Japan seeks to improve salary prospects for PhD graduates Employers’ attitudes and pay discrepancies seen as hampering drive to increase doctoral level enrolments Helen Packer 12月 18日
University of Tokyo probes Tiananmen Square website reference Hidden code revealed on university admissions page may have prevented Chinese students from accessing content Helen Packer 12月 17日
Innovation Summit: ‘long way to go’ for India branch campuses Foreign campuses entering India may struggle to compete with top local private institutions, conference hears Helen Packer 12月 13日
Student caps highlight ‘halfway house’ role for branch campuses Monash Malaysia eyes new articulation offerings amid doubts that Australia’s caps are off the agenda for good John Ross 12月 13日
Iran’s brain drain will not be stemmed by repression The country’s leaders must recognise that emigration is not a betrayal but a symptom of deeper societal issues that must be addressed, says Roohola Ramezani Roohola Ramezani 12月 13日
Innovation Summit: interdisciplinarity ‘key’ to Indian space sector Generalists are needed to help India achieve its ambitious space goals, THE summit hears Helen Packer 12月 12日
Rocky Tuan: I’ve had a hard time at CUHK, but I’ve got no regrets Outgoing president says that city’s universities still have ‘tremendous potential’, but that their autonomy should be protected Chris Havergal 12月 12日
Helping to reconstruct Palestinian HE could bring new ideas to the West The political freedom currently exists for Palestinians to debate how to build back better. But it may be short-lived, warns Bill Williamson Bill Williamson 12月 12日
Innovation Summit: use AI to fix ‘broken’ courses, ‘not scale them’ Impact of AI on education may be overestimated unless used to rethink traditions, says technologist Helen Packer 12月 10日
India journal subscription deal comes up against open access goal One Nation One Subscription deal agreed with major academic publishers after five years of negotiations, but some believe academia is moving on Helen Packer 12月 9日
Thailand ‘positive’ on university branch campuses Relaxation of regulations needed for country to grow as international hub, say experts Helen Packer 12月 8日
Arab Universities Summit: do research on your doorstep, academics urged Current health data is largely based on Western studies and Western participants, leading to potential data gaps for Middle Eastern citizens Juliette Rowsell 12月 6日