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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 whether stratospheric ambitions for a ¡®Chinese Harvard¡¯ can be met

Growing impatience with online learning in South Korea highlights the limitations of socially distanced teaching, says Justin Fendos

Invaluable Mao era materials will be digitised on an open-access platform

One academic faces five weeks of quarantine, while many students can¡¯t travel to campus at all 

Ministry warns researchers against ¡®degrading¡¯ nation in pursuit of international journal publication

China and India embrace creation of online courses to support universities that lack the capacity to create their own digital programmes

Hamish Coates calls for creation of transnational accreditation system to pull the region together post-Covid

Authors express ¡®deep regret¡¯ after independent review finds conclusions of research are not supported  

Daily check-ins launched during the Covid outbreak appear to be increasingly normalised

It makes no sense for universities to control all pre-specialism, hospital-based training, says Fistra Janrio Tandirerung

¡®Confusion¡¯ over UN rules leads event organisers to bar students, experts or groups

UK-educated scholar is outspoken about the unjust treatment of girls and women