By Francis Kokutse. The country’s national cabinet has approved the establishment of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, which will regulate all tertiary institutions and help to speed up the establishment of qualifying private universities, according to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. More...

By Sharon Dell – Africa Editor. In Africa Analysis, Steve Sharra argues that a mindset shift is needed if Malawi is to increase its higher education enrolment rate and meet its sustainable development targets.
   In Africa Features, Tunde Fatunde canvasses responses to the Nigerian government’s puzzling announcement of the dates for the screening examinations for university candidates – examinations which were put on hold by a court order earlier this year; while Munyaradzi Makoni examines a recent report by the Academy of Science of South Africa which calls for a ‘reconceptualisation’ of healthcare education and training in South Africa.
   In News from around the continent, Francis Kokutse reports on the establishment of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission which is to regulate all tertiary institutions in Ghana and will help to speed up the establishment of qualifying private universities; Steve Sharra writes about the formation of an association of universities and colleges in Malawi that aims to advance the interests of higher education in the country; and Gilbert Nakweya writes about the launch of a new open access database to raise the visibility of African education research.
   In our World Blog this week, Hans de Wit says the dynamics of international student mobility have intensified and become more diverse and complex over the past 10 years, but the push and pull factors for mobility have not changed. More...

By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. In Commentary, Wafa Singh asks if teaching has become redundant in the age of the internet and how universities can rethink teaching so it offers value to students. Linda Storey offers one solution that may assist with this, explaining how lecture-capture technology can be key to personalising learning and widening participation by supporting a diverse student body. Lin Tian and Nian Cai Liu say that higher education in China should be seen as a global common good rather than a public good, and universities in different countries need to cooperate and construct a community with a common interest rather than focusing on their own self-interest. And Harivansh Chaturvedi writes that Indian higher education is in need of much more deep-rooted change than the proposed replacement of the University Grants Commission with a new regulatory body, the Higher Education Commission of India.
   In our World Blog this week, Hans de Wit says the dynamics of international student mobility have intensified and become more diverse and complex over the past 10 years, but the push and pull factors for mobility have not changed.
   In our series on Pacific Rim higher education and research, Yojana Sharma reports that academics attending the Association of Pacific Rim Universities conference emphasised the need to deal with ethical issues in the use of artificial intelligence so that research and applications are not used for nefarious purposes, such as weapons of war.
   In our section on Academic Corruption, Brendan O’Malley writes that the digital revolution has already transformed the way some people cheat and some of the methods used to catch them.
   In Features, Ria Nurdiani reports on a new task force set up in Indonesia to develop guidelines to combat Islamic radicalism which appears to be gaining wider support on campuses. And Gilbert Nakweya reports on a call at the Sustainable African Cities conference for timely research from universities to help address challenges affecting people in African cities. More...