Legal vindication does not end the problems for Turkey’s Academics for Peace Those fired and imprisoned for signing a 2016 statement condemning Turkish military action still have a long struggle ahead, says Mehmet Ugur Mehmet Ugur 8月 13日
Taiwan technology merger eyes Asian university race But academics question the logic of consolidating three institutions in different locations Ellie Bothwell 8月 12日
Authoritarian shift undermines China’s science moonshot Stuttering reforms and party control of academics hinder country’s extraordinary scientific rise John Ross 8月 7日
Foreign academics in Japan ‘marginalised’ and ‘disillusioned’ Overseas scholars feel that their presence is ‘tokenistic’, says study, despite state-sponsored drive for internationalisation Nick Mayo 8月 5日
More to Indonesia opportunities than campuses, universities told Rapidly growing country could be springboard to wider Asean engagement, say experts John Ross 8月 4日
Call for global overhaul of research evaluation gaining traction ‘Hong Kong Principles’ aim to tackle ‘perverse incentives’ in metrics-based policies and university promotion criteria John Ross 8月 1日
Israel’s restrictions on international academics at Palestinian universities must be opposed In the context of all the privations Palestinians suffer, international academic isolation is a terrible thing indeed, says David Palumbo-Liu David Palumbo-Liu 7月 27日
South Korea debates admissions as elite ‘feeder’ schools lose licences Scholars question whether move against autonomous private schools will go far enough in equalising university admissions Ellie Bothwell 7月 24日
Palestinian university fights Israeli visa restrictions Rising numbers of overseas academics have been hit with visa denials or refused entry to Palestine, scholars say Ellie Bothwell 7月 23日
