Japan seeks to improve salary prospects for PhD graduates Employers’ attitudes and pay discrepancies seen as hampering drive to increase doctoral level enrolments By Helen Packer 18 December
University of Tokyo probes Tiananmen Square website reference Hidden code revealed on university admissions page may have prevented Chinese students from accessing content By Helen Packer 17 December
Innovation Summit: ‘long way to go’ for India branch campuses Foreign campuses entering India may struggle to compete with top local private institutions, conference hears By Helen Packer 13 December
Student caps highlight ‘halfway house’ role for branch campuses Monash Malaysia eyes new articulation offerings amid doubts that Australia’s caps are off the agenda for good By John Ross 13 December
Iran’s brain drain will not be stemmed by repression The country’s leaders must recognise that emigration is not a betrayal but a symptom of deeper societal issues that must be addressed, says Roohola Ramezani By Roohola Ramezani 13 December
Innovation Summit: interdisciplinarity ‘key’ to Indian space sector Generalists are needed to help India achieve its ambitious space goals, 色盒直播 summit hears By Helen Packer 12 December
Rocky Tuan: I’ve had a hard time at CUHK, but I’ve got no regrets Outgoing president says that city’s universities still have ‘tremendous potential’, but that their autonomy should be protected By Chris Havergal 12 December
Helping to reconstruct Palestinian HE could bring new ideas to the West The political freedom currently exists for Palestinians to debate how to build back better. But it may be short-lived, warns Bill Williamson By Bill Williamson 12 December
Innovation Summit: use AI to fix ‘broken’ courses, ‘not scale them’ Impact of AI on education may be overestimated unless used to rethink traditions, says technologist By Helen Packer 10 December
India journal subscription deal comes up against open access goal One Nation One Subscription deal agreed with major academic publishers after five years of negotiations, but some believe academia is moving on By Helen Packer 9 December
Thailand ‘positive’ on university branch campuses Relaxation of regulations needed for country to grow as international hub, say experts By Helen Packer 8 December
Arab Universities Summit: do research on your doorstep, academics urged Current health data is largely based on Western studies and Western participants, leading to potential data gaps for Middle Eastern citizens By Juliette Rowsell 6 December