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Articles by Pola Lem
Organisers look to expand programme beyond existing 110 UK-Ukraine partnerships into Europe and North America
Academics worry that more middle-class families will reconsider university as usefulness of degrees cast into doubt
Proposed fee hike would signal shift away from generous state funding to ¡®joining the club¡¯ and using overseas students for income generation, scholars say
Takeover of private institution by larger public one ¡®holds lessons¡¯ for sectors haemorrhaging students due to demographic decline
A rapidly declining student population makes closures inevitable ¨C but scholars say where the axe falls should not perpetuate inequalities
Bill to enforce two-year participation ¡®meant to target critics at home rather than defend country¡¯, scholars warn
Case prompts renewed concern over plight of lecturers on temporary contracts
Rapid growth of country¡¯s universities and inadequate teaching have short-changed students, according to scholars
Vietnam and Malaysia among more ¡®promising¡¯ countries targeted, but city seen as likely to struggle to draw students from further afield
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
But academics express scepticism, saying policy does not tackle ¡®root¡¯ of problem behaviour
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
Amid rising tensions between West and Western-educated Chinese elite, experts counter claim that universities ¡®fail to instil Western values¡¯
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
Academics¡¯ belief in merit-based promotion at odds with their experiences of discrimination, study finds
New chair of global guards¡¯ association on being the first port of call for emergencies, helping students with their mental health and planning for terrorist attacks
Once built, aerospace institute on southern island of Hainan will become first solo campus run by Russian institution inside Asian superpower
Huge hike in costs plunges institutions into dire situation as academics call on government to urgently raise higher education spending
Further security service-directed restrictions could deal ¡®serious blow¡¯ to West¡¯s China studies and isolate Chinese academics
As AI makes giant strides, threatening to digitise a whole host of graduate careers, the need to ensure that human employees can regularly upskill and retrain is more urgent than ever. An early pioneer of mass lifelong learning, does Singapore point the way forwards? Pola Lem reports from the Lion City
Academics warn that move to ¡®stifle¡¯ youth political involvement betrays ¡®insecurity¡¯ by ruling party
Beijing¡¯s censorship of 2018 gene-edited babies case has prevented ¡®crucial¡¯ research ethics dialogue, says scholar
