New president Tony Chan to reorientate KAUST towards Asia
Former HKUST leader will draw on his experience in the East and the West as head of Saudi Arabian private university
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Foreign firewalls present challenge to global online learning
Institutions and teachers find workarounds to reach students enrolled in Western courses, but domestic internet rules still constrain efforts
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Asia embracing Moocs as ‘key to social mobility’
Tech entrepreneur says there is a fear of AI and automation in Europe and North America while students in Asia see it as an opportunity
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Does global health still have a colonial mindset?
Black Lives Matter protests have reignited debate over the persistence of ‘neocolonial’ structures within discipline
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Asian higher education at the demographic cliff edge
With East Asia’s governments failing to reverse falling birth rates, how should universities adjust to declining numbers of local students? Joyce Lau reports
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Unfabling the East: The Enlightenment Encounter with Asia, by Jürgen Osterhammel
Book of the week: the relationship between two continental powers was far from one-sided, finds Joan-Pau Rubiés
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South Korea sets 25 per cent target for female professors
Academic questions whether quotas are the best way to move towards equality
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Hong Kong scholars may stay abroad to evade security law’s reach
London-based China expert fears arrest over critical comments if he returns to city following introduction of new legislation
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THE World University Rankings 2021: Australian front-runners surge
But observers question whether it can last, as pandemic lays waste to the business model
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China told to reform education model to become global student hub
Study highlights how international students are treated as ‘a separate cohort’ and student advisors function like ‘nannies’
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Malaysia to act as ‘stepping stone’ for Australia-bound students?
With Australia unlikely to allow foreign students in until next year, the possibility of them taking classes on Malaysian affiliate campuses is being explored
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THE Young University Rankings 2020: results announced
Universities in Hong Kong and Singapore top list of world’s best universities founded during the past half-century
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Graduate hiring outlook ‘brighter in continental Europe’
Early results from annual graduate employability survey suggest wide variations in views among firms due to pandemicÂ
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2018: results announced
Analysis reveals Antipodean universities are falling behind East Asian rivals