India’s new university entrance exam will not fix capacity or fairness What the country really needs is a common school and evaluation system that compensates for background inequalities, says Gowhar Rashid Ganie By Gowhar Rashid Ganie 21 November
Indian students continue hunger strike in face of expulsions Ongoing faceoff with administrators, which began with demand to raise stipends, leaves two students in hospital By Pola Lem 18 November
Taliban’s call for academics to return met with scepticism Scholars express ‘deep concern’ over recent decrees banning women from public places and reinstating sharia By Pola Lem 17 November
Give policymakers information they can’t ignore, academics told Difficult decisions require uncomfortable truths, epidemiologist tells Pacific Rim universities By John Ross 16 November
Asian universities climb World Reputation Rankings 2022 China and Japan lead the way as Asia continues to rise in global academic esteem By Ellie Philpotts 16 November
Forget values statements. Universities need to support academic freedom In Hong Kong, as elsewhere, managers should support faculty and students to engage in inquiry whatever their personal values, says Carsten Holz By Carsten Holz 16 November
Indian court ruling ‘saves university places’ for upper castes All but tiny minority of population qualify for enrolment under ‘economically weaker’ label By Pola Lem 15 November
Pakistan establishing university in former Taliban stronghold Tribal areas get their first public institution since 2018 incorporation, benefiting women unable to seek education further afield By Pola Lem 11 November
Suraj Yengde: I want to ease the tension attached to caste The Harvard researcher discusses his humble upbringing and how the plight of Dalits is now being taken more seriously, in academia and beyond By Pola Lem 10 November
V-c’s funding plea ‘shows funding struggle’ at Indian universities While India’s prestigious IITs flex fundraising muscle, others in sector are ‘left in the lurch’ By Pola Lem 6 November
What does Xi Jinping’s third term mean for Chinese science? Concerns over more rigid control of universities and fear of isolationist thinking causing ‘intellectual impoverishment’ for East and West By Pola Lem 4 November
Test makers hope to open UK to ‘99 per cent’ of Chinese students Nearly two dozen British institutions now accept a test that allows Chinese high schoolers taking domestic curriculum to apply to universities abroad By Pola Lem 2 November
