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3 décembre 2018

A world leader in gene-edited babies, but at what cost?

By Guillaume Levrier. Recent claims of the world’s first gene-edited babies have sparked a strong response, to say the least. In particular, the Southern University of Science and Technology, which employs the researcher involved, He Jiankui, stated in a press release that they were not aware of his work, that it took place off campus, and that it was a case of potential scientific misconduct that would not go unaddressed. More...

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3 décembre 2018

The role of HE in a politically disrupted world

By Andrée Sursock. How can higher education institutions model open, democratic and engaged communities? How can they initiate social and cultural change? Those two questions are vital in today’s world, particularly because analyses of election returns have repeatedly demonstrated the consistent impact of higher education on voting choices. More...

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3 décembre 2018

Engaging partners is a key role for HE in sustainability

By Josep M Vilalta, Alicia Betts, Victoria Gómez and Marta Cayetano. The Group of Experts on SDGs and Higher Education was created by the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi) at the beginning of 2018 to provide continuity and progression from the first International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals: Actors and Implementation held in Barcelona on September 18-19, 2017. More...

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3 décembre 2018

Action plan to increase ‘pay-off’ from Horizon 2020

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The Danish ministry of higher education and science has launched a national action plan to secure increased Danish participation in the European Union research programme Horizon 2020 and the 2021-27 Horizon Europe programme and a higher share of coordinator roles in consortia. More...

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3 décembre 2018

Labor accuses government of ‘waging war on science’

By Geoff Maslen. Research and development has emerged as a new front in the battle being waged between Australia’s two main political parties over which one will take government at the next election. More...

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3 décembre 2018

Universities demand change to free tuition policy

By María Elena Hurtado. Universities facing financial constraints linked to the free tuition policy for low-income students are asking the government for a fast track bill to amend it. The financial drain caused by the implementation of free tuition has been clear since its outset in 2016. More...

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3 décembre 2018

PM urged to speak out against harassment of China expert

By Yojana Sharma. Academics and human rights advocates in New Zealand have urged Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to protect the academic freedom of a professor who has faced months of alleged harassment – including a burgled office – ostensibly for her work critical of China’s influence abroad. More...

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3 décembre 2018

Scientists condemn ‘high-risk’ gene editing breakthrough

By Yojana Sharma. In an apparent backlash against uncontrolled and unethical human embryo research in China, more than 120 Chinese scientists have signed a letter condemning the use of gene editing technology on humans, which reportedly led to two babies born this year using the technologies. More...

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3 décembre 2018

After Mugabe – ‘Not much has changed in HE’

By Kudzai Mashininga. A year after the departure of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe after 37 years in power, opinion is divided on how much progress the new government under Emmerson Mnangagwa has made in reforming the country’s struggling higher education sector. More...

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3 décembre 2018

Towards a diversified system of quality assurance

By Wondwosen Tamrat. The establishment of quality assurance agencies in many parts of the world is viewed as a means of addressing the attendant challenges of ‘massifying’ systems of higher education. However, the last few decades reveal that addressing the issue of quality requires more than setting up national agencies since the continued growth and complexity of an expanding higher education system can overwhelm and eventually render a fledgling system ineffective. More...

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