India-Canada spat ‘could hit international student flows’ New Delhi could wreak considerable damage to Canadian universities by playing on Indian families’ concerns over student safety abroad, says academic By Pola Lem 23 September
Taliban brings in ideological courses at Afghan universities Lectures taught by loyalists seek to ‘turn everyone into a member of their party’, scholar says By Pola Lem 22 September
China and Cambridge top science and technology cluster ranking Global Innovation Index shows China overtaking US on number of leading clusters, but UK impresses on intensive smaller clusters By John Morgan 20 September
Japan reports 20 per cent drop in doctorates over two decades With job prospects slim in Japanese academia, PhD students may need to look outside country for further employment, researcher suggests By Pola Lem 20 September
China set to outlaw use of chatbots to write dissertations While ChatGPT is not officially available in the country, many users bypass restrictions or use similar tools By Jing Liu 19 September
First female leader at helm as IITs test African waters Preeti Aghalayam faces the daunting task of getting a Zanzibar campus up and running – quickly By Pola Lem 18 September
HKUST head: universities must ignite the sparks of innovation Nancy Ip discusses how universities can boost their output of patents and support faculty entrepreneurs By Nancy Ip 15 September
Boost transnational education offerings in India, UK told Offering education in India could help minimise the effects of the UK’s crackdown on dependants coming into the country, researchers say By Pola Lem 15 September
Build it and they will stay? Japan prefecture eyes new university Researchers sceptical about local government’s plan to open new institution as a means of stopping brain drain By Pola Lem 12 September
Chinese academic database fined over privacy breaches Scholars say it’s impossible to tell whether government motivated by ‘genuine concerns’ or censorship aims By Pola Lem 11 September
New initiative puts focus on teaching and collaboration in China Project 101 based around classroom observations and development of home-grown educational resources By Jing Liu 11 September
There is no large-scale, direct attack on academic freedom in India BJP ministers and supporters are largely limiting themselves to discrediting and suppressing evidence of government failings, says an academic 11 September