THE Awards Asia 2020: winners announced
Both top-ranked Tsinghua and lesser-known institutions lauded for excellence in difficult times
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Asia Universities Summit: ‘penalty systems’ and ‘male allies’ address gender gap
Covid has only widened gender inequalities among researchers, data show
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Chinese academics ‘pressured’ into conference withdrawal
Incident could signal ‘big reversal’ of Chinese government policy on international academic exchange, academics say
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ߣߣÊÓƵn universities must focus on the student experience post-Covid
Such an approach will help institutions rebuild their covenant with communities, say Robert Griew and Ian Anderson
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Students can play a key role in reaching the hardest to reach
A core principle of the SDGs is to ‘leave no one behind’. Joseph Wong explains how a global alliance based at Toronto is empowering students to lead the charge
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Most of higher education in Asia by 2030, professor predicts
Hamish Coates calls for creation of transnational accreditation system to pull the region together post-Covid
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Language departments in peril as Asia keeps foreign students away
Japanese and Korean schools struggle to recruit as border restrictions continue
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Korean universities hit with overseas recruitment bans
Government ‘shifts blame’ for visa overstayers to universities, in blow to regional institutions wrestling with declining domestic population
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Is academic life in North Korea as strange and difficult as you think?
Even universities in the hermit kingdom largely cut themselves off from the rest of the world. Yet those few Westerners with direct experience of them suggest that while critical inquiry is...
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Interview with Yvonne Gao
Quantum physicist describes breaking stereotypes about age in science, her venture into the start-up world and how she ultimately chose academia
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Universities must go hybrid to stay relevant, says Coursera CEO
Universities urged to work alongside edtech companies and other online players to improve offering to students
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China schools lecturers on ‘correct thinking’ over Ukraine war
Staff reportedly told Nato is to blame for conflict triggered by Russian invasion
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Two in five live under ‘significant decline’ in academic freedom
Global index links downward trend over the past decade to accelerating and deepening decline in democracy
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What does the return of inflation mean for universities?
After decades operating in a largely low-inflation environment, Western universities are seeing rising energy costs and war in Ukraine push prices up. How exposed is the sector?
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Is globalisation dead? And what would this mean for universities?
War in Ukraine may reshape university internationalisation, but most academics do not expect a knockout blow