The 2026 Shaw Prize ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre honoured seven laureates across Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences. Organisers also highlighted the new Shaw Prize in Computer Science, with nominations open until 30 November.
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Starfish Dreams (Singapore) and Kaplan Higher Education Academy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding making Kaplan Starfish's first education partner. The collaboration offers eligible Starfish graduates funded pathways into Kaplan programmes.
Futu Holdings has launched the "FUTU NEXT" initiative on its 14th anniversary, committing HK$300 million over five years to Hong Kong university research and youth talent development. The company also signed an intended collaboration MoU with the University of Hong Kong and began preparations for an independent FUTU NEXT Foundation.
Young Post Club is partnering with MetaMetrics to integrate the Lexile Framework for Reading into its news-powered learning platform, giving its community of over 1 million student readers a way to measure reading ability and track growth.
DongA Science has built AiR NOVA, an AI tutor that answers K-12 students' science questions from more than 100,000 articles by its own journalists and shows the source behind each answer. The service, named a CES 2027 Innovation Awards Honoree, launches in January 2027.
Chulalongkorn University researchers rank among the World's Top 2% Scientists for 2026, a 150% increase over the previous year, spanning 25 faculties, institutes and schools. The Elsevier Data Repository list includes President Professor Dr. Wilert Puriwat.
Amazon Web Services and Elitery celebrated the Grand Finale of AWS CendekiAwan at Universiti Malaya. The event brought together 20 student finalist teams from four top Malaysian universities to pitch generative AI solutions.
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia placed 25th in Asia and 6th in Southeast Asia in the QS World University Rankings: Asia 2027, raising its overall score to 92.4 and improving on 9 of 11 indicators.
Malaysia has been named among the "Big 14" destinations in ICEF Insights 2027, recording the third-highest international student growth among the 14 destinations covered. The country recorded 70% growth over five years and 16% in the latest reporting year.
