Former British colonies achieve higher research output

By Wagdy Sawahel. Universities and research centres in African nations once ruled by the British are much more scientifically productive than those in former Belgian, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish colonies, according to a just-published study. This is the result of inherited education institutions and an efficient, open and dynamic research model, comparative language advantages, political and economic institutions that support higher education and policies that favour high enrolment levels. Read more...