South Korean students ‘ashamed’ by Yoon’s martial law gamble Calls among academics and students for South Korean president’s resignation amplify after shock political crisis By Helen Packer 5 December
Curtin University opens ‘fully fledged’ Sri Lanka campus ‘Purpose-built’ facilities will help improve student mobility around the Indian Ocean rim, says Perth-based university By John Ross 5 December
Arab Universities Summit: graduates are not ‘finished product’ Skills development is job of whole society, not just universities, conference hears By Juliette Rowsell 5 December
Arab Universities Summit: industry blanks ‘sausage machine’ research Closer relationships with companies needed to produce more relevant scholarship, summit hears By Juliette Rowsell 4 December
Arab Universities Summit: call to focus on tackling graduate unemployment Universities risk becoming ‘obsolete’ if they are not able to tailor education to their local communities, summit hears By Juliette Rowsell 4 December
Arab University Rankings 2024: results announced Gulf region loses its grip at the top of the table, as Jordan and Egypt make gains By Rosa Ellis 4 December
Japan’s American university grows as students stay close to home Temple University Japan reports record enrolments and plans Kyoto campus By Helen Packer 4 December
Call for sector ombudsman to ease India’s PhD suicide crisis Offering independent adjudication of complaints against PhD supervisors may offer timely assistance to at-risk students, says India’s suicide prevention tsar By Jack Grove 4 December
Ed Byrne: in Saudi Arabia, the possibilities are even greater The new KAUST president reflects on his journey to the rising institution and Saudi Arabia’s rapidly transforming higher education sector By Ed Byrne 4 December
Korean academics lead calls for controversial president to resign Spiralling movement has seen thousands of university professors demand Yoon Suk Yeol’s resignation By Helen Packer 3 December
Virtual exchange offers a glimmer of hope for Lebanon in conflict Connecting with learners in other countries allows students to feel seen and heard on the global stage, says Nael Alami By Nael Alami 3 December
Ghassan Aouad: ‘a degree is only 30 per cent of getting a job’ The chancellor of Abu Dhabi University on different types of intelligence, freedom of speech and universities in the East versus West By Rosa Ellis 2 December