Brain drain fears as Bhutanese head down under for degrees While Australia has long been a favoured education destination for the mountain kingdom, it now hosts a ‘major proportion’ of the population By John Ross 19 July
Japan’s ?10 trillion excellence fund off to shaky start As fund records ?60 million deficit ahead of disbursement, academics voice concern over ‘strings-attached’ model By Pola Lem 19 July
Korea draws shortlist for ambitious excellence initiative ‘Glocal’ scheme aims to boost universities outside Seoul and drive innovation in the face of demographic decline By Pola Lem 17 July
Chinese sector expansion focuses on vocational training Opening of colleges running at 10 times the rate of development of new universities By Jing Liu 15 July
Acceptance of overseas entrance exams is a new recruitment frontier Use of the CSAT is likely to increase US enrolment of South Koreans but could bode ill for some of the latter’s domestic institutions, says Kyuseok Kim By Kyuseok Kim 15 July
India climbs to third among G20 nations for research output China continued to produce more publications last year than anywhere else, according to new report By Patrick Jack 12 July
Suspended Indian professors draw international solidarity More than 500 scholars condemn South Asian University’s actions against faculty who supported students during hunger strikes By Pola Lem 12 July
CityU chief’s ‘sea change’ puts focus on rising academic stars Weeks into the job, Freddy Boey promises to cut red tape, rethink teaching – and unsparingly weed out underperformers By Pola Lem 11 July
For rent: desk space in Chinese university libraries ‘Seat scalpers’ and institutions put a price tag on their workspaces, sparking debate about fairness By Jing Liu 9 July
Postgraduates need more help to bear Iran’s scientific burden Doctoral students drive Iranian science, but the country’s low spending means that they often lack access to basic resources, says Roohola Ramezani By Roohola Ramezani 8 July
More Australian branch campuses proposed for Indonesia Western Sydney University joins Victorian and Queensland institutions in seeking presence in the world’s third biggest democracy By John Ross 4 July
Hong Kong considers raising cap on non-local students Universities consulted on increasing limit from current level of 20 per cent in face of demographic decline By Pola Lem 4 July
