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8 octobre 2018

Leaders urged to work towards digital knowledge parity

By Wachira Kigotho. African leaders were urged to work towards 'digital parity' so as to enable the continent’s inhabitants to participate in and be represented as equals in both the digital and material worlds. More...

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8 octobre 2018

Challenges of ensuring quality education

By Wondwosen Tamrat. Ethiopia is at the crossroads in terms of making a choice between consolidating current higher education achievements – by moving its budget focus to academic activities that improve the quality of tertiary education – or continuing with the old model of expansion that succeeded in creating an impressive number of new universities, but failed to provide the quality of output required. More...

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8 octobre 2018

Minister unveils ambitious plans for higher education

By Tonderayi Mukeredzi and Kudzai Mashininga. Zimbabwe’s new and extensive development plans include creating innovation hubs at universities, upgrading student accommodation, making higher education more affordable for students and establishing the country’s first geospatial and space agency. More...

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8 octobre 2018

Union joins strike after government reneges on deal

By Jackie Opara. Nigeria’s university staff union has joined a national strike to demand that the government stick to the terms of the agreement that it made with the union over public university revitalisation. More...

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8 octobre 2018

University cash crisis worsens as state cuts budgets

By Gilbert Nganga. Kenya’s beleaguered public universities have been told to further tighten their belts after being slapped with a US$10 million budget cut that will worsen their cash woes, in austerity measures that are meant to avert a looming economic crisis. More...

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8 octobre 2018

Academics criticise plans to establish new universities

By Alex Abutu. Academics have lashed out against proposals to significantly increase the number of public universities in Nigeria, as the government unsuccessfully grappled with an assessment report of public universities that highlighted glaring weaknesses within the sector. More...

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1 octobre 2018

Regulator closes university colleges over quality issues

The Tanzania Commission for Universities has ordered the closure of two university colleges and suspended enrolment in 12 others in the coming academic year, citing lapses in quality. The commission’s Executive Secretary Professor Charles Kihampa said that the decision was taken after an audit of the institutions, writes Florian Kaijage for The East African. More...

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1 octobre 2018

47 rape cases reported on campuses across the country

South Africa’s Higher Education and Training Minister Naledi Pandor is organising an emergency crisis meeting with universities after close to 50 rape cases were reported on campuses across the country. Statistics handed to her office by universities and public colleges have revealed that a shocking 47 students were raped last year, writes Bongani Nkosi for The Star. More...

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1 octobre 2018

Research universities alliance launches two new centres

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) has launched two new centres of excellence, based at the University of Lagos (Unilag) in Nigeria – the first to be launched outside of South Africa. More...

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1 octobre 2018

Curriculum transformation – ‘A long and tortuous battle’

By Sharon Dell. The transformation of South African universities will not be “handed over on a silver platter” but will have to be fought for in what is likely to be a “long and tortuous” battle, a recent conference focused on ‘decolonisation’ of university humanities curricula heard. More...

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