One in three university teaching posts &unfilled* in India Scholars say permanent teaching posts are left vacant as universities rely on &ad hoc* lecturers By Jack Grove 26 September
World Academic Summit: Singapore minister promises focus on student creativity Leaders have increasingly been acknowledging that the cultural pressure put on the country*s children to spend their hours studying has left them too one-dimensional By Paul Basken 26 September
Academic integrity at heart of Kazakhstan*s HE ambitions Clearing out corruption will be most important in Nazarbayev University*s success, says vice-provost Loretta O*Donnell By Anna McKie 22 September
China dominates list of biggest movers in high-quality research Half of list of 100 fastest-rising institutions in terms of contribution to the Nature Index is made up of Chinese universities and institutes By Simon Baker 19 September
Shanghai Jiao Tong and Edinburgh launch low-carbon college New centre will offer master*s programmes and conduct research to tackle global environmental challenges By Ellie Bothwell 18 September
African and Asian researchers &face greatest mobility obstacles* 51勛圖 survey suggests benefits of overseas collaboration are not evenly shared By Chris Havergal 18 September
India may finally be getting serious about research fraud A move to combat India*s love affair with predatory journals is an encouraging sign 每 even if it took a newspaper expos谷 to prompt it, says Pushkar By Pushkar 13 September
Western students in China &very disappointed with teaching* Students claim that &asking questions is not appreciated by most local teachers* By Ellie Bothwell 10 September
Iranian university leader puts hopes in academic diplomacy Tehran president says institution is keen to internationalise despite deteriorating relations with the West By Anna McKie 9 September
Business lobby calls time on Japan*s graduate hiring season Orderly graduate recruitment under threat as demographic decline triggers &free-for-all* By John Ross 8 September
Hong Kong students warned against independence talk Education secretary says university inaugurations &not appropriate* for sovereignty conversations By John Morgan 7 September
Gender imbalance &widespread* in Japanese medical schools Institutions say they don*t doctor their admissions, but figures tell a different story By John Ross 6 September