Asia

Institutions, in Iran or elsewhere, are not obliged to reshape their research to avoid attacks, say Alireza Qaiumzadeh and Sara Gordafarid

Growing levels of questionable research practices have been overshadowed by a ‘moral panic’ over student use of AI, says education dean

Innovative models of higher education, unimaginable in the West, are emerging in a big, youthful country confronting a demographic and economic crossroads

Universities and researchers alike are currently able to distort the truth with impunity. Attaching consequences to retractions could help, says Pushkar

Postgraduate business degree with no undergraduate admission requirements ‘could be transformational’ in an ageing world, says dean

Mandatory reporting of retractions to Indian science funding agency will force researchers to think harder about perpetrating fraud or working with serial offenders, says integrity champion

The handover from the interim government has sparked a revival of ministers’ urge to treat public universities as political fiefdoms, says Nahid Neazy

But the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ decision to stop updating its journal ranking list is a hopeful sign, says Bruce Macfarlane 

Patchy uptake of new technologies across region, survey finds, with limited connectivity a potential barrier

Universities urged to play greater role in teaching people how to create their own work, as countries become more sceptical of higher education

Focus on forming manageable consortia of five to 10 institutions instead of ‘sleeping’ agreements that elicit no action, university leaders say

Pioneer women university presidents must pave the way by becoming ‘sponsors’ of their successors