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20 septembre 2017

Pioneer doctoral school launches in Burundi

By Wagdy Sawahel. Burundi’s first doctoral school, to be located at the University of Burundi, was launched at a conference held at the university in July under the theme "The role of research and development in African universities in the achievement of the objectives of sustainable development". More...
20 septembre 2017

Tunisia in new bid to attract Sub-Saharan students

By Wagdy Sawahel. A series of new measures to reverse the sharp decline in numbers of Sub-Saharan African students in Tunisia over the next three years has been unveiled. More...
20 septembre 2017

Taking a closer look at student attrition and migration

By Wagdy Sawahel. A recent survey which found that more than 50% of South African students felt they were not prepared for the transition from secondary school to tertiary education has highlighted ongoing debates around the causes of South Africa’s student attrition rates and how best to tackle them. More...
20 septembre 2017

Shorter periods abroad could widen student mobility

By Nic Mitchell. Shorter periods of studying or working abroad during degree programmes should be offered by universities to close the gap in mobility participation rates between affluent students and their less well-off peers in the United Kingdom. That’s a key recommendation of a new report from Universities UK International. More...
20 septembre 2017

International academic conference participants charged

By Suluck Lamubol. A professor who organised an international conference on Thai studies and four Thai academics and participants attending the conference have been charged with violating the military junta’s ban on political gatherings of more than five people. More...
20 septembre 2017

Supervising international research students

By Nita Temmerman. Communication and understanding are key in the international student-supervisor relationship, which is fundamental to the student’s ability to adjust to a new environment – and there is a lot of adjusting for students to do. More...
20 septembre 2017

The ‘pig mum’ and the problem of excessive competition

By David Santandreu Calonge, Patrik T Hultberg and Eugene Lee. Mothers in South Korea are organising complex social networks to ensure their children get access to the best universities and the best jobs. It is a symptom of an education system in need of a fundamental overhaul. More...
20 septembre 2017

Universities must move from teaching to transforming

By Elli Yiannakaris. Universities need a different style of teaching with a more person- and community-centred approach to give their students the entrepreneurial skills they will need in today’s world. Learning approaches that include incubation, mentorship, personal development, leadership training and funding are critical. More...
20 septembre 2017

How do university leaders view internationalisation?

By Futao Huang and Tsukasa Daizen. Research in Japan shows that university leaders highly value internationalisation. Recent political events in the United States and United Kingdom have had very little impact on this view, and universities have not slowed their pace of internationalisation. More...
20 septembre 2017

Decolonise minds before living and learning spaces

By Fay Patel. To truly move on from our colonial suffering we must not seek to obliterate our painful histories by destroying all vestiges of the past, but preserve them as symbols of what we have overcome and what we need to avoid in the future. More...
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