‘It’s time for African governments to end their inertia towards research’

By Sharon Dell – Africa Editor. In a mini special report, Francis Kokutse reports on the international launch conference of the African Research Universities Alliance, which took place earlier this month in Ghana.
In Africa Features, Stephen Coan examines the role of private tertiary education in South Africa, while Tunde Fatunde reports on calls by university leaders for reform of the higher education sector in Nigeria.
In Africa Analysis, Elísio Macamo writes about the need among African scholars to grapple with conceptual as much as practical problems.
In Africa News, Ashraf Khaled reports on controversial calls for a campus dress code in Egypt; Laeed Zaghlami writes about ministry changes in Algeria intended to speed up the rate at which students complete their PhDs; and Tonderayi Mukeredzi outlines ambitious plans by the University of Zimbabwe to become a top African university.
Covering the 2017 WorldViews Lecture on Media and Higher Education, Daniel Sekulich reports on Sir Peter Scott’s view that the rise of populism has created a wake-up call for academics that they should speak up more loudly for open societies and recover a sense of social purpose.
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