Scholars doubtful of Taiwan’s international student target In departure from previous small-scale efforts, initiative seeks to retain thousands of students for work after graduation Pola Lem 9月 26日
European institutions concerned by Chinese data protection rules The authoritarian country has rich datasets for research collaboration, but while some new regulations may feel familiar to European eyes, any comfort must come with big ethical caveats, an expert says Ben Upton 9月 24日
India-Canada spat ‘could hit international student flows’ New Delhi could wreak considerable damage to Canadian universities by playing on Indian families’ concerns over student safety abroad, says academic Pola Lem 9月 23日
Taliban brings in ideological courses at Afghan universities Lectures taught by loyalists seek to ‘turn everyone into a member of their party’, scholar says Pola Lem 9月 22日
China and Cambridge top science and technology cluster ranking Global Innovation Index shows China overtaking US on number of leading clusters, but UK impresses on intensive smaller clusters John Morgan 9月 20日
Japan reports 20 per cent drop in doctorates over two decades With job prospects slim in Japanese academia, PhD students may need to look outside country for further employment, researcher suggests Pola Lem 9月 20日
China set to outlaw use of chatbots to write dissertations While ChatGPT is not officially available in the country, many users bypass restrictions or use similar tools Jing Liu 9月 19日
First female leader at helm as IITs test African waters Preeti Aghalayam faces the daunting task of getting a Zanzibar campus up and running – quickly Pola Lem 9月 18日
Boost transnational education offerings in India, UK told Offering education in India could help minimise the effects of the UK’s crackdown on dependants coming into the country, researchers say Pola Lem 9月 15日
Build it and they will stay? Japan prefecture eyes new university Researchers sceptical about local government’s plan to open new institution as a means of stopping brain drain Pola Lem 9月 12日
