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26 septembre 2016

Alliance of top African universities builds hub of research excellence

By Karen MacGregor – Africa Editor. In Africa Analysis, University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor Max Price outlines the goals and planned joint research, PhD training and capacity building activities of the 16-member African Research Universities Alliance, of which he is founding chair.
In Africa Features, Ramadan Rajab describes the rapid growth of higher education in Somalia, and accompanying concerns about quality in independent universities, and Ochieng’ O Benny reports on a new consortium of universities in South Africa aimed at boosting data-intensive research capacity ahead of the global astronomy initiative, the Square Kilometre Array.
In the Transformative Leadership series, in which University World News is partnering with The MasterCard Foundation, the focus is on ethics. Mervyn Frost says too little attention has been paid to the ethical role played by universities, which must uphold a host of values, central to which is the value of truth. Stephen Heyneman emphasises the importance of courageous university leaders who understand the importance of ethics, as universities are the teachers of future leaders. Eric Fredua-Kwarteng says the developmental university model for developing countries must include ethical ways of doing research, anchored in social justice and human rights.
In Commentary, Angel Calderon describes how Times Higher Education produced a game-changer ranking by including book and book chapter citations, and Elena Denisova-Schmidt says universities should acknowledge a situation in which international students are more likely to cheat than domestic students, and tackle the problem. Read more...

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