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25 août 2013

As degree mills proliferate, new measures published

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By Hiep Pham. The arrest of four people on charges of selling fake diplomas, including three in Can Tho in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, has highlighted the proliferation of degree mills. Racketeers have been shifting from producing fake Vietnamese qualifications to degrees from prestigious international universities. Last month new decrees were announced, aimed at strengthening official procedures for recognising genuine degrees from overseas universities. But there is still concern that the government is not going far enough to control the lucrative business. More...

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25 août 2013

Top universities break rules on gender discrimination

By Yojana Sharma. Around two-thirds of China’s top research universities still have policies that can be used to limit the proportion of women students, despite tighter government regulations issued this year against gender discrimination in universities and the workplace. In some regions the proportion of female university students has been rising year on year, particularly in cities like Beijing and Chongqing. But some of the best universities have not abandoned restrictions on the proportion of women for some subjects. More...

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25 août 2013

Damning HE council report on university performance

By David Macfarlane. Less than 5% of black African and mixed-race youth succeed at university, and more than half of all first-year entrants never graduate at all. This was revealed in a hard-hitting report released by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) last Tuesday. Poor academic preparation at school is "the dominant learning-related reason" for poor university performance – but there is "no prospect" that the schooling sector will be able to produce the numbers of adequately prepared matriculants that higher education requires in the foreseeable future. More...

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25 août 2013

Thousands lose university places under new system

By Fortune Sylivester. More than 5,000 prospective students will not join universities this year after failing to follow new procedures laid down by the Tanzania Commission for Universities, or TCU. Others were unable to access the Central Admission System, according to the commission. It is also believed that some prospective students failed to apply for university because they did not have the money, while others could not access the internet. In June this year, the TCU advertised that Tanzanians who wished to join universities would be required to pay a non-refundable application fee of TSh50,000 (US$30), payable through National Bank of Commerce branches countrywide. More...

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25 août 2013

Countries haggle over huge SKA telescope costs

By Ishmael Tongai. South African politicians were told last week that tricky and extended negotiations were under way to work out how much each country involved in the first-phase construction of the massive Square Kilometre Array, or SKA, radio telescope will have to fork out. Bernie Fanaroff, SKA South Africa’s project director, told members of parliament's science and technology portfolio committee last Wednesday that the major current issue was how to fund phase one of the project, which is expected to cost €650 million – US$868 million and about R8.9 billion in local currency. More...

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25 août 2013

Wits drive to lure top African postgraduate students

By Ishmael Tongai. The University of the Witwatersrand has set aside R90 million (US$8.7 million) for bursaries as the institution embarks on an intensive drive to attract the finest postgraduate students from across South Africa and Africa. The goal is to enrol 35% of all students at the postgraduate level. A team that includes 10 academics and support staff kicked off the campaign this month starting in Johannesburg then moving to Stellenbosch last week. Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria will follow in the search by the University of the Witwatersrand, or Wits, for top students. More...

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25 août 2013

Despite growing numbers, job market still demands PhDs

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Despite a 38% increase in PhDs in OECD countries – reaching 213,000 in 2009 – there is still a premium on people with doctorates, according to a recent analysis of labour market and mobility indicators for doctorate holders. The study was conducted by the OECD in cooperation with UNESCO and Eurostat. Forty-two countries reported data in the so-called OECD KNOWINNO project – Making the Most of Science – supported by the European Union’s Seventh Framework programme with the participation of a large number of institutions and experts. More...

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25 août 2013

Open access reaches tipping point in sciences

By Carmen Paun. More academic papers are now available for free than in paid-for peer-reviewed journals in many scientific fields, according to a study released last Wednesday by the European Commission’s directorate general for research and innovation.
“This new research suggests that open access is reaching the tipping point, with around 50% of scientific papers published in 2011 now available for free,” the commission said in a statement. More...

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25 août 2013

Foreign graduate admissions rise, applications slow

By Ian Wilhelm. This is an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, America’s leading higher education publication. It is presented here under an agreement with University World News..
American graduate schools are showing continued interest in students from overseas, but there are signs that the feelings aren't mutual. A report released last Thursday by the Council of Graduate Schools says offers of admissions to international applicants grew at a steady pace of 9% from 2012 to 2013, making it the fourth consecutive year of growth. More...

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25 août 2013

Students face an above-inflation rise in living costs

By Jane Marshall. In 2013-14 students in France face a cost of living increase one-and-a-half times that of inflation, and a 2% rise in expenditure at the start of the new university year, according to inquiries by the two biggest student organisations. Meanwhile, under a new scheme the government is to act as a rental guarantor for students who have difficulties raising a deposit. In its ninth annual survey on students’ living costs the majority students’ union UNEF, Union nationale des étudiants de France, calculates a rise of 1.6% for 2013-14 compared to the previous academic year – 1.5 times the inflation rate of 1.1%. More...

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