By Karen MacGregor – Acting Global Editor. In Africa Analysis, Wachira Kigotho reports on a call at the launch of the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa for major efforts to increase Africa’s share of world scientific production – or risk most young people becoming long-term unemployed.
In Africa Features, Elizia Volkmann describes the dire situation for higher education in Libya, where civil war has closed some universities and impeded operations in others. Francis Kokutse finds the Association of African Universities concerned about lack of quality assurance in many institutions, and the Economic Community of West African States preparing to harmonise pre-university qualifications. And in Kenya, Gilbert Nganga outlines multiple crises in higher education around recognition of degrees, tuition fees and student loan delivery.
In Commentary, Anand Kulkarni and Angel Calderon focus on the Global Innovation Index, and how middle income economies are faring and how they might progress. Ivan Sterligov, Alfiya Enikeeva and Victor Trofimov discuss the tendency for Russians to publish more in the physical sciences, while some former Soviet states have shifted the disciplinary structure of their publication output.
In World Blog, Rajani Naidoo urges universities to work together to promote global wellbeing, despite the growing competition between universities for global positional advantage.
In a Special Report, Yojana Sharma covers a conference on access and equity in higher education held in Malaysia, organised by the Global Access to Post-Secondary Education initiative. Read more...
11 octobre 2015
Hopes of recovery amid the rubble of universities in civil war-wracked Libya
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