Yojana Sharma
Asia Director at University World News
Writing about international education, science policy, Asian economies.
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1 week ago |
universityworldnews.com | Yojana Sharma
NETHERLANDS Academics in the Netherlands are concerned that a proposed new law requiring the screening of incoming graduate students and researchers intending to work in ‘sensitive’ subject areas could create delays that might drive foreign talent to apply to universities in other countries instead. Universities of the Netherlands (UNL), the umbrella association of Dutch universities, has already said that it will oppose the bill.
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1 month ago |
universityworldnews.com | Yojana Sharma
TAIWAN-CHINA Concerned that China is stepping up its knowledge transfer and influence activities abroad amid emerging reports of increased collaboration between China’s military-linked universities and Russian institutions, Taiwan has taken action to close China’s influence and research security loopholes.
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1 month ago |
universityworldnews.com | Yojana Sharma
HONG KONG Hong Kong’s highly regarded public universities are putting on a brave front in the face of a 2% cut in their overall funding for the next three years announced in the city’s budget address by Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan as the city faces a large deficit. However, given the strong financial headwinds buffeting the city, unexpectedly, universities will also have to hand back a proportion of their accumulated reserves.
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2 months ago |
universityworldnews.com | Yojana Sharma
CHINA-GLOBAL As research collaboration with China – already subject to ‘decoupling’ by the United States and more intense scrutiny by European countries – becomes even more precarious, academics and experts are looking at possible ‘safe’ areas of research where collaborations can continue amid geopolitical tensions.
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2 months ago |
universityworldnews.com | Yojana Sharma
HONG KONG The Hong Kong administration has stressed there will be no rise in university fees for non-local students as Hong Kong’s publicly funded universities brace themselves for a cut in the city’s education budgets in response to a burgeoning deficit. The expected freeze, even as local student fees are rising, is to ensure Hong Kong’s universities remain attractive to international students who might otherwise go to universities in Singapore, Japan, or elsewhere in Asia.
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With new evidence knowledge transfer & #research collaborations with China's military-linked universities, including with #Russia, #Taiwan has stepped up university controls, my latest analysis for @uniworldnews @ben_forney @zsuzsettte @GranoSimona https://t.co/26i3OPm8XG
