East Asia’s rising stars pull clear of Australian elite Analysis reveals Antipodean universities are falling behind East Asian rivals Ellie Bothwell 6月 27日
THE Asia-Pacific University Rankings 2018: as the ground shifts, the air is electric China’s determination to launch its universities to the top drives a dynamic region, Phil Baty writes Phil Baty 6月 27日
China’s universities on ‘front line’ of drive to promote ‘Xi Thought’ Government-led initiative establishes ‘at least 30’ research institutes on president’s thinking John Morgan 6月 26日
Humanities and social sciences have more ‘supportive’ citations Study suggests pure science disciplines may have more of a problem with citations that are not actually giving the thumbs up to other studies Simon Baker 6月 23日
China to create cultural heritage centres in universities Move aims to promote traditional Chinese culture through student courses and academic research Ellie Bothwell 6月 15日
South Korea clears way for student exchanges with North Korea Seoul National University students to contact counterparts at Kim Il Sung University - by fax John Morgan 6月 15日
Universities ‘seek more value’ from branch campuses RMIT University’s plan to have greater control over Vietnam outpost reflects new ‘phase’ of ‘networked global institutions’, say experts Ellie Bothwell 6月 12日
Academic freedom hopes in Malaysian change of guard Scholars want an end to stifling university legislation, but differ on proposed approach John Ross 6月 12日
Nature Index 2018: rise of Chinese research strength continues Latest tables showing high-quality scholarly output for countries and universities demonstrate UK in particular is losing ground Simon Baker 6月 11日
Hong Kong’s RAE is a colonial throwback A home-grown alternative to the research assessment exercise would better reflect local practice and sit better with the special administrative region’s new political reality, says Michael O’Sullivan Michael O'Sullivan 6月 7日
India lifts ban on online degrees Government allows fully online degree programmes in a bid to boost share of young people enrolling in higher education Ellie Bothwell 6月 6日
Malaysia’s change of power prompts fresh look at branch campuses Although ousted prime minister Najib Razak supported strategy, there were signs it had already reached its limits Simon Baker 6月 4日