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20 décembre 2012

Transforming African Higher Education for Graduate Employability and Socio-Economic Development

http://lwww.aau.org/sites/default/files/arthemia_logo.jpgASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES (AAU), 13th General Conference: Transforming African Higher Education for Graduate Employability and Socio-Economic Development, Libreville, Gabon, May 28 – May 31, 2013
CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for Papers has been extended to 21st December 2012.
Transforming African Higher Education for Graduate Employability and Socio-Economic Development
The 13th General Conference of the Association of African Universities (AAU) will be held in Libreville, Gabon on May 28 - 31, 2013, at the invitation of Université Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon. The General Theme of the Conference is Transforming African Higher Education for Graduate Employability and Socio-Economic Development. Under this general theme, the following sub-themes will be covered:
1. Socio-Political Environment and Employability
2. Graduate Employability
3. Connect Between Higher Education and the Productive Sector
4. The Role of the Organised Private Sector
5. Funding Issues
The Concept Paper (http://www.aau.org/sites/default/files/gc11/concept_note_en.pdf) gives a background to the theme and sub-themes and a lively, well-informed and policy-rich discussion is anticipated. To that end, authors are invited to submit papers on the general theme and sub-themes.
Abstracts indicating the scope, nature and approach of proposed papers, and not exceeding two pages, must reach the Secretariat not later than Friday 21st December, 2012. Authors of selected abstracts would be contacted by Tuesday 15th January, 2013 for development of their papers and additional information about the Conference.
Please send abstracts and address any enquiries to:
The Secretary-General
Association of African Universities
P.O. Box AN 5744, Accra, GHANA
Email: secgen@aau.org
cc: barry@aau.org, phoba@aau.org
Tel: (233-302) 774495/761588
Fax: (233-302) 774821
16 décembre 2012

New agency to take up varsity admissions

http://www.nation.co.ke/image/view/-/465228/medRes/33884/-/maxh/85/-/12e8pptz/-/Sunday_Logo.gifBy Benjamin Muindi. The Joint Admissions Board has been disbanded in a new law awaiting presidential assent. (Editorial: Plan to do away with JAB appears unwise).
It will be replaced by the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service, according to the Universities Bill (2012) that was passed by Parliament last week.
But unlike Jab, which was mainly charged with the admission of government-sponsored students to the seven public universities and their constituents, the new body has been given an extended mandate and will admit students in private universities and colleges.
It will also admit students to public universities through the self-sponsored programme, usually referred to as the parallel degree programme. More...
16 décembre 2012

Kibaki passes law to regulate higher education sector

http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/image/view/-/539346/medRes/76413/-/maxh/100/-/g4kqs4z/-/logo.pngBy Edwin Mutai. Foreign universities offering degrees in Kenya without accreditation will be fined at least Sh10 million and their promoters sent to jail for three years under a new law meant to safeguard education standards.
President Mwai Kibaki Thursday assented to the Universities Bill 2012, which provides for regulation of universities and centralised admission of students to tertiary institutions. It also establishes the Commission on University Education (CUE) to replace the Commission of Higher Education in overseeing university standards.
The new law also establishes the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service to replace the Joint Admissions Board, which has been recruiting students for regular courses in public universities. Read more...
16 décembre 2012

Students warned of unregistered courses

iol_news5By Leanne Jansen. Durban - The Department of Higher Education has warned students to be wary of “registered” private colleges which offer certificates, diplomas and degrees but do not have its stamp of approval.
Department spokesman Vuyelwa Qinga said there was worry over the current trend which saw institutions secure registration for one or two programmes, and then “hide behind” this status to offer other unregistered courses.
The Mercury recently reported on how a private design college in Durban was shut down for offering unaccredited programmes in contravention of the Higher Education Act of 1997.
In a letter to parents and students, the management of Westville-based Style Design College said it had found itself without full accreditation for certain programmes because of how “complex” the system was, and the inordinate delays in processing applications. Read more...
16 décembre 2012

Agency fights to maintain standards during HE expansion

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Jonathan Dyson. The Ethiopian government’s Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency, HERQA, is to implement new measures designed to raise standards in universities. The initiative comes amid major concerns about the state of the country’s fast-growing tertiary education sector.
The number of public universities in the country has grown from two to 34 over the past 12 years, and there are now seven private universities and 52 polytechnic colleges. Each of Ethiopia's nine regions, apart from Gambela, now has at least one university.
Such rapid expansion has brought with it growing doubts about the quality of teaching and other resources, as well as the employability of graduates.
Dr Tesfaye Teshome, director general of HERQA, told University World News that a new quality assurance programme is set to be introduced, focused heavily on measuring the specific skills and other attributes being attained by graduates. Read more...
16 décembre 2012

Universities may take minister to court over autonomy

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Cornia Pretorius. South African universities could tackle Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande in the Constitutional Court next year following radical changes to the Higher Education Act that were steamrolled through parliament.
The Higher Education and Training Laws Amendment Bill has been described as "apartheid-like" and "draconian" for the wide-ranging powers it will give Nzimande to intervene in the running of universities – the one part of the South African education system that is still functioning well.
If enacted it will give Nzimande the power to issue ‘directives’ to universities if he believed they were acting in a discriminatory manner.
This means he could tell a world-class institution such as the University of Cape Town to change its entry requirements and dissolve its council if it does not convince him of the merits of its requirements, according to experts. Read more...
8 décembre 2012

The 8th eLearning Africa conference

http://www.elearning-africa.com/images/construction/head_right3.jpgThe 8th eLearning Africa conference will be held from May 29th to 31st at the Safari Conference Centre, Windhoek, Namibia.
The key networking event for developing eLearning capacities in Africa, eLearning Africa 2013 will be hosted by Namibia's Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Ministry of ICT.
Tradition, change and innovation

eLearning Africa 2013 will focus on tradition, change and innovation, and the call for proposals is now open!
New technologies combined with a pioneering spirit to improve lives are already changing the way we learn, work, and play. How are African youth shaping their identities and navigating different learning spaces with these technologies? Are new technologies fundamentally disruptive to tradition or do they open up space for the digitisation of tradition? How is innovation in Africa shaping the Continent's learning landscape?
These are some of the key questions that will guide our conversations at eLearning Africa 2013; let us know what you think! We encourage all practitioners, experts and academics engaged in an African context to submit a proposal and be a part of Africa's largest annual conference on ICT for development, education and training. For more information on this year's themes, deadline and how to submit a proposal, please click here.
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29 novembre 2012

Somaliland: 17 Universities Registered Nationwide

http://somalilandsun.com/templates/themza_j15_17/images/logo1.pngBy Yusuf M Hasan. HARGEISA (Somalilandsun) – Media houses have been disallowed from advertising for unregistered universities. The ministry of education has instructed bosses of all media houses to coordinate with the department of higher education in order to ensure that they only post advertisement for registered universities.
A press statement released by the Director General of Higher Education Mr Kadar Ahmed Diriye, the ministry of education informed that despite the multitude of universities operating in the country only 17 are registered.
The DG said that the ministry has a policy on higher education that is geared towards ensuring the quality of education as well as the institution itself which is established through registration. More...
25 novembre 2012

Top Ugandan varsity fails Kenya quality test

http://www.nation.co.ke/image/view/-/465228/medRes/33884/-/maxh/85/-/12e8pptz/-/Sunday_Logo.gifBy Benjamin Muindi. One of the most popular universities in East Africa is not accredited, according to the Commission for Higher Education (CHE).
This means that thousands of Kenyans who graduated from Kampala International University (KIU) in the last ten years or so were awarded qualifications not recognised in Kenya.
Three of the applicants for the posts of Inspector-General of Police and deputies were disqualified because their certificates from KIU were not recognised by CHE.
“This is a cause for alarm. The institution is not chartered and therefore any papers from KIU cannot be recognised in Kenya,” CHE Chief Executive David Some told the Nation on Wednesday in an interview.
“When students graduate from KIU, the commission cannot undertake ‘equation for qualification’ of their papers, meaning that they are not qualified according to the Kenyan standards,” he added. More...
25 novembre 2012

Stronger universities needed to support development

http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Asle Rønning. Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing positive economic development, and there is increasing understanding of the important contributions universities have to make if African societies are to achieve the next stages of development.
So said Professor Nico Cloete, director of the Centre for Higher Education Transformation in Cape Town, at a senimar on “Research and Development” held in Oslo earlier this month and convened by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and the Norwegian Research Council.
The conference was among efforts to support researchers in developing countries and to enhance knowledge-based development, and asked the basic question: Will more research lead to development and poverty reduction?
Cloete played an important role in the design of a new higher education policy in post-apartheid South Africa and currently leads the HERANA – Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa – programme, which includes a research project in eight African countries on the importance of universities for development. More...
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