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20 septembre 2017

Commission stops new enrolments in 19 universities

By Christabel Ligami. The Tanzania Commission for Universities, or TCU, will not withdraw its decision to bar 19 universities, including three international institutions, from admitting new students for the 2017-18 academic year starting this September, owing to concerns over quality. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Student loans under the spotlight in upcoming elections

By Christabel Ligami. Both the ruling Jubilee Party and the opposition National Super Alliance, or NASA, have promised to increase the allocation of loans to the Higher Education Loans Board, or HELB. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Commonwealth consortium to offer youth work degree

By Christabel Ligami. An initiative aimed at improving access to certified courses in youth work has been launched by Commonwealth countries which will support 16 universities from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Europe to offer a low-cost, internationally recognised Commonwealth bachelor degree in youth development work. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Universities raise their investment in fundraising

Universities in Australia and New Zealand are investing more in their advancement operations – specifically fundraising and alumni engagement – amid growing institutional awareness of the “powerful impact” of philanthropy, according to a new report. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Should universities be run like businesses?

By Jan Petter Myklebust. “Get rid of the madness labelled New Public Management. That is an issue that will engage the voters,” Frank Aarebrot*, one of Norway’s best-known academics told Forskerforum, the researchers’ magazine, last Monday. More...

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20 septembre 2017

International students face residency clampdown

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The Swedish Migration Agency has rejected more than 10 residence permits for international students admitted for a study place and grants at Swedish universities, claiming they have not adequately demonstrated that their primary aim for coming to Sweden is to study, according to reports by Radio Sweden or SR. More...

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20 septembre 2017

19 cities bid for European Medicines Agency post-Brexit

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Nineteen European cities have bid to host the European Medicines Agency or EMA, which will be relocated from London as a result of Brexit. The agency does not conduct research but draws on hundreds of top scientists from across the world for expert working groups. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Debate over foreign researcher numbers, quota proposal

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Summer time in Norway, from June to mid-August, is normally quiet for universities. But not this summer – possibly due to general elections looming in September. Internationalisation has been high on the agenda, with controversy over the growing number of international researchers and a proposal to impose a quota on their numbers. More...

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20 septembre 2017

Strong punishment for misuse of the title ‘Professor’

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The Ministry of Education and Research is proposing new legislation to punish unauthorised use of the title of professor. In a letter outlining proposed new regulations, the ministry said that those falsely using the protected title of professor, or using this title in part, will be punished by fines of up to NOK188,000 (US$22,700). More...

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20 septembre 2017

Students to mobilise against university budget cuts

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The Education Alliance or EA, comprising more than 40 Danish student organisations, is calling for a demonstration in central Copenhagen and elsewhere in Denmark on 5 October against government cuts, including what it claims will be a DKK14.7 billion (US$2.4 billion) cut in 2016-21 in higher education spending. More...

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