By Patrício Langa. Academic incentives as a driver for knowledge outputs have been controversial in many higher education and research systems. Read more...By Peter Maassen. Of the four core functions of universities identified by Manuel Castells [1], the African university is struggling most with revitalising its research function. All relevant indicators show that despite the existence of a number of highly productive scholars and academic units, overall the research productivity of nationally leading African universities is lagging far behind productivity at similar universities in the rest of the world. Read more...By Robert Tijssen. Following global trends, internationalisation in Africa’s higher education landscape is driven by a range of interconnecting new developments – an increase in the number of students and institutions, more mobility of students and staff across national boundaries, the growing role of English in teaching and research, improved internet connectivity and a host of policy initiatives such as centres of excellence, quality assurance frameworks and programmes to enhance institutional collaboration. Read more...By Florence Nakayiwa. The position of Africa within the higher education arena can be discerned through the performance of predominant traditional universities. Through their mission and vision statements these universities have characterised themselves as centres of academic excellence that are expected to be selective yet comprehensive, have high research profiles and contribute to knowledge production. Read more...By Nico Cloete. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, influential voices started calling for the ‘revitalisation’ of the African university and for linking higher education to development. This resulted in a series of ‘revitalisation’ initiatives in the years that followed and the term persists to this day, as evidenced in the title of the upcoming African Higher Education Summit – “Revitalising Higher Education for Africa’s Future”. Read more...Un nouvel ouvrage, Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education, sera présenté au public à l’occasion du Sommet sur l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique, qui se tiendra du 10 au 12 mars à Dakar, capitale du Sénégal. Ce livre est la toute dernière publication du projet HERANA (Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa, réseau de recherche et de promotion de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique), qui depuis sept ans mène des recherches sur l’enseignement supérieur dans huit pays africains. Ce rapport spécial met en lumière les principaux points observés lors des travaux de recherche menés par le centre pour la transformation de l’enseignement supérieur (CHET), avec le soutien financier de la fondation Carnegie Corporation of New York. University World News est un partenaire médias du projet HERANA et du sommet de Dakar. Les articles qui suivent ont été préparés pour notre lectorat francophone. Read more...A new book, Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education, will be launched at the African Higher Education Summit being held in Senegal's capital Dakar next week. It is the latest publication of HERANA – the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa – which for the past seven years has been investigating higher education in eight African countries. This special report highlights key findings arising from the research, which is led by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. University World News is a media partner to both HERANA and the Dakar summit. Read more...
Sunday Saanu, a public communication expert, reflecting on the recent lecture entitled; “The Nigerian University System and the Search For Global Relevance In The 21st Century”, delivered by the University of Ibadan (UI) Vice Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole at Lead City University, Ibadan, is of the view that there are inadequate resources from both private and public sector for research capacity building in Nigerian universities. Therefore efforts must be intensified by the universities to lobby the government for increased research and capacity building. More...
By Gilbert Nganga. University graduates in Kenya may be required to seek clearance from the government’s student loan agency before they can secure a job. The Higher Education Loans Board, or HELB, has drafted new guidelines that will make it mandatory for companies to demand clearance certificates from graduates, as part of efforts to curb student loan defaulting. Read more...
By Munyaradzi Makoni. South Africa’s parliamentary committee on higher education has joined vice-chancellors in calling for more money for student bursaries and loans, in the interests of equity and access and against a backdrop of patchy student unrest and fundraising campaigns by universities. Read more...
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