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13 février 2016

Tuning project in Africa

Tuning Africa was launched as a cooperation project between the EU and African Union. Following the 2007 Joint Strategy, a process was initiated to create more compatible structures and systems of higher education across the African continent. More...

13 février 2016

Displaced Syrian Private Universities Struggle to Educate Their Students

By Mokhtar Alibrahim. Every day at 1:30 in the afternoon, the bells ring at the Mohammed Salahuddin Al-Habaj Secondary School for girls, in the Syrian capital’s Mezzah neighborhood. The female students head out, making room for a group of older male and female students to enter the building—students from Qasyuon University. More...

13 février 2016

Seeking Soft Power, China Expands Activities in Arab Higher Education

By Wagdy Sawahel. Seeking “soft power” in the Arab world, China is setting up educational collaborations to invest in the Arab world’s scientific and technical workforce. More...

13 février 2016

Group Challenges Forced “Donations” by Cairo U. Professors

By Ahmed ElShamy. A group is going to court to fight what it says is the illegal practice by Cairo University of requiring professors to pay a minimum fee of 10,000 Egyptian Pounds (about $1,250) before they can travel. The university insists the fees are optional, although a written decision it issued indicates otherwise. More...

13 février 2016

Need a Research Paper? Buy One in Bahrain

By Islam Alzeny. During a recent discussion with his fourth-year journalism students about their class projects, Adnan Bumetea made an unpleasant discovery: Two of his students had done identical projects. “They bought the project from the same stationery store,” said Bumetea, a professor of magazine production at the University of Bahrain. More...

13 février 2016

Solutions from the Inside Out: Developing Egyptian Teachers as Researchers

By Tarek Abd El-Galil. The conference promotes the concept of teachers as researchers in the field of education and is encouraging them to write research papers based on the realities of their work and to develop common proposals for improving teaching tools and methods. More...

13 février 2016

Researchers Search Arabian Waters For Cancer Treatments

By Benjamin Plackett. In shallow waters not far from the bustling dhow docks of Doha, Fahed Al-Jamali wades around looking for sponges to scoop out. They grow plentifully just south of the city, on the hard rock bed of the coral reef areas. More...

13 février 2016

Qatar Spends Heavily on Drug Research, Seeking a Knowledge Economy

By Benjamin Plackett. Qatar wants to mature from a pharmaceutical novice into an Arab Goliath for drug development. It is willing to spend the money to achieve this, but industry analysts say big spending alone may not be enough to make the peninsula a true global pharmaceutical player at the level of Switzerland. More...

13 février 2016

MIT launches initiatives to accelerate learning research, applications

eCampus NewsMIT is launching a significant expansion of programs in learning research and online and digital education, including the creation of the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili), along with a new effort to increase MIT’s ability to improve STEM learning from pre-kindergarten through high school. More...

13 février 2016

Texas Association of Community Colleges implements online proctoring

eCampus NewsThe Texas Association of Community Colleges (TACC) has chosen Examity, a leader in exam integrity solutions, to conduct all proctoring for online tests. More...

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