous consequences’ for autonomy

Oversupply of poorly trained workers in some fields contrasts with undersupply in others. Universities and students need better information, says Pushkar

Academics’ belief in merit-based promotion at odds with their experiences of discrimination, study finds

Once built, aerospace institute on southern island of Hainan will become first solo campus run by Russian institution inside Asian superpower

Huge hike in costs plunges institutions into dire situation as academics call on government to urgently raise higher education spending

Ancient India and China were the first civilisations to educate young people to become whole individuals, says Kyaw Moe Tun

Further security service-directed restrictions could deal ‘serious blow’ to West’s China studies and isolate Chinese academics

As AI makes giant strides, threatening to digitise a whole host of graduate careers, the need to ensure that human employees can regularly upskill and retrain is more urgent than ever. An early pioneer of mass lifelong learning, does Singapore point the way forwards? Pola Lem reports from the Lion City

Academics warn that move to ‘stifle’ youth political involvement betrays ‘insecurity’ by ruling party

Beijing’s censorship of 2018 gene-edited babies case has prevented ‘crucial’ research ethics dialogue, says scholar