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6 juillet 2014

Horizon – Tantalising, daunting for ‘third countries’

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By Charmaine Williamson. South Africa qualifies as a so-called ‘third country’ to be an eligible recipient of Horizon 2020 funding and attendant programmes. In ‘piggy-back’ pursuit of its own renditions of industrial leadership, excellent science and responses to societal challenges, South Africa finds itself both tantalised and daunted by this ground-breaking and wealthy instrument. Read more...

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6 juillet 2014

Critical to include HE in post-2015 development agenda

By Damtew Teferra. The alarming news emanating from the conversation on the post-2015 development agenda is that it may – as in the current Millennium Development Goals – perilously marginalise higher education from the priority it deserves in the highly anticipated development blueprint. Read more...

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6 juillet 2014

North Africa lags in ‘entrepreneurial’ universities

By Wagdy Sawahel. The Arab world, and especially North Africa, has been late in joining the ‘entrepreneurial’ movement in higher education, which strives to enhance youth and graduate employment and provide young people with the knowledge and skills to start their own businesses. This is the conclusion of a recent report on Reforming the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Post-Revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia. The study, published in April by Stanford University in the United States. Read more...

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6 juillet 2014

World Bank calls for more entrepreneurship education

By Wachira Kigotho. A new World Bank report has identified entrepreneurship education and training as a catalyst that could stimulate innovation and generate jobs among university graduates, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where graduate unemployment rates are high. The burning question is whether entrepreneurship can actually be taught.
The report, Entrepreneurship Education and Training: Insights from Ghana, Kenya, and Mozambique, suggests that skilled entrepreneurship offers potential rewards across the socio-economic spectrum and could be used to reduce graduate joblessness. Read more...

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6 juillet 2014

Higher education quality targeted in new German plan

By Munyaradzi Makoni. The new academic collaboration strategy of the German Academic Exchange Service, or DAAD, aims to train more students to become university lecturers, build university capacity, and strengthen research and graduate training. Launched in Germany on 25 June, the strategy will run from 2015 to 2020.
Both existing DAAD programmes and new models of cooperation will be used in the new plan to achieve success in qualifying many more university lecturers – through scholarships in Germany and at well-performing universities in Africa – according to Academic Collaboration with the Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategy paper. Read more...

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6 juillet 2014

Rapid growth in university engagement worldwide

By Karen MacGregor. Growing numbers of university leaders worldwide are seeing community engagement as a central priority, says Professor Robert M Hollister, executive director of the Talloires Network – a global coalition of universities committed to moving beyond the ivory tower. Rather than distracting from engagement, internationalisation is “dramatically reinforcing and accelerating that trend, through people learning from and influencing one another’s work”.
The network’s 2014 conference will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, in December – for the first time in the developing world. Read more...

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6 juillet 2014

New e-campus platform launched for Francophone Africa

By Wagdy Sawahel. In an effort to provide quality higher education for students in countries on the horn of Africa, the University of Djibouti has launched an e-campus – placing it at the forefront of online learning in the region.
The initiative was officially launched by Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh in May, according to the University of Djibouti website. Read more...

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6 juillet 2014

High-level global climate change MOOC for GUPES

By Wachira Kigotho. The United Nations Environment Programme, or UNEP, has produced a 50-hour masters module climate change MOOC – massive open online course – that will be taught through the Global Universities Partnership on Environment and Sustainability, or GUPES, and is expected to reach a large global audience. Read more...

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6 juillet 2014

South Africa to host fifth Pan African University node

By Munyaradzi Makoni. South Africa has reportedly been selected to host the southern, space sciences node of the Pan African University – after initial rejection, a five-year wait and much politicking. But the African Union Commission has not yet been officially informed. Read more...

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6 juillet 2014

East African countries step closer to harmonisation

By Gilbert Nganga. The five East African Community member countries have taken the biggest step yet towards harmonising higher education by crafting a draft credit transfer system and a qualifications model. The new qualifications system – which awaits several approvals before being rolled out – means Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda will harmonise the courses offered in their universities. Read more...

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