The University of Malta is involved in a four-year multinational study that is exploring how best to embed a culture of responsible research and innovation and make this part of the governance and practice of research institutions, reports the Times of Malta. More...09 octobre 2018
Study into how to tap research to meet societal needs
The University of Malta is involved in a four-year multinational study that is exploring how best to embed a culture of responsible research and innovation and make this part of the governance and practice of research institutions, reports the Times of Malta. More...North Korean, German universities sign exchange agreement
Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious institution of higher learning, has established an exchange and cooperation relationship with Germany's Free University of Berlin in the field of humanities and sociology, reports Yonhap News. More...Scientist says ‘physics was invented and built by men’
A senior scientist has given what has been described as a “highly offensive” presentation about the role of women in physics. At a workshop organised by CERN, Professor Alessandro Strumia of Italy’s University of Pisa said that “physics was invented and built by men, it’s not by invitation”, writes Pallab Ghosh for the BBC News. More...Teachers quit in droves for high paying Gulf posts
The prospect of earning the equivalent of five years’ salary in one year is luring South African teachers to classrooms in the Gulf, a university study has shown. But apart from the lure of higher earnings, teachers are being driven from South Africa by the high crime rate, religious intolerance, race-based policies, burgeoning class sizes and workloads and an ineffective curriculum, writes Suthentira Govender for the Sunday Times. More...10 universities in Mexico on verge of financial collapse
Ten of Mexico’s public universities are on the brink of collapse, staff and government officials have warned, a situation that can only be resolved with emergency funding of MXN4 billion (US$210 million), reports El Universal. More...Military claims universities in plot to oust president
The Communist Party of the Philippines is allegedly trying to brainwash and incite students in various Metro Manila colleges and universities to rebel against the government through film-showing activities that depict the dark years of martial law under the Marcos dictatorship, according to the military, writes Michael Punongbayan for The Philippine Star. More...China to help Africa with no political strings attached
Chinese Ambassador to Zambia Li Jie has said that China will continue helping Africa with no political strings attached to aid. Li said that no political strings includes non-interference in the internal affairs of those states. He was speaking in Lusaka during the 69th Chinese National Day, reports the Lusaka Times. More...One-third of Brazilian universities deemed irregular
One in three universities in Brazil does not meet the legal requirements to be considered a ‘university’. According to the Brazilian constitution, private or public universities must have academic programmes, continuing studies offerings and scientific research – activities that rely on full-time faculty and solid graduate programmes, write Dante Ferrasoli and Estêvão Gamba for Folha De SPaulo. More...‘Replace British attire with Indian dress’ – Minister
India’s Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar has appealed to universities across the country to replace their "British-inspired" convocation attire with traditional Indian clothes as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, reports the Press Trust of India. More...Towards a sustainable knowledge distribution system
By Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit. We have found the dialogue with colleagues in recent issues of University World News both stimulating and useful. But it has not been a debate in the sense that it identified fundamentally different perspectives – rather, different topics have been discussed. More...
