Rebuilding a national university after decades of war
As strike ends, universities commit to making up lost time
‘It’s time for African governments to end their inertia towards research’
In Africa Features, Stephen Coan examines the role of private tertiary education in South Africa, while Tunde Fatunde reports on calls by university leaders for reform of the higher education sector in Nigeria.
In Africa Analysis, Elísio Macamo writes about the need among African scholars to grapple with conceptual as much as practical problems.
In Africa News, Ashraf Khaled reports on controversial calls for a campus dress code in Egypt; Laeed Zaghlami writes about ministry changes in Algeria intended to speed up the rate at which students complete their PhDs; and Tonderayi Mukeredzi outlines ambitious plans by the University of Zimbabwe to become a top African university.
Covering the 2017 WorldViews Lecture on Media and Higher Education, Daniel Sekulich reports on Sir Peter Scott’s view that the rise of populism has created a wake-up call for academics that they should speak up more loudly for open societies and recover a sense of social purpose.
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The Global Goals’ Business Opportunity in Africa
A critical transition from a heavy reliance on international public development finance to locally generated private sector solutions to development problems is underway. More...
Expo L’Afrique des routes : l’histoire africaine autrement
Avec l’exposition L’Afrique des routes, le musée du quai Branly met en lumière la richesse des échanges commerciaux, religieux et culturels d’un continent au carrefour des mondes. Voir l'article...
Steering South Africa’s budget between excess patronage and prudence
By . After investigating the “massacre” (as termed by both the opposition Democratic Alliance and African National Congress Youth League) of more than 100 mental health patients under the guise of cutting costs, South Africa’s Health Ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba advised that a “sufficient budget should be allocated for the implementation” of proper care. More...
Decolonising the curriculum: it’s in the detail, not just in the definition
By , , , and . In the two years since student protests kicked off at South Africa’s universities, people have become increasingly interested in what decolonisation means. This stems from students’ calls for university curricula to be decolonised. People want a precise definition. But it’s not that simple. More...
University under pressure over student 'spying' claims
The Right2Know Campaign is putting pressure on the University of Johannesburg to come clean about using private security firms to spy on student protesters, reports Times Live. More...