Universities
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South Korea exam chief quits after complaints English test was too hard
Notoriously difficult entrance exam is regarded as gateway to economic security and even a good marriageThe ch…
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China’s threat to academic freedom in the UK | Letters
Sara Rydkvist, the Hong Kong programme director of Amnesty International, and Francis Bown on the threat from …
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Chinese tech firms freeze AI tools in crackdown on exam cheats
Suspension comes as 13m students take four-day gaokao tests for limited spots at country’s universitiesBig Chi…
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Hammer attack injures eight students at Tokyo university
Japanese police say 22-year-old woman arrested as witness describes panic after attacker ‘all of a sudden’ beg…
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Chinese university sacks professor after social media accusation of sexual harassment
Doctoral student at Renmin University of China school of liberal arts in Beijing posted recordings on WeiboA t…
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Natubhai Shah obituary
My friend and mentor Dr Natubhai Shah, who has died aged 89, was a GP for almost 30 years before becoming foun…
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‘Our culture has changed’: young Thais boycott graduation ceremonies
Students who speak out against royal family’s role in universities face jail but can also be pressured by pro-…
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Dutch university gives up Chinese funding due to impartiality concerns
Vrije Universiteit will also return €250,000-plus it received in 2021 for rights centre that denied forced lab…
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Universities must not allow those killed in Tiananmen Square to be forgotten | Letters
Student unions should keep their memory alive, writes Peter van den DungenThe ruthless campaign by the Chinese…
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Outcry as Hong Kong University memorial to Tiananmen Square victims is removed
Site of the Pillar of Shame at the city’s oldest university is under guard after workmen dismantled statueHong…
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Taliban threatening Chevening scholars’ families, says MP
Caroline Lucas warns five of those studying in Brighton feel desperate about relatives’ safety in AfghanistanC…
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Afghanistan: former Chevening scholars accuse UK of abandoning them
Government has prioritised rescue of current scholars but estimated 70 alumni are still in countryA group of f…
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The abandonment of Afghanistan is shameful | Letters
Jane Ghosh thinks we have left behind devastation and despair, Trevor Curnow looks at parallels with Vietnam, …
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International students locked out of Australia by pandemic switch to UK and US
With Australia’s borders all but closed, many young people who long dreamed of an antipodean education are goi…
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As India drifts into autocracy, nonviolent protest is the most powerful resistance | Amartya Sen
The Hindu nationalist regime has cultivated religious animosity – undermining the nation’s secular traditionsN…