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20 septembre 2017

PUST stays open, but British Council suspends teaching

By Yojana Sharma. Despite new travel restrictions on United States passport-holders and the increased political tension around the Korean peninsula related to missile tests and military manoeuvres, the private Pyongyang University of Science and Technology or PUST, which teaches in English, commenced its academic year as planned last week, the university said in a statement. More...

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20 septembre 2017

CUP reverses China censorship after academic uproar

By Yojana Sharma. Cambridge University Press or CUP has reversed its decision to block access in China to more than 300 articles deemed sensitive to the Beijing government after China specialists and academics condemned its decision, made public earlier this month, to cave into pressure from China. More...

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20 septembre 2017

US travel ban will hit teaching at private university

By Yojana Sharma. A United States decision to ban all travel by US citizens to North Korea from September will affect Pyongyang’s only private university, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology or PUST in the North Korean capital, which employs a significant number of US citizens on its teaching staff. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Research could suffer as internet controls tightened

By Yojana Sharma. Chinese internet restrictions, known as the ‘great firewall of China’, have often been an issue for Chinese academics who find their access to overseas research restricted. They have become more concerned as new internet controls – particularly on virtual private networks or VPNs, which circumvent national censorship of the internet – look set to be introduced by February 2018. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Cash rewards soar for research published overseas

By Yojana Sharma. Cash rewards to Chinese scientists whose research features in overseas journals have risen dramatically in recent years – reaching over US$160,000 for papers appearing in the most prestigious Western journals, according to a just-published analysis. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Academics targeted after student activists are jailed

By Yojana Sharma. In the wake of the internationally-condemned jailing of former student leaders of Hong Kong’s 2014 student movement, including an elected legislator Nathan Law, academics who were active in the movement have become the latest target. More...

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20 septembre 2017

China pressures respected journal to censor articles

By Yojana Sharma. A major academic publisher in the United Kingdom has caved in to China’s official censors and has blocked online access from that country to more than 300 articles in a leading academic journal – The China Quarterly or CQ. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Government unveils post-Brexit science position paper

By Brendan O'Malley. The United Kingdom will seek a far-reaching agreement to strengthen science and innovation collaboration with European partners post-Brexit and would prefer to design a new type of deal than build on existing precedents, according to a position paper published by the government last week. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Chinese universities hit new heights in global ranking

By Brendan O'Malley. United Kingdom universities have taken the top two places in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the first time in its 14-year history, with the University of Oxford holding onto top spot and the University of Cambridge jumping from fourth to second. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Pressure rises to take students out of migration target

By Brendan O'Malley. The prime minister is under mounting pressure to remove international students from the target of cutting immigration from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands a year following the release of new figures showing that nearly all students leave the country on time. More...

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