By Anthony Cummins. Tom Sperlinger’s account of teaching English literature to students in the occupied territories is an illuminating look at the wider role of education. More...
31 juillet 2015
28 juillet 2015
Is Saudi Arabia training too many graduates?
By Nader Habibi. The world’s largest oil exporter is trying to transform itself into a knowledge economy. This is the goal that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia set for itself nearly a decade ago and the former Saudi leader, King Abdullah, allocated a large amount of financial resources to modernising the country’s higher education system for this purpose. Read more...
28 juillet 2015
Denied the right to education
By Jamil Khader. The insightful recent debate between Professor John Kelly and Professor David Newman about academic freedom (University World News, 26 June 2015) underestimates the magnitude of the current crisis facing the Palestinian education system. This system lies in shambles as a result of Israeli policies that have systematically undermined the integrity and quality of education in the occupied Palestinian territories, or oPt, and Gaza. Read more...
28 juillet 2015
High university spending but poor results – Report
By Wagdy Sawahel. Mauritania is in the Maghreb region of western North Africa, with an estimated population of 4.1 million people. It has a very low higher education enrolment rate: the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015 indicated that out of 144 countries, Mauritania was ranked 128 for tertiary education enrolment. Read more...
28 juillet 2015
Private sector steps in with IT training for growth
By Elizia Volkmann. The private sector is stepping in to provide higher education in information technology in Morocco, as the government struggles to match demand from the North African country’s growing economy with an output of highly skilled graduates. Read more...
28 juillet 2015
University-business incubator to boost the economy
By Wagdy Sawahel. A Tripoli University Business Incubator is to be created in the Libyan capital in an effort to narrow the gap between university educational outputs and the needs of the workplace, and to encourage new businesses. The initiative supports Libya Vision 2020, which includes sweeping higher education reform. Read more...
6 juillet 2015
A Renaissance Woman at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina
By Benjamin Plackett. Hoda Elmikaty knows more about the Bibliotheca Alexandrina than most. As an electrical engineer she started working on its complex of cables and wires during construction.
She has since put her engineering expertise to one side and has risen through the library’s ranks to become the head of its cultural outreach center, where she seeks to make good on the library’s promise to fill the shoes of its historical counterpart. More...
6 juillet 2015
How Teaching in English Divides the Arab World
By . “Learning Arabic, as an engineer, doesn’t add much,” says Mr. Hamdy. “But learning English adds a lot. To get into a good multinational company, for sure it’s useful.” More...
5 juillet 2015
In Bahrain, Men are Scarce in Universities
By . Salman Mousa, who is 28 years old, did not regret for one day not joining the university. After receiving his high school diploma, he went straight to the job market. More...
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