Tokyo tests the waters as Asia embraces bond financing
Other Japanese institutions expected to follow suit as government funding dwindles
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Australia cancels Chinese scholars’ visas
Literature specialists barred as Australia’s relationship with China sinks another notch
Covid drives Chinese university to embrace digital transformation
‘HyFlex’ learning and cutting-edge virtual reality techniques set to help students and staff bridge physical and language barriers
Arizona State vows to lead push for environmental rescue
New $200 million laboratory aims to rectify academia’s past mistakes, but may find familiar limits
Covid-19 increasing risk of burnout amongst academics
The normalisation of burning out should no longer be accepted, say academics who have experienced it, particularly with coronavirus exacerbating the problem
Ethnic minority sociologists ‘face hostility’ when teaching race
Study calls for race issues to be embedded into curricula, not taught as an ‘add-on’
Geopolitical ructions ‘a more enduring problem’ than pandemic
Australian forum hears that reduced ‘flow across borders’ could be an ongoing reality
Asian universities offer lessons to West in Covid response
Experts stress quick, consistent and centralised approaches, plus extra support for students and IT systems, during webinar
Japan’s campuses open, but classes stay firmly online
Experts point to a variety of reasons for continuing digitally even as Covid cases fall
Georgia’s billionaire-backed university has high ambitions
Hopes are high for a new university backed by a controversial Georgian billionaire after signing partnership deal with Technical University of Munich
