A new university, new international leader, new future

By Karen MacGregor. It is powerfully symbolic that Rwanda’s new public university is leading debates during the 20th anniversary commemorations of the 1994 genocide that tore the country apart – a story of new beginnings, of ways to overcome the past. It is unusual that the university is led by an Irishman and former vice-chancellor in Australia and New Zealand – though also appropriate, as this rapidly developing country forges a place for itself in the world. Read more...