Polarisation directly impacting academic freedom, leaders warn
Debate on how far governments should regulate universities without impinging on academic freedom and autonomy
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Foreign branch campuses could make Greece a global hub of excellence
New legislation opens the way for quality-focused branches to drive up standards across a traditionally public HE sector, says Ianis Matsoukas
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‘University town’ will give Hong Kong campuses room to grow
Borderland development set to foster enhanced collaboration with mainland institutions
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Massey pushes ahead with Singapore branch campus
Offshore venture will neither require funds from nor contribute to its struggling New Zealand parent, at least in the short term
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Talking leadership: Alexander Ping-kong Wai on future-proofing education
The head of Hong Kong Baptist University shares his solution to the rapidly changing jobs market
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Pakistan’s new government must wake up to the education emergency
Young people are leaving the country in droves yet no political party is committed to reforming higher education, says Asghar Zaidi
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Embed climate change content in health degrees, experts say
Climate change is ‘exacerbating almost every type of illness’, and health graduates of all stripes must be geared up for it
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Talking leadership: SKKU’s Ji-Beom Yoo on allowing failure
As overhaul presses staff and students to broaden horizons, president discusses handling faculty pushback, maintaining a vital Samsung partnership and dealing with disgruntled alumni
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How row over medical school places thwarted Korean president
Analysts suggest Yoon Suk-yeol’s handling of admissions dispute contributed to his unpopularity ahead of his party’s electoral defeat
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Gold standard of UK degrees is lost in translation
Inflated marks, overworked staff and politically compromised courses are the price of exploiting offshore UK-registered students, says Michael Day
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English universities report fewer overseas master’s enrolments
Early data suggest number of international students starting taught postgraduate courses is down 6 per cent, but some individual campuses hit much harder
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Universities ‘should make common cause’ against political enmity
Competitors can be friends when government acts like your enemy, Sydney round table hears
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Don’t pick sides in superpower rivalry, universities warned
Rather than ‘pre-emptively complying’ with Canberra’s stance on China, universities should contribute to a ‘nuanced’ debate
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KAIST-NYU campus ‘shows Asia taking the lead’, says executive
Leading Korean and US institutions are equal partners in development of New York outpost
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Legislate to protect academics from trade rules, Australia told
Care needed to avoid scaring off doctoral students and burying officials in paperwork, senators hear