Joyce Lau
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Universities in Myanmar need more international help
A two-year hiatus in educational activities following the military coup is threatening the country's post-conflict future, says a professor in Yangon → Read More
Is Western academia keeping up with Asia’s rise?
In the third decade of the so-called Asian century, European and North American universities and governments continue to neglect the world’s most populous continent. As Asia grows ever more powerful, this must change, scholars tell Joyce Lau → Read More
HKU expansion brings ‘biosafety hazard’ concern over medical lab
School says new facilities are needed, but local politician voices environmental concerns → Read More
Groundbreaking Singapore academic freedom survey finds constraints
Female scholars twice as likely to feel constrained as male colleagues, poll shows → Read More
Asian students win big fee discounts as Covid keeps campuses shut
Thailand and Malaysia agree to financial aid, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough → Read More
Hong Kong seeks to put traditional Chinese medicine on the map
University-run hospital will be part of a larger push to legitimise local expertise → Read More
Nobel laureates ‘outraged’ by Chinese censorship
State media defends China's call to remove two speakers from summit → Read More
India’s new education minister jumps on problems
Exam dates and national policy addressed in first week → Read More
International branch campus ‘top of the wish list’ for India
A senior higher education official has described the opening of an international branch campus as being on top of India’s “wish list”, with the UK angling to put itself at the front of the queue. The discussion at the British Council’s Going Global conference came on the heels of the UK-India 2030 Roadmap, which Boris Johnson and prime minister Narendra Modi announced at a virtual meeting in… → Read More
Asia Summit: ‘penalty systems’ and ‘male allies’ address gender gap
Covid has only widened gender inequalities among researchers, data show → Read More
Universities ‘beacons of hope’ in ‘undiplomatic times’
But academics need to navigate political tensions, even in their classrooms → Read More
Times Higher Education Awards Asia 2021: shortlist announced
More than 60 finalists recognised for outstanding work, amid tighter competition → Read More
‘Fund people, not projects’ to boost Japanese research
Japan could take inspiration from European models, says former Max Planck head → Read More
Indian inequality exposed as ad hoc lecturers bear Covid brunt
Covid wave has revealed a deadly lack of welfare and job security → Read More
‘Trailblazing’ research agendas linked to academic mobility
Scholars who stay at one university tend to take ‘safer’ and ‘less ambitious’ paths → Read More
Rigid system pushes Chinese students to unscrupulous agents
Thousands of families are on a ‘high risk’ path to overseas education → Read More
Resurgent Covid-19 forces campuses to close across east Asia
Universities take sudden U-turns on restrictions, as new Covid waves hit → Read More
Myanmar junta ‘suspends thousands of lecturers’
Military takes action after plan to reopen campuses is thwarted → Read More
HKU cites ‘national security’ in cutting off student union
Professor accuses university of ‘aligning itself with a propaganda narrative that is not intellectually defensible’ → Read More
Students see little benefit from Chinese entrepreneurship drive
Encouraging students to start a business could do more harm than good, researchers say → Read More