David Mills

David Mills is associate professor in pedagogy and the social sciences at the department of education, Oxford University. He is deputy director of the Oxford Centre for Global Higher Education and a co-investigator on its research programme on supranational higher education.

China gives scholarships to Africans but then moves the doctoral goalposts

Lots of African students are studying for PhDs in China – but why is it so hard to graduate?

By David Mills, Natasha Robinson and Anding Shi

/ 25 Jan 2023

China gives scholarships to Africans but then moves the doctoral goalposts