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20 septembre 2017

Is South Korea in a higher education access trap?

By Patrik T Hultberg and David Santandreu Calonge. An educated workforce is important for economic growth and development and South Korea is leading the way on higher education access. But has spending on private after-school tutoring to ensure a university place is secured gone too far. More...
20 septembre 2017

When the Syrian war ends, what is the plan for HE?

By Raniero Chelli and Marco Di Donato. Universities and education organisations need to start preparing now for when the Syrian war ends. After six years of war, displaced young people fear becoming the under-educated generation and Syria will need an educated workforce to rebuild the country. More...
20 septembre 2017

Universities do not have genuine autonomy, report says

By Anil Netto. Despite 17 of 20 public universities in Malaysia being awarded ‘autonomous’ status, academics have questioned whether there has been a real commitment by the government to devolve more powers to universities. More...
20 septembre 2017

International students may have to renew visas yearly

By Mary Beth Marklein. A change to foreign student visa policies reportedly being discussed at the United States Department of Homeland Security would require international students to reapply annually for permission to stay in the United States. More...
20 septembre 2017

Government cuts 40% of state-funded university places

By Eugene Vorotnikov. The Russian government is pushing on with plans to cut 40% of state-funded places in domestic universities in 2018 and to cut teaching jobs at state universities. More...
20 septembre 2017

Building capacity and quality through academic exchanges

By Ochieng’ O Benny. Enhancing regional collaboration among universities through staff exchanges has the potential not only to improve academic mobility on the African continent but to enhance higher education quality and ensure rationalisation of existing capacity in Africa, according to Dr Moses Osiru, deputy executive secretary of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture Secretariat. More...
20 septembre 2017

Open data on universities – New fuel for transformation

By François van Schalkwyk. Accessible, usable and relevant open data on South African universities makes it possible for a wide range of stakeholders to monitor, advise and challenge the transformation of South Africa’s universities from an informed perspective. More...
20 septembre 2017

Farmers’ needs in danger of being neglected in research

By Sam Otieno. An increase over the past decade in the overall number of higher education agencies involved in agricultural research in Sub-Saharan Africa has a downside: fragmentation of national research systems and a potential shift away from the applied needs of farmers, according to the authors of a new report on agricultural research on the continent. More...
20 septembre 2017

Pan-African food and biomass network launched

By Michael Gardner. The first pan-African expert network on food and non-food biomass has been launched by Germany’s Center for Development Research and the Ghana-based Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa. More...
20 septembre 2017

Country suffers loss of locally-trained graduates

By Laeed Zaghlami. Concerns are high over the ‘haemorrhaging’ of Algerian academics and professionals to foreign countries following significant local investment in their training and education. More...
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