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

Government policy is ‘a lot of hot air’ given lack of support for female faculty, says scholar

Avoidance of questions about prime minister’s qualifications suggests growing political interference, scholars say

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

The recent protests by Iranian women appear to have sparked a conservative backlash against schools and universities, says Roohola Ramezani

Other countries could learn a lot from the various initiatives adopted in India since 2013, says Adrija Dey

Policy of setting aside a fifth of places unlikely to be transformative in country that ranks bottom in OECD for female STEM students, scholars say

Interest in India growing as Washington-Beijing tensions show no indication of waning, scholars say

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

Oversupply of poorly trained workers in some fields contrasts with undersupply in others. Universities and students need better information, says Pushkar

Academics’ belief in merit-based promotion at odds with their experiences of discrimination, study finds

Once built, aerospace institute on southern island of Hainan will become first solo campus run by Russian institution inside Asian superpower