Pola Lem

Bill to enforce two-year participation ‘meant to target critics at home rather than defend country’, scholars warn

Rapid growth of country’s universities and inadequate teaching have short-changed students, according to scholars

UGC move meant to make higher education less English-centric ‘could backfire’ without more support for institutions, academics say

But academics express scepticism, saying policy does not tackle ‘root’ of problem behaviour

Amid rising tensions between West and Western-educated Chinese elite, experts counter claim that universities ‘fail to instil Western values’

Higher Education Commission could be given control over v-c appointments at public universities, with ‘disastrous consequences’ for autonomy

New chair of global guards’ association on being the first port of call for emergencies, helping students with their mental health and planning for terrorist attacks

Huge hike in costs plunges institutions into dire situation as academics call on government to urgently raise higher education spending

As AI makes giant strides, threatening to digitise a whole host of graduate careers, the need to ensure that human employees can regularly upskill and retrain is more urgent than ever. An early pioneer of mass lifelong learning, does Singapore point the way forwards? Pola Lem reports from the Lion City

Beijing’s censorship of 2018 gene-edited babies case has prevented ‘crucial’ research ethics dialogue, says scholar

Many learners reluctant to attend public institutions as this may ‘legitimise regime’, says researcher