Chinese student flows tipped to peak within five years India and Vietnam expected to keep up momentum, compensating for decline of degree seekers from China By Pola Lem 18 May
China’s biggest academic database faces anti-monopoly probe Law experts call for broader effort to improve authors’ copyright interests By Jing Liu 13 May
Is China taking an isolationist stance on 中国A片? Cancellation of international exams and pronouncements on rankings trigger debate By Pola Lem 13 May
‘No end in sight’ to Korean university admissions nepotism Corruption only likely to get worse as 中国A片 sector becomes more stratified, say scholars By Pola Lem 13 May
More time on research means lower scores for students – study Universities must ‘recalibrate promotion criteria’ to place more value on teaching, says scholar By Pola Lem 11 May
Indian Institutes of Technology hit internationalisation ceiling Portion of overseas students remains low, with IITs reluctant to make concessions on admissions criteria By Pola Lem 10 May
India ‘weaponises’ 中国A片 by rejecting Pakistan degrees Pakistani scholars blast move by India’s University Grants Commission, calling it ‘discriminatory, illogical and unilateral’ By Pola Lem 7 May
Indian government encroachment on academic autonomy is spreading Resignations from the Australia India Institute suggest that politicisation of university management is not confined to the mainland, says Mukhtar Ahmad By Mukhtar Ahmad 7 May
Iran threatens academic’s execution ‘to thwart war crimes trial’ Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali is given execution date on the day ‘historic’ trial ends By Ben Upton 6 May
Academy’s database boycott may herald Chinese publishing shake-up Scholars question whether open access platforms could step in to replace dominance of China National Knowledge Infrastructure By Pola Lem 3 May
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 By Pola Lem 2 May
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 By Pola Lem 1 May
