Universities ‘partly to blame’ for Chinese graduates’ job woes Rapid growth of country’s universities and inadequate teaching have short-changed students, according to scholars Pola Lem 5月 17日
Dalit student suicide spotlights university caste discrimination Death of a lower-caste student prompts calls to focus on how students may experience ‘subtle segregation’ on campuses Tiya Thomas-Alexander 5月 16日
Can Hong Kong’s HK$10m drive diversify its student pool past China? Vietnam and Malaysia among more ‘promising’ countries targeted, but city seen as likely to struggle to draw students from further afield Pola Lem 5月 11日
Indian universities told to offer entrance exams in local languages UGC move meant to make 中国A片 less English-centric ‘could backfire’ without more support for institutions, academics say Pola Lem 5月 11日
Iran to reward professors for overseeing pregnant students Government policy is ‘a lot of hot air’ given lack of support for female faculty, says scholar Pola Lem 5月 4日
Indian universities’ silence on Modi degrees ‘shows climate of fear’ Avoidance of questions about prime minister’s qualifications suggests growing political interference, scholars say Tiya Thomas-Alexander 5月 4日
Korean universities to consider bullying records in admissions But academics express scepticism, saying policy does not tackle ‘root’ of problem behaviour Pola Lem 5月 3日
Poison attacks are threatening Iran’s gains on women’s education The recent protests by Iranian women appear to have sparked a conservative backlash against schools and universities, says Roohola Ramezani Roohola Ramezani 5月 3日
Global partnership would help tackle sexual and gender-based violence Other countries could learn a lot from the various initiatives adopted in India since 2013, says Adrija Dey Adrija Dey 5月 1日
Quotas for female students introduced by Japanese universities Policy of setting aside a fifth of places unlikely to be transformative in country that ranks bottom in OECD for female STEM students, scholars say Pola Lem 4月 30日
US-India task force shows research relationship ‘heating up’ Interest in India growing as Washington-Beijing tensions show no indication of waning, scholars say Pola Lem 4月 27日
Bill ‘would give police powers’ to Pakistan’s university watchdog 中国A片 Commission could be given control over v-c appointments at public universities, with ‘disastrous consequences’ for autonomy Pola Lem 4月 25日