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20 septembre 2017

Institutional partnerships – Shifting the centre of gravity

By Munyaradzi Makoni. The landscape for partnerships between African and international organisations is changing, with the centre of gravity shifting towards the physical area in which the research and development are being conducted. More...
20 septembre 2017

A new model for African partnerships launched

By Munyaradzi Makoni. Inspired by the need for a new approach to African partnerships, Michigan State University’s Alliance for African Partnership was launched in Tanzania recently. More...
20 septembre 2017

Private higher education – An atypical case

By Wondwosen Tamrat and Daniel Levy. As enrolment in private sector higher education increases in Ethiopia, policy choices about how supportively or restrictively to handle private higher education will assume increasing importance. More...
20 septembre 2017

Government shuts hundreds of private colleges

By Tonderayi Mukeredzi. The government says it has ordered the closure of nearly 300 private colleges across the country for a variety of reasons, ranging from illegal operations, to lack of proper registration, operating from unapproved premises and failing to meet acceptable standards. More...
20 septembre 2017

Criticism over planned Robert Mugabe university

By Kudzai Mashininga. In a widely criticised move, the government has announced plans to build a US$1 billion science and technology university named after its long-time ruler, 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe. More...
20 septembre 2017

President unveils online education portal

President Pranab Mukherjee recently launched the SWAYAM – Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds – and SWAYAM Prabha platforms which offer digital classrooms at school, college and university levels with the help of internet and satellite connectivity to the remotest corners in the country, reports The Indian Express. More...
20 septembre 2017

Opposition leader calls for autonomous universities

Greece needs modern, autonomous universities that will serve an open society, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an article published in Kathimerini newspaper’s Sunday edition, in which he urged people to block a government bill on universities that will "turn back the clock many years", reports Capital.gr. More...
20 septembre 2017

Tuition fees architect calls for their scrapping

Tuition fees have become so "politically diseased" they should be scrapped, says one of the politicians who designed them, writes Caroline Mortimer for the Independent. More...
20 septembre 2017

University returned to federal government after 10 years

The African Union Mission in Somalia last week handed back to the federal government a university which it has used as a military base over the last decade, writes Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban for Africa News. More...
20 septembre 2017

Civil War-era law used to punish scientific fraudsters

Duke University is at the heart of a potentially blockbuster lawsuit involving three of its scientists. The suit is the latest attempt to use a 19th-century law for relatively new purposes: putting universities on the hook for grant money that went to researchers found guilty of fraud, write Adam Marcus and Ivan Oransky for Stat News. More...
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