New university for Kashmir ‘easy populism’ Expert questions government’s motivations for building another institution in troubled region Joyce Lau 2月 14日
India Universities Forum: Focus on local goals ‘and let rankings follow’ Priority should be better teaching for domestic students and improved research performance, THE forum hears Joyce Lau 2月 11日
India Universities Forum: Urbanisation and equality ‘key for development’ India could be HE ‘giant’ if social issues were addressed, expert says Joyce Lau 2月 10日
Minister: traditional higher education model ‘no longer relevant’ Long-standing divides between schooling, employment and industry will be disrupted, predicts Singapore MP Joyce Lau 2月 5日
India hands ?5 billion budget to new research funder Budget also aims to cut bureaucracy and open up internationalisation avenues Joyce Lau 2月 5日
Japan raises funds for ?70 billion university research endowment But the eye-popping amount comes with caveats, experts say Joyce Lau 2月 4日
Myanmar coup ‘could stall decade of?higher education development’ Experts call on global community to support Burmese scholars Joyce Lau 2月 3日
Australia urged to understand ‘social impact’ of Asian exchange More ‘coherent’ mechanism is needed to develop regional ties, expert says Joyce Lau 1月 23日
Academic calls for press boycott over cancellation of Thai book National University of Singapore Press criticised over decision to scrap publication of title critical of country’s rulers Joyce Lau 1月 22日
Campuses cautiously reopen across India after 10-month closure Institutions emerge from a nearly year-long lockdown with greater knowledge of digital education and public health Joyce Lau 1月 16日
Indian ‘institutes of eminence’ allowed to open overseas campuses Expert sees opportunities for ‘soft power’ in 51吃瓜 South Joyce Lau 1月 15日
中国能飞多高? 因为巨额的投资以及对学术出版的全力支持，中国大学的全球排名大幅上升。但在中国为下一个五年计划做准备之际，乔伊斯·刘（Joyce Lau）提出了这样一个问题:建立一个“中国哈佛”的宏伟目标能否实现 Joyce Lau 1月 7日
Hong Kong university to close ‘Mecca for China studies’ Invaluable Mao era materials will be digitised on an open-access platform Joyce Lau 1月 4日
Fresh Asian border restrictions frustrate academics and students One academic faces five weeks of quarantine, while many students can’t travel to campus at all Joyce Lau 1月 4日
Will Moocs rise again in Asia? China and India embrace creation of online courses to support universities that lack the capacity to create their own digital programmes Joyce Lau 12月 29日
Taiwanese scholars slip through cracks of UN rules on China ‘Confusion’ over UN rules leads event organisers to bar students, experts or groups Joyce Lau 12月 17日
British-Iranian gender expert jailed for nine years in Iran UK-educated scholar is outspoken about the unjust treatment of girls and women Joyce Lau 12月 14日
Review clears New Zealand scholar over China criticism Anne-Marie Brady complied with policies and legislation, says Canterbury, but statement calls for ‘clarity’ amendments Joyce Lau 12月 11日
Nandini Sundar: academic freedom is in peril if scholars don’t speak up Sociologist who has shone light on some of India’s most oppressed people explains why she keeps up the good fight Joyce Lau 12月 10日
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 Joyce Lau 12月 3日
