By Laeed Zaghlami. Growing concern over the quality of higher education in Algeria has prompted the new government to adopt a series of measures aimed at improving the national higher education system and enhancing scientific research. More...10 juillet 2017
Raft of measures aimed at improving scientific research
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By Maina Waruru. As Kenya goes to the polls in August this year, university lecturers are playing central roles in the heated electoral process. More...Centres of Excellence project – ‘A model that works’
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By Geoff Maslen. Many of the climatic events occurring in nations around the world are the direct result of the 1.1-degree global temperature rise that Earth has already experienced. We will soon see how much worse it will be with a two-degree increase. More...Small satellite opens high-tech research opportunities
By María Elena Hurtado. The launch on 20 June of the first Chilean-built satellite, developed by Universidad de Chile, is the latest and most ambitious involvement of a Latin American university in space programmes. More...A new approach to understanding violent extremism
By Nic Mitchell. A new approach is needed to understand what attracts some young people to violent extremist groups such as those supporting radical Islam or far-right nationalism. More...Turkish scholars in US face dilemma on speaking out
By Nell Gluckman, The Chronicle of Higher Education. A Turkish professor of economics who works at an American liberal-arts college said he considers how his words could be interpreted by Turkish officials when he speaks publicly or publishes his writing. He asked not to be named so he could speak freely. More...Mise en place d'un système de certification de diplômes
La COMUE Université Côte d'Azur lance un appel d'offres relatif à la mise en place d`un système de certification de diplômes.
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Teaching Medicine as an Immersive Experience
Techno-News Blog. In rethinking medical education, an interdisciplinary team at Harvard Medical School designed a new fundamentals curriculum for online health care learning. HMX Fundamentals takes advantage of how people learn and an array of online tools to provide an immersive online program for students just beginning their studies in health care. More...
Course Workload Estimator
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