Malaysia’s new leader urged to drive diversity and transparency Experts call for new prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin to separate universities from education portfolio and foster multiculturalism in senior HE levels By Joyce Lau 9 March
Singapore proposes 70 per cent study abroad target In city state’s budget, outdated mindsets and “elephants in the room” are out, Asian studies and travel are in By Joyce Lau 7 March
Chinese government bulldozes ‘publish or perish’ mentality Move to reduce reliance on SCI citations in decision-making could affect everything from researchers’ careers to university rankings, experts say By Joyce Lau 3 March
UCA campus aims to enhance China’s creativity drive ‘Freedom of speech is a question of interpretation,’ says v-c who maintains art studio in Beijing By Joyce Lau 28 February
Editor’s investigation reveals missing and suspicious data Researchers must be prepared to share their raw data if their work is to be considered scientifically sound, says geneticist By Joyce Lau 21 February
Universities brace for lasting impact of coronavirus outbreak While much harm has been done by epidemic, institutions could use crisis to sharpen strategies and practices in areas such as internationalisation and e-learning, experts say By Joyce Lau 17 February
Chinese researchers given more leeway to become entrepreneurs New recommendations offer flexibility to university employees who want to create start-ups By Joyce Lau 15 February
Open letters ‘Chinese academy’s strongest challenge’ to Xi Professors ride a wave of ‘public anger’ over coronavirus outbreak in airing anti-government views By Joyce Lau 14 February
Chinese researchers increasingly critical of coronavirus response Professors on the mainland and overseas defying government guidelines as outbreak spreads By Joyce Lau 7 February
Scholars urge cooperation and transparency as coronavirus spreads Sharing of information improves after Chinese president Xi Jinping warns officials against withholding data By Joyce Lau 27 January
Faculty senate questions Yale’s relationship in Singapore Debate continues over the withdrawal of a “dissent” course last year at Yale-NUS By Joyce Lau 26 January
Jikyeong Kang: being a female leader isn’t always a disadvantage The president and dean of the Asian Institute of Management tells Joyce Lau that being an introverted leader and a minority has taught her empathy By Joyce Lau 23 January
Academics prioritise public health as China virus spreads Hong Kong experts, drawing on experiences from the 2003 Sars epidemic, emphasise transparency By Joyce Lau 21 January
India Universities Forum: Open up your education system, superpower told Sector leaders emphasise potential role that country’s academics could play in finding solutions to global challenges By Joyce Lau 17 January
Protests spur global interest in Hong Kong studies Academics are taking advantage of their freedom to launch new research, but question how long this will last By Joyce Lau 15 January
Racism a ‘barrier’ for African students in China Study finds Ugandan students valued their educational experiences but felt isolated in wider society By Joyce Lau 14 January
Depth of opposition to Chinese admissions quotas revealed Academics call for reform of system that favours students from wealthy cities By Joyce Lau 8 January
Police called on to Delhi campus after violent attack Videos document shocking injuries, including to student leader By Joyce Lau 6 January
China jails scientist for 12 years over misuse of research cash Researcher said he had transferred the sums to help cash flow at his lab By Joyce Lau 6 January
Key role for student vote in pivotal Taiwanese presidential poll Exams rescheduled and special trains laid on to get students home to participate in ballot By Joyce Lau 5 January
Korean professors indicted in admissions case tied to politics Former justice minster and wife alleged to have faked materials for children’s university applications By Joyce Lau 2 January
Researcher behind ‘gene-edited babies’ given prison sentence Chinese biophysicist jailed for three years for experiment that led to live births of three genetically altered children By Joyce Lau 30 December
Dismissal of Chinese professors seen as major progress on #MeToo Two prominent cases signal higher-level response to abuses on campus By Joyce Lau 20 December
Queer studies scholars forge their own paths across Asia Asian academics lend their own languages and experiences to the budding field of queer studies, says ‘godmother’ of the Taiwan LGBT movement By Joyce Lau 19 December
