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23 janvier 2018

Inclusive higher education for the benefit of all

By Patrick Blessinger, Jaimie Hoffman and Mandla Makhanya. Broadly defined, institutions of higher education are social structures that fulfil a common social purpose of creating an educated citizenry. They achieve this through policies, rules, customs, symbols and traditions. As such, institutions exemplify structures for social order, creating the norms and expectations for human behaviour. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Linking internationalisation and open education

By Kirk Perris. ‘Open education’ is a philosophy about the way people should produce, share and build on knowledge. Over the course of two days in November, the Research Institute for Innovation and Technology in Education at the Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, or UNIR iTED, in Spain held a congress on the status of open education in practice. More...

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23 janvier 2018

HE in the context of science diplomacy and merit reviews

By Teboho Moja. While there are indications that knowledge production in the form of research and publication is increasing, in proportion to other regions of the world our productivity is still low. This poses a challenge for meaningful participation in science diplomacy – the use of scientific collaborations to address common problems and build international partnerships – both regionally and globally. More...

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23 janvier 2018

The rise of the corporation-affiliated university

By Chau-Duong Quang. Ha Hoa Tien University, a private university founded in 2007 in the neighbouring province of Hanoi, used to be owned by a steel and construction corporation. In the first four years of its operation, it welcomed and said goodbye to four rectors – the longest-serving being in office for just two years – before the corporation’s chairman directly took charge of the university. More...

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23 janvier 2018

How do we create transformative global citizens?

By Emiliano Bosioi. There is a shared resolve among educators across the world to ensure that young people acquire social, civic and global-intercultural aptitudes by promoting democratic values and fundamental rights, social inclusion and non-discrimination as well as active citizenship across all disciplines. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Blockchain technology will help refugees to access HE

By Saja Al-Nahi. If you have read any tech publication over the past two years, you will have read about the application of blockchain technology in currency and banking. It disrupted the financial industry in the form of Bitcoin and the technology has also been cited as a way to decentralise education transactions. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Data mobility in the Fourth Industrial Revolution age

By Herman de Leeuw and Stig Arne Skjerven. Imagine your bank telling you they will go back to paper as a basis for their processes. No more bank cards, no more digital transfers, no more ATM cash withdrawals… would you be happy. More...

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23 janvier 2018

New trends in the student activism

By Marcelo Knobel and Renato HL Pedrosa. In early 2013, a transportation fee hike in São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, became the catalyst for a series of large street demonstrations, not only in São Paulo, but also in other urban centres in the country. The leaders of the movement and most of the participants were young adults, many of them college students. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Record student numbers lead to calls for more housing

By Michael Gardner. There has been a further slight increase in the number of students in Germany, bringing the total close to the three million mark. The new figures have prompted further calls for a government housing programme for students. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Students unhappy over 30% fee hike

By Gilbert Nganga. Kenya is set to increase fees for state-sponsored students in public universities by 30% from next year, following recommendations by the University Fund, the government agency mandated to set fees. Students have vowed to oppose the increase. More...

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