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27 août 2018

Universities mourn death of statesman Kofi Annan

The Association of African Universities (AAU) has expressed its profound shock at the death of former United Nations secretary general, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former University of Ghana chancellor Kofi Annan. More...

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27 août 2018

Lecturers look forward to ‘decent’ pensions

After a long campaign, higher education and research unions have concluded an agreement with the government of Senegal to secure a ‘decent’ retirement pension for their members which will entail academics working an extra hour a week. More...

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27 août 2018

Ministry to evict illegal residents in student housing

Madagascar's Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Marie Monique Rasoazananera has expressed her determination to evict those individuals who have no right to live in official student accommodation and who are causing serious overcrowding. More...

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27 août 2018

HE minister calls for more emphasis on science

Minister for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation Maria do Rosário Sambo has said Angola should strengthen its teaching of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and all sciences contributing to technological knowledge, throughout the education system. More...

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27 août 2018

Overseas China scholars face self-censorship dilemma

By Yojana Sharma. As China combines internal censorship and a major crackdown in its Xinjiang region, with aggressive verbal attacks and informal pressure on overseas academics, the self-censorship dilemma is becoming acute for overseas China scholars who comment China’s human rights, Tibet, Taiwan independence and other sensitive topics. More...

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27 août 2018

Admitting students who later drop out is harmful

By William Leonard. Tertiary degree completion rates in the United States are middling compared to other OECD nations and many other developed and developing economies. While troubling, the justifications are too familiar. More...

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27 août 2018

Towards a global hub of collaborative research

By Thomas Ekman Jørgensen. The European Commission has long wished to make European research ‘open to the world’. It is one of Commissioner Carlos Moedas’ three ‘O’s, which, together with ‘open innovation’ and ‘open science’, have been the basis of his agenda. More...

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27 août 2018

Can we measure education quality in global rankings?

By Philip G Altbach and Ellen Hazelkorn. The most influential global academic rankings – the highly influential Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings – have been in existence for more than a decade and are now a major force in shaping higher education worldwide. More...

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27 août 2018

Why the Bologna Process works for higher education

By Anne Corbett. Ah, the perils of a catchy quote! In my last contribution to University World News I let my inner journalist ego triumph over my sober academic id. I quoted Michael Gaebel, a senior official at the European University Association (EUA), as declaring that the Bologna Process “is treading water”. This quote had been in print in another place. But in this era of fake news, I should have paused to think that it was very unlikely that he would have said it (and he didn’t). And here’s why. More...

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27 août 2018

What do the international HE programme closures mean?

By Futao Huang. In early July, the Ministry of Education of China announced the closure of 229 internationally collaborative academic programmes and five internationally collaborative institutions. Normally these institutions and programmes are used as Zhongwai Hezuo Banxue in Chinese, meaning they represent co-operation between Chinese universities and foreign partners. More...

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