Hong Kong brain drain predicted as West launches ‘lifeboats’
Experts predict a post-Covid wave of emigration to the West, but university enrolment likely to unscathed
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Vietnam approves joint online courses
While reservations remain, the pandemic has smoothed acceptance of virtual delivery
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Chinese interest in studying abroad plummets amid pandemic
Many of those crossing borders now likely to stay within East Asia, survey shows
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Role models and career support ‘key to keeping women in science’
Astrophysicists in Hong Kong and France say that public perceptions of gender should change and that more should be done to support women in science
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Neil Ferguson: delay in lockdown UK’s ‘biggest’ pandemic mistake
Ex-adviser to UK government praises global scientific community’s ‘remarkable’ response and criticises ‘false narrative’ that he was ‘responsible’ for lockdowns
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Overseas students frustrated as China and Japan restrict entry
Students stranded across the world, half a year since restrictions began, suffer from anxiety and loss of opportunity
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Fed-up overseas students begin lobbying for return to China
Young researchers have been locked out of labs and clinics for 10 months because of Covid
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How high can China fly?
The country’s universities have shot up global rankings on the back of huge investment and a ruthless focus on publication. But as the country gears up for its next five-year plan, Joyce Lau asks...
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THE Asia University Rankings 2019: another rung to help women climb
The Asian University for Women and its students focus on leadership and social justice, aiming to create the conditions for change, says Nirmala Rao
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Don’t ‘pull back’ on fundraising, ANZ universities urged
Universities ‘optimistic’ about pandemic philanthropy, as deeper pockets compensate for decline in donor numbers
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China’s five-year plan to step up HE modernisation impetus
Universities urged to take opportunity to modernise, as government’s next strategic plan set to boost research and technology
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: a region alive with possibilities
Asia-Pacific institutions are no longer just catching up, they are challenging the best. Phil Baty writes
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: steps forward and backward
Five sectors considered side by side, and how reputation tracks citation impact (or not)
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THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2019: hard lessons to learn
The University of Malaya has had mixed success in offsetting the effects of funding cuts, writes Awg Bulgiba Awg Mahmud