Par Institut Montaigne. Revenons tout d’abord sur l’historique de cette situation : le Maroc a quitté l’OUA (ancêtre de l’Union Africaine) en 1984, suite à la décision de l’organisation panafricaine de reconnaître la République arabe sahraouie démocratique (RASD), dont le Maroc et la RASD revendiquent tous deux la souveraineté. Trente-trois ans plus tard, poussé par les limites d’une politique de la chaise vide et mu par une stratégie économique panafricaine, le Roi du Maroc a décidé de changer de stratégie et de réintégrer l’UA. Voir l'article...
Enseignement en Afrique du Sud : l’université Wits, un gisement de compétences
Par Christophe Le Bec. Fondée il y a cent vingt ans à Kimberley, relocalisée en 1904 près de Johannesburg, l’école des mines d’Afrique du Sud a donné naissance en 1922 à l’université du Witwatersrand (Wits). À l’image de l’industrie extractive pour l’économie nationale, elle reste une des filières clés de Wits, avec 825 étudiants triés sur le volet en 2016, du Bachelor (bac + 3) au PhD (doctorat). Parmi eux, environ 20 % d’étrangers, en particulier des Congolais (RD Congo), des Nigérians, des Zimbabwéens, des Mozambicains, des Namibiens et des Botswanais. Voir l'article...
Christian universities are growing rapidly in Africa
By Joel Carpenter. Christian higher education is growing briskly in Sub-Saharan Africa. It exists at the intersection of two of the most dynamic social trends on the continent: the rapid rise of Christian adherence and the volatile growth of higher education. More...
University staff appeal for reversal of 50% pay cuts
By Kudzai Mashininga. Zimbabwe’s universities are reeling under crippling cuts to funding which have seen the salaries of lecturers cut by half as the country’s economic situation continues to worsen. More...
59 masters students graduate from Pan African University
Fifty-nine graduates from 19 countries received their masters degrees this month at the second awards ceremony of the Pan African University Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences in Yaoundé. More...
Makerere embarks on headcount to establish numbers
By Esther Nakkazi. A three-week head-counting process of Makerere University students and staff aimed at establishing the precise number of students enrolled in the institution and eradicating ghost students and workers, got under way last week. More...
Staff strike paralyses public universities
By Gilbert Nakweya. Learning was paralysed last week in Kenyan public universities after unions representing both the institutions' teaching and non-teaching staff announced a nationwide strike over salaries. More...
Amnesty urges end to persecution of Darfuri students
By Maina Waruru. International human rights group Amnesty International is calling on the government of Sudan to launch urgent investigations into allegations of arbitrary arrests, detention, torture and persecution of students from the country’s troubled Darfur region by Sudanese security forces. More...
Non-payment of lecturer salaries ‘a growing trend’
By Tunde Fatunde. Chronic delays in the payment of lecturer salaries by the federal government are causing major disruptions in Nigerian universities and have already brought some to a standstill. Despite the recession, however, salaries and allowances of all political office holders continue to be paid on time. More...
Rethinking the traditional idea of the university for an online era
In Africa Features, Munyaradzi Makoni reports on a new partnership between the University of Gondar in Ethiopia and Queen’s University in Canada which aims to boost the access to higher education of people with disabilities; and on the eve of the 2017 academic year we interview Universities South Africa CEO Ahmed Bawa about hopes for greater stability in the higher education sector in the wake of last year’s violent and disruptive #FeesMustFall protests.
In Africa News, Tunde Fatunde reports on what seems to be a growing trend towards the non-payment of lecturer salaries in Nigeria, while Maina Warura reports on a new Amnesty International report on the persecution of Darfuri students in Sudan, and Wagdy Sawahel covers the launch of an office in Tunisia of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
In World Blog, Philip G Altbach and Maria Yudkevich affirm that international faculty are an increasingly important part of the global academic environment, and consider some of the trade-offs for universities in attracting foreign academics.
In Global Features, Suvendrini Kakuchi reveals the secrets to success of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan in luring high-quality international students, who constitute half of the student body.
On Wednesday 8 February University World News, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation and DrEducation, will be hosting a free international webinar, entitled “Are universities crucibles of transformative leadership?” You are invited to register. More...