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Universities - overseas

One solution for too many A’s? Harvard considers giving A+ grades

Harvard University has been on a campaign to make it harder to get an A grade.
Harvard University has been on a campaign to make it harder to get an A grade.

Japan’s top university apologises over bribery scandal

University of Tokyo president Teruo Fuji pledged reforms at the school, after a second medical professor was arrested for bribery.
University of Tokyo president Teruo Fuji pledged reforms at the school, after a second medical professor was arrested for bribery.

Action star Donnie Yen receives honorary doctorate from Hong Kong university

Donnie Yen was conferred an honorary doctorate by Hong Kong's Lingnan University on Jan 26.
Donnie Yen was conferred an honorary doctorate by Hong Kong's Lingnan University on Jan 26.

Recent studies suggest South Korean students are rethinking Seoul universities, STEM and medicine

Only 7,125 students had applied to medical school, the lowest figure in five years and a 32.3 per cent on-year decline.
Only 7,125 students had applied to medical school, the lowest figure in five years and a 32.3 per cent on-year decline.

KL university air-con explosion: One victim still in coma with fractured skull, bleeding in brain

The dead person was a 24-year-old contractor who was working on an air-conditioning unit.
The dead person was a 24-year-old contractor who was working on an air-conditioning unit.

Foreign enrolment on US campuses drops for first time in years

Harvard University managed to buck the trends, enrolling a record number of international students this academic year.
Harvard University managed to buck the trends, enrolling a record number of international students this academic year.

Brown campus shooter said he plotted attack for ‘six semesters’

Images of the Brown University shooter, identified by authorities as Claudio Neves Valente, are displayed during a press conference in Providence, Rhode Island, on Dec 18, 2025.
Images of the Brown University shooter, identified by authorities as Claudio Neves Valente, are displayed during a press conference in Providence, Rhode Island, on Dec 18, 2025.

Trump administration agrees to review stalled NIH research grants after lawsuit

A federal judge in Boston previously ruled that the NIH unlawfully cancelled hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants.
A federal judge in Boston previously ruled that the NIH unlawfully cancelled hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants.

In private letters, Harvard and Trump administration escalate duel

A building of Harvard University is pictured as it opens a probe into individuals mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein files recently released by Congress, after the documents showed a close relationship between its former president, Larry Summers, and the late convicted sex offender, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha
A building of Harvard University is pictured as it opens a probe into individuals mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein files recently released by Congress, after the documents showed a close relationship between its former president, Larry Summers, and the late convicted sex offender, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha

US investigators study Brown University shooter’s failed past in academia

Investigators look at a grey Nissan car at a storage facility where the Brown University shooter, identified by authorities as Claudio Neves Valente, took his own life, in Salem, New Hampshire, U.S., December 18, 2025. REUTERS/CJ Gunther
Investigators look at a grey Nissan car at a storage facility where the Brown University shooter, identified by authorities as Claudio Neves Valente, took his own life, in Salem, New Hampshire, U.S., December 18, 2025. REUTERS/CJ Gunther

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.