Envy of Japan’s Nobel prize record is fuelling massive investment in sciences and higher education, including in international partnerships, says president of Ghent branch campus
Chancellor Nicholas Dirks explains the university’s branch campus strategy
Caroline Osella on a fieldwork-based study of the attachments that develop among those in shanty towns
We speak to an international relations scholar who played a key role in the establishment of Australian-Asian studies
Steve Tsang hoped for more enlightenment on how China's ascent will shape our future
China is the West's only serious rival for global dominance. Unlike its relationship with the defunct Soviet Union, the West depends on this competitor (the US survives on its lending), yet, more...
Pan-Chyr Yang offers insights into National Taiwan University’s sterling work in pure research, knowledge transfer, innovation and 21st-century learning
Jonathan Mirsky enjoys a bowlful of insights into the origins and uses of the utensil that Asia made its own
UK is second to US for nationality of Nobel prizewinners in the 21st century
Source: Getty Pan-Chyr Yang offers insights into National Taiwan University’s sterling work in pure research, knowledge transfer, innovation and 21st-century learning. Founded in 1928, National...
A scholar mounts a strong argument for one year being a decisive one for the world, says A. W. Purdue
Source: Chinese University of Hong KongRoyal SocietyNobelist wins presidential ballotNobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been named president elect of the Royal Society, after a...
Wider reach is good news for the BRIC nations and other developing economies. Ellie Bothwell reports
The former Cabinet minister and diplomat will be the first black woman to lead a UK university