THE Awards Asia 2022: shortlist announced
India and Malaysia take lead as best represented countries, followed by China
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Asia must forge its own path on liberal arts, leaders say
An internalised, colonial-era emphasis on exam grades is preventing students from deeper learning, forum hears
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Record 1,700 universities submit data for Impact Rankings
115 territories now represented in THE rankings measuring universities’ progress towards sustainability
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Open branch campuses with us, Kazakhstan tells West
Population boom and geopolitical shifts create positive conditions for institutions to set up shop in central Asia, says higher education minister
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Interview with Sonora Jha
The Seattle University academic and novelist talks about satirising a type of male scholar who wins the plum posts, despite harming colleagues
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A window from afar: the future of China studies?
Even as Covid travel restrictions are lifted, Xi-era crackdown on freedoms is making on-the-ground research much more difficult
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UK international recruitment model ‘heading for a crash’ – v-c
Plugging gaps with higher fees paid by students from overseas has allowed institutions to dodge political battles over funding, but it won’t last
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Curricula should not be decolonised based on partial historical knowledge
Students need to know the broad outlines of global imperial history if they are to judge claims for themselves. But, typically, they don’t, says Ian Pace
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China’s research ties with Islamic countries ‘rapidly rising’
‘Exponential growth’ in past few years sees China gain on the US in race to be the leading nation in global research output
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Israel’s right-wing coalition ‘already damaging science’
Sector leaders warn of brain drain as government pushes for constitutional change to assert control over judiciary and end to recognition of degrees from Palestine
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Beijing’s call for foreign R&D investment ‘a signal’ to West
US is the ‘elephant in the room’ in a policy that seeks to attract overseas talent and money, says academic
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Will East Asia still emerge as a regional higher education hub?
Amid continuing border restrictions and geopolitical uncertainty, experts examine whether an increase in intra-Asian student mobility remains a realistic prospect
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BNO visa holders from Hong Kong ‘a bridge to Asia’, UK told
Scholars urge home fees for young Hong Kongers but warn other former British colonies could want similar concessions
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Japan tries tax breaks to get companies to hire more PhD students
Lacklustre employment for doctorate holders betrays ‘disconnect’ between academia and private sector employers, scholars say
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Questions over autonomy as India sets out branch campus rules
Flexibility of guidelines for universities wanting to open outposts praised, but concerns raised over academic freedom