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
Bangladesh’s private universities must offer a better workplace A failure to treat staff fairly and consistently impedes academic standards and hurts students, says Sheikh Nahid Neazy By Nahid Neazy 6 September
Research Excellence Summit: Eurasia ‘needs its own Bologna Process’ Cultural and linguistic cohesion required if region is to fulfil its higher education potential, experts say By Anna McKie 4 September
Research Excellence Summit: Belt and Road 'shifting axis of HE towards Asia' Many universities now looking to China, not to Europe, to form academic partnerships, says Cambridge professor By Anna McKie 31 August
Tsinghua extends military drills to Hong Kong and Macao students First-year students from China’s special administrative regions will be required to participate in military training programme for first time By Ellie Bothwell 29 August
China’s new private university welcomes first postgraduates Doctoral students starting degrees at Westlake University handed advice to develop ‘strong morals’ By John Morgan 29 August
Population collapse must speed South Korean university reform Soul-searching is required by institutions if they want to survive the alarming decline in student numbers that will leave many classrooms empty, says Jayden Kim By Jayden Kim 23 August
Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018: Asian universities climb China now has three institutions in top 100 of research-focused ranking By Ellie Bothwell 14 August
Under Imran Khan, has Pakistani higher education’s time come? Scholars broadly welcome new government’s pledges but say sector reform will be challenging By Ellie Bothwell 9 August