Indian exemption blunts Australian work rights revocation Canberra’s attempt to reduce backlog of ‘permanently temporary’ graduates hamstrung by trade agreement By John Ross 19 December
Study abroad: US students all but absent from China While Americans return to institutions worldwide, Biden administration talks of post-Covid academic reset with political rival but largely prevents it By Paul Basken 19 December
Rising Chinese student preference for creative arts ‘can help UK’ Seven in 10 Chinese students more likely to stay in the UK because of the graduate visa route, Ucas report adds By Patrick Jack 18 December
Tokyo axes tuition fees for large families to boost universities Government schemes to bolster higher education come amid ongoing population decline and recent drop in doctoral students By Pola Lem 12 December
Qatar universities report spike in applications after World Cup ‘Branding opportunity of a lifetime’ raises awareness of Gulf state’s campuses By Patrick Jack 10 December
Scholars see politics behind Iran’s India branch campus move University of Tehran plans outposts in India, Iraq, Syria and Georgia, plus closer ties with Russia and China By Pola Lem 8 December
Science in Gaza was always hard. Now it’s impossible My interviews revealed that even before the latest conflict, good research relied on the determination and sacrifices of returnees, says Sheren Saad By Sheren Saad 5 December
‘Deeper malaise’ threatens future of pan-Asian university Financial shortfalls follow student hunger strikes and faculty suspensions and ‘bode ill’ for long-term future of South Asian University By Pola Lem 4 December
Afghan universities are losing their scholars and students As academics are replaced by religious scholars, those that remain fear the worst, while student interest is plummeting, says an Afghan observer 4 December
Experts doubtful as China launches new open access push While new database signals ‘ongoing endeavour’, dominance of existing subscription database unlikely to be challenged any time soon By Jing Liu 3 December
Academic freedom under pressure as India tackles Gaza debate Criticism of lecture shows close link between government foreign policy and attacks on freedom of expression, according to scholars By Tiya Thomas-Alexander 1 December
KAIST-NYU campus ‘shows Asia taking the lead’, says executive Leading Korean and US institutions are equal partners in development of New York outpost By Pola Lem 30 November