By Tom Abeles. Globally, there is an increasing need for individuals to gain advanced certification beyond the secondary diploma. This demand is particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more...
3 février 2016
3 février 2016
A role for universities in building a creative economy
By Donald Otoyo Ondieki and Emily Achieng’ Akuno. According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the creative economy is an evolving concept based on creative assets. It embraces economic, cultural, social and technological activities, linking at macro and micro levels with the overall economy. Read more...
3 février 2016
Very low numbers of African graduate students in US
By Wachira Kigotho. Only some 4,600 students from Sub-Saharan Africa were admitted to postgraduate courses in the United States last year, according to the Council of Graduate Schools. Students from the region comprised only 2% of 215,156 foreign students offered postgraduate places in 793 universities and colleges across America. Read more...
3 février 2016
Parliament bars reporting by journalists with no degree
By Esther Nakkazi. A debate has been raging in Uganda over whether a degree improves the ability to comprehend and accurately report on parliamentary proceedings. With elections looming, parliament has barred journalists who do not have a degree and three years’ experience – even though MPs only need an advanced certificate. Read more...
3 février 2016
Pan African University gender desks to tackle inequity
By Maina Waruru. The Pan African University, or PAU, is to establish gender desks with permanent staff in all of its four operational institutes to address an acute problem of gender disparity in enrolments. Males comprise nearly 70% of all students admitted so far. Read more...
3 février 2016
Universities phase out courses with few students
By Esther Nakkazi. Ugandan universities are phasing out courses with few students – except science courses and those not available elsewhere or where a university may have a comparative advantage. Read more...
3 février 2016
‘Green’ university networks being developed in Africa
By Wagdy Sawahel. Africa has been late to join the ‘green’ universities movement – only five institutions on the continent are among more than 400 participating in a global ranking of universities that practise environmentally friendly policies to help combat climate change. But now national and regional ‘green’ university networks are being developed on the continent. Read more...
3 février 2016
Registration fees postponed after #FeesMustFall unrest
By Munyaradzi Makoni. South Africa’s #FeesMustFall movement has found resonance in neighbouring Namibia, where student protests last week resulted in the government postponing registration fee payment at the Namibia University of Science and Technology or NUST. Read more...
3 février 2016
Furore over curbs on bonus marks for sports students
By Ashraf Khaled. Egypt’s higher education authorities have curtailed a decades-old incentive system for sports students, saying that it has been abused for university entry. Read more...
3 février 2016
Ten campuses closed, dozens face ban, in quality drive
By Gilbert Nganga. Tucked away on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, the Commission for University Education has been criticised for not having ‘bite’ in regulating the higher education sector. But this month the commission rose from the shadows, ordering 10 university campuses to close in what could be a turning point in salvaging the country’s higher education system. Read more...
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