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10 juillet 2017

Producing the right kind of student – A moral imperative

By Sharon Dell. The creation of jobs for young people was as much a moral imperative as it was an economic imperative, according to Durban University of Technology Vice-Chancellor Thandwa Mthembu. In an interview with University World News, he called on universities to “think differently” about the kind of education they were giving their students. “What’s the value of a degree that can’t be used?” he asked. More...
10 juillet 2017

Continent-wide space sciences initiative gathers support

By Wagdy Sawahel. A group of researchers is proposing a 20-year continent-wide push to strengthen teaching, research and innovation in the field of planetary and space sciences in Africa, where research in the field remains scattered and underfunded. More...
10 juillet 2017

Reversing the decline in higher education

By Mukwanason A Hyuha. In order to regain its standing, Uganda’s higher education sector needs to be modernised. It also needs much better funding. More...
10 juillet 2017

Academics emerge as key players in upcoming elections

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...
7 juillet 2017

Climate change and universities – Time to act

By Simon Ngalomba. Climate change is emerging as a life and death concern, and its effects will increase in the future. Universities have a critical role to play in adjusting to and mitigating the emerging realities of climate change. More...
7 juillet 2017

Of life and death – Universities and the environment

By Sharon Dell. The issue of resource constraints features consistently in all discussions on the role of universities in environmental management – a sub-theme of the recent 14th General Conference of the Association of African Universities or AAU, held in Accra, Ghana earlier this month. But as Tanzanian lecturer Simon Ngalomba reminded the conference, climate change is now a “life and death” concern. More...
7 juillet 2017

New cluster to implement continent-wide education strategy

By Damtew Teferra. A new multi-stakeholder Higher Education Cluster has been created in order to realise the implementation of the Continental Education Strategy for Africa, or CESA, approved in 2016 by African heads of states. More...
7 juillet 2017

‘Proactive policy’ fuels rise in foreign African students

By Jalal Bounouar. Morocco is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for African students seeking to study abroad, and is now their second most popular destination on the continent after South Africa, a trend attributed largely to proactive government policy. More...
7 juillet 2017

Transformation of higher education must defeat the quality trap

By Ayenachew A Woldegiyorgis. The Ethiopian higher education sector has been undergoing rapid expansion in the past 15 years. Over this period, the number of public universities has grown from just two to 35 (among which two are universities of science and technology), compared to three private ones, and the number of undergraduate students has surged from a little over 30,000 to 729,028 (in the 2014-15 academic year), putting the gross enrolment ratio at 10.2 %. More...
7 juillet 2017

Pan-African institute tackles academic decolonisation

By Sungula Nkabinde. The University of Johannesburg in South Africa continues to play a leading role in what is increasingly being viewed as a national imperative to decolonise higher education, as one of its institutes last weekend hosted a conference focused on the revival of Pan-Africanism and decolonisation of university curricula. More...
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