Hong Kong brain drain predicted as West launches ‘lifeboats’ Experts predict a post-Covid wave of emigration to the West, but university enrolment likely to unscathed By Joyce Lau 3 December
Elsevier reaches open access agreement in Japan Proposal is first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region for the world’s largest academic publisher By Joyce Lau 1 December
Malaysian universities given funds to ‘weather the?pandemic’ Budget, seen as ‘remarkable commitment’ to education, could be leveraged to improve IT and teaching quality By Joyce Lau 1 December
South Korea launches Covid crackdown before entrance exam Experts say the crisis should have been used as a good opportunity to rethink a notoriously stressful assessment system By Joyce Lau 28 November
Vietnam approves joint online courses While reservations remain, the pandemic has smoothed acceptance of virtual delivery By John Ross 27 November
Professorships launched to attract top scientists to Hong Kong City’s leader announces sweeteners, while pushing engagement with mainland China By Joyce Lau 27 November
Students rage as China campus lockdowns drag?on Some students have been stuck on campus for months despite no local cases being reported By Jing Liu 25 November
Online learning exacerbates inequality in India ‘Technocratic’ solutions alone cannot solve a societal problem, expert says By Joyce Lau 25 November
China is opening its doors wider to foreign partners Regulation of international branch campuses can be onerous, but China has begun to show flexibility in areas of national strategy, says Hongqing Yang By Hongqing Yang 22 November
Fed-up overseas students begin lobbying for return to?China Young researchers have been locked out of labs and clinics for 10 months because of Covid By Joyce Lau 20 November
THE Live Asia: ‘global strategy needed’ for refugee students Experts urge universities to see Covid disruption as an opportunity to broaden access By Joyce Lau 17 November
THE Awards Asia 2020: winners announced Both top-ranked Tsinghua and lesser-known institutions lauded for excellence in difficult times By THE reporters 17 November