MENA Summit: ‘certification’ mania ‘hobbles Middle East development’ Leading scholar says region must place more importance on liberal arts, not just science and engineering, to build better societies Anna McKie 4月 8日
MENA Summit: call to end obstacles to student mobility within region THE event hears benefits of emulating Bologna Process would be huge, but efforts might need to start small Anna McKie 4月 7日
University access ‘protected by wealth’ for richest globally Study finds that children of similar ability at all levels of school system are far more likely to attend university if they come from wealthy backgrounds Ellie Bothwell 4月 7日
MENA Summit: liberal arts ‘face conflict but still key’ in restrictive societies Academics emphasise role of critical thinking in societal development at THE summit Anna McKie 4月 6日
Singapore revamp breaks down disciplinary barriers Sciences and humanities to be taught side by side starting this year in two leading institutions Joyce Lau 4月 6日
Korea doubles budget for language training overseas Expansion of overseas language courses could offset declines back home Joyce Lau 4月 1日
Is academic freedom still viable in private Indian universities? Pratap Bhanu Mehta’s resignation from Ashoka underlines that financial autonomy doesn’t remove fear of government anger, says Saikat Majumdar Saikat Majumdar 4月 1日
Casualisation is not a formula for success in Indian universities Government concern has not yielded concrete steps to address chronic faculty shortages and adjunctification, says Pushkar Pushkar 3月 28日
Military occupies Myanmar campuses University employees are ‘in the firing line’ and some have gone into hiding Joyce Lau 3月 27日
