Taiwanese universities outside excellence initiative 鈥榠mprove faster鈥� Study raises questions about merit of government-driven improvement schemes By Ellie Bothwell 8 October
Americans abroad: challenging 鈥楽oviet鈥� corruption in Kyrgyzstan Ellen Hurwitz charts her journey from US liberal arts colleges to the American University in Central Asia By Anna McKie 6 October
World Academic Summit: societal shifts behind China鈥檚 rise set expectations for more End of era of deference as well as funding behind development of country鈥檚 higher education system, says Tony Chan By Paul Basken 27 September
World Academic Summit: reverse brain drain from West 鈥榟as powered rise of Asia鈥� Singaporean scholar says that reverse brain drain has allowed global power to thrive By Ellie Bothwell 27 September
World Academic Summit: student enthusiasm 鈥榢ey to university-industry ventures鈥� Making innovation zones work goes beyond financial support and facilities, summit hears By Paul Basken 27 September
One in three university teaching posts 鈥榰nfilled鈥� in India Scholars say permanent teaching posts are left vacant as universities rely on 鈥榓d hoc鈥� lecturers By Jack Grove 26 September
World Academic Summit: Singapore minister promises focus on student creativity Leaders have increasingly been acknowledging that the cultural pressure put on the country鈥檚 children to spend their hours studying has left them too one-dimensional By Paul Basken 26 September
Academic integrity at heart of Kazakhstan鈥檚 HE ambitions Clearing out corruption will be most important in Nazarbayev University鈥檚 success, says vice-provost Loretta O鈥橠onnell By Anna McKie 22 September
China dominates list of biggest movers in high-quality research Half of list of 100 fastest-rising institutions in terms of contribution to the Nature Index is made up of Chinese universities and institutes By Simon Baker 19 September
Shanghai Jiao Tong and Edinburgh launch low-carbon college New centre will offer master鈥檚 programmes and conduct research to tackle global environmental challenges By Ellie Bothwell 18 September
African and Asian researchers 鈥榝ace greatest mobility obstacles鈥� Global survey suggests benefits of overseas collaboration are not evenly shared By Chris Havergal 18 September
India may finally be getting serious about research fraud A move to combat India鈥檚 love affair with predatory journals is an encouraging sign 鈥� even if it took a newspaper expos茅 to prompt it, says Pushkar By Pushkar 13 September