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4 juin 2018

Post-election hope for HE autonomy, academic freedom

By Anil Netto. The unexpected, stunning defeat in May elections of Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, which had been in power for more than six decades, has given academics fresh hope for greater university autonomy and academic freedom. More...
4 juin 2018

First signs of a decline in European Union academics

By Karen MacGregor. The proportion of academics at British universities who are from other European Union countries continued to rise after the 2016 Brexit vote and is now 17% across all institutions and 24% in the top Russell Group universities. But growth in EU academics is tailing off and there has been a drop in EU academics under 34 years. More...
4 juin 2018

Erasmus+ opens to world, offers post-Brexit UK access

By Karen MacGregor. A model for the post-Brexit participation of the United Kingdom in European higher education is offered in the European Commission’s new proposal for the Erasmus+ initiative, with its surprise opening to the world. The proposal also doubles the budget for the 2021-27 Erasmus+ and trebles learning and mobility opportunities to 12 million people. More...
4 juin 2018

Elite university degree no guarantee of higher salary

By Geoff Maslen. The world’s top universities attract more students – and reject more student applications – than their lesser counterparts in almost every country across the globe. But Australian evidence suggests the pay-off in money terms is not as great as the students who gain access expect. More...
4 juin 2018

A new ranking – Countries ready for wave of automation

By Yojana Sharma. South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Germany and Canada are the countries most prepared for the coming wave of automation driven by robotics, artificial intelligence and other technologies, according to a new ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit. More...
4 juin 2018

Prestigious French institute opens office in Nairobi

Sciences Po, France’s prestigious Paris Institute of Political Studies, will open its first African office in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of its internationalisation strategy, choosing an English-language over a francophone country. More...
4 juin 2018

French engineering school to offer joint degrees

The Casablanca campus of École d’Ingénieurs en Génie des Systèmes Industriels (EIGSI) has become the first French engineering school accredited to award joint French-Moroccan engineering degrees to its students. More...
4 juin 2018

Student loan body overhaul aimed at stemming defaults

By Gilbert Nganga. Kenya is planning to overhaul the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) – the agency that disburses loans to students on behalf of the government – and convert it into a funding corporation. More...
4 juin 2018

76-day-long lecturer strike ends but for how long?

By Gilbert Nakweya. The recent collapse of the 76-day-long lecturers’ strike means that students at public universities can get back to their studies. But with no real resolution to the issues causing staff unhappiness, how long can stability in the sector be expected to last. More...
4 juin 2018

The transformative power of ‘rupture’ in higher education

By Sharon Dell. A new book on African philosophy of education, which examines teaching and learning in the African university context, draws on its authors’ combined experience of setting up a massive open online course (MOOC) aimed at examining how teachers and students can use the African philosophical concepts of ubuntu and ukama to develop home-grown solutions to societal and educational concerns. More...
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