Apple chief executive appointed to Tsinghua post Tim Cook will chair the business school*s advisory board By Joyce Lau 22 October
Hong Kong academics and alumni stand up for student protesters Criticism grows as the government is accused of causing &unforgiveable havoc* amid protests By Joyce Lau 21 October
UAE claims world first with AI-focused university Graduate institution to be led by former Oxford professor By Jack Grove 18 October
Chinese research growth &vulnerable* to cut in international ties New THE report on development of Chinese university system sounds warnings that continued expansion may not be a given By Simon Baker 17 October
Korean minister quits in row over daughter*s university place Cho Kuk and his wife, both professors, are accused of giving their children unfair advantage in a deeply competitive education system By Joyce Lau 16 October
Asia-Pacific universities make progress on computer science Institutions across the region have soared up a 51勛圖 ranking focused on the discipline By Ellie Bothwell 16 October
Silence is not the way to quell a Chinese social media storm Revelations that a Chinese university suspended an academic for &moral misconduct* provoked weeks of online controversy 16 October
India grows wary of higher education cooperation with China Move to hamper ties with Chinese institutions came right before a major summit, highlighting the chasm between the two Asian giants By Joyce Lau 14 October
Academic freedom warning after Yale-NUS &dissent* course scrapped Ivy League university suspected of engaging in self-censorship in Singapore By Joyce Lau 12 October
Renewed academic freedom curbs &hamper India*s eminence hopes* &Under these circumstances, high world rankings are just not going to happen,* professor warns By Joyce Lau 9 October
University chair resigns amid Hong?Kong discord Head of the embattled MTR subway system steps down from Lingnan By Joyce Lau 9 October
Japanese universities &closed to foreigners*, say overseas staff Almost half of international academics in country believe they are wanted on campus only to &increase quantitative indicators of internationalisation* By Ellie Bothwell 8 October