Indian Institutes of Technology hit internationalisation ceiling
Portion of overseas students remains low, with IITs reluctant to make concessions on admissions criteria
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New threat to Melbourne’s Australia India Institute
Rival centre’s establishment highlights the problems for thinktanks in universities
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Academics blast HKU proposal to punish students for ‘disrepute’
Other institutions likely to follow in steps of University of Hong Kong if motion passes, say observers
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Western careers advice for international students ‘misdirected’
Universities keep seeking local jobs for their overseas graduates, despite ‘massive’ economic pivot to Asia
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Russia seeks India ties as Western sanctions hit universities
Kremlin’s push on technological sovereignty met with scepticism as West shuns partnerships over Ukraine war
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Is South-east Asia higher education’s next global hotspot?
With a vast youth population but relatively low participation rates, higher education in the Asean region looks ripe for expansion. But can challenges over funding, quality and regional cooperation...
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Will Moocs rise again in Asia?
China and India embrace creation of online courses to support universities that lack the capacity to create their own digital programmes
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Chinese academics ‘pressured’ into conference withdrawal
Incident could signal ‘big reversal’ of Chinese government policy on international academic exchange, academics say
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Australian universities must focus on the student experience post-Covid
Such an approach will help institutions rebuild their covenant with communities, say Robert Griew and Ian Anderson
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Students can play a key role in reaching the hardest to reach
A core principle of the SDGs is to ‘leave no one behind’. Joseph Wong explains how a global alliance based at Toronto is empowering students to lead the charge
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Is academic life in North Korea as strange and difficult as you think?
Even universities in the hermit kingdom largely cut themselves off from the rest of the world. Yet those few Westerners with direct experience of them suggest that while critical inquiry is...
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East Asia gets back to business as usual as the storm wanes
Largely sheltered from the pandemic-related financial fallout that has beset higher education in Western nations, East Asian institutions are being boosted by state funds and local philanthropists...
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Interview with Yvonne Gao
Quantum physicist describes breaking stereotypes about age in science, her venture into the start-up world and how she ultimately chose academia
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Korean universities hit with overseas recruitment bans
Government ‘shifts blame’ for visa overstayers to universities, in blow to regional institutions wrestling with declining domestic population
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Universities must go hybrid to stay relevant, says Coursera CEO
Universities urged to work alongside edtech companies and other online players to improve offering to students