Asia Universities Summit: student creativity key, says KAIST head
Steve Kang says he wants to challenge East Asian 'uni-directional' tradition of education where students simply 'prepare for the test'
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Asia University Rankings 2016: The pillars of National University of Singapore’s success
To rise rapidly, institutions should consider a four-pronged strategy for growth and development, says Tan Chorh Chuan
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Americans abroad: challenging ‘Soviet’ corruption in Kyrgyzstan
Ellen Hurwitz charts her journey from US liberal arts colleges to the American University in Central Asia
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International higher education’s borders are impassable to the poor
The difficulties even of obtaining a scholarship to study in the West amount to systemic exclusion, says Rudrani Dasgupta
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Does university assessment still pass muster?
Most universities still rely on exams and assessed essays to grade their students. But as the fourth industrial revolution, employability and student satisfaction all rise up the agenda, many experts...
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Migration routes: Ruben Andersson on the border control ‘industry’
Western countries’ determination to tackle the migration crisis without taking any risks with their own personnel is wasteful and counterproductive, the Oxford anthropologist tells Matthew ReiszÂ
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‘Sea change’ raises tide of Australian university fundraising
Institutions’ philanthropy heads lift their sights as campaigns exceed expectations
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World insight: Banging the drum for liberal arts in East Asia
Countries like Singapore are turning to broad-based education just as the US turns away from it, says Trisha Craig
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Australia lobbied to rejoin ‘Asian Erasmus’ scheme
Country’s vice-chancellors conceived exchange programme, only to abandon it as focus shifted to recruitment
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Western universities feel the strain of China talent tussle
Foreign faculty’s dissatisfaction adds to the lure of Chinese recruitment push
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The state of the discipline: English studies
English studies is a traditional big beast in the academy, but there are concerns that changes in student behaviour could put it on the endangered list. Seven academics give their views on whether...
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Nobel laureate: my legacy is mentorship, not research
Sir Fraser Stoddart says the most rewarding element of his work has been supervising research students, who supported him personally after his wife’s death
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Nature boss warns Plan S could put journal out of business
Springer Nature says highly selective titles need special treatment under European-led open access initiative
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Leading Asian universities fall back in arts and humanities
Asia scholar says continent’s progress in STEM fields has been ‘to the detriment of the social sciences and humanities’
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Australia’s innovation ecosystem needs biodiversity
The government’s new ‘national interest’ test for research proposals is another damaging symptom of short-termism, says Margaret Sheil