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New flagship institution intended to rival region’s best faces lengthy delays as highly ambitious plans to create sustainable city in the desert unravel

The territory has recently raised its cap on non-local students twice, with it set to reach 50 per cent next year. But amid geopolitical tensions and Western concerns about freedom, is it realistic for Hong Kong to loosen its international cohort’s domination by students from the mainland? Tash Mosheim reports 

University expands presence in Central Asia after growing first capital city site from 95 students to 428

Separate rules on pay and promotions, opaque evaluations and cultural barriers jar with country’s drive to internationalise universities, say scholars

Asian universities achieve new milestones in STEM subjects, but they are rising fastest in humanities and social sciences, reports Patrick Jack

Thailand and India each clock up double-figure haul of finalists as prestigious contest enters eighth year

The US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was partly justified with reference to the urgency of improving women’s rights. But as the US winds up its reconstruction efforts and the restored Taliban blocks the internet and bans female-authored books, all hope for women’s education is being extinguished

Teaching and research central to any hopes of rebuilding country, according to academics, as pressure grows for political change

Jordanian professor’s free-wheeling study is pulled and an editorial board member sacked after linguists criticised ‘extremely strange’ article

Students may not have started the current uprising but they are seizing what might be a last chance to remake the country, says Roohola Ramazani

Indian campaigner Achal Agrawal says research watchdog he founded gets tens of tip-offs regarding suspected malpractice every day

Experts say introduction of compulsory test for all undergraduate courses shows country’s shifting approach to internationalisation