By Karen MacGregor. All universities in the Netherlands now offer entrepreneurship education and from next year it will be obligatory in vocational colleges, said senior researcher Dr Petra Gibcus. But content differs greatly between institutions and faculties – and it took far too long to integrate entrepreneurship education into the curriculum. Read more...

By Karen MacGregor. The South African government used funding mechanisms to sharply increase the production of PhDs and research outputs in universities. Now clever ways need to be found to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in higher education, said Professor Ahmed Bawa, vice-chancellor of Durban University of Technology. Read more...

By Nico Cloete. On Saturday 17 October 2015, the Second National Higher Education Summit, organised by South Africa's Department of Higher Education and Training together with a broad range of stakeholders, issued the Durban Statement on Transformation in Higher Education. After listing significant transformation gains, the statement resolved that seven issues must be addressed immediately. Read more...

By Wachira Kigotho. Attempts to revitalise African higher education are being eroded because of under-funding, competing forces that try to influence who goes to university and what they should be taught, and the rise of ethnically-based institutions, according to experts. Read more...

By Reuben Kyama. The MasterCard Foundation hosted its inaugural Young Africa Works Summit 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa, from 29-30 October. The gathering focused on preparing young people for employment and entrepreneurship in agriculture. REUBEN KYAMA, for University World News, spoke with REETA ROY, president and CEO of the Toronto-based foundation, at the close of the summit. Read more...

By Munyaradzi Makoni. A Shona-Chinese dictionary produced by academics at the University of Zimbabwe and its Confucius Institute will be launched on 20 November in Harare. But the dictionary – the first in Africa – is already on the market. Read more...

Zambia has resolved to undertake major university infrastructure projects. The government is seeking to operationalise new higher education institutions and finish incomplete construction projects in 2016, in an initiative that involves around 12 universities and colleges. Read more...

By Francis Kokutse. Amid concerns that global rankings of universities prejudice African institutions, Peter Okebukola, former executive secretary of Nigeria’s National Universities Commission or NUC, has countered that league tables can encourage competition and improve performance. Read more...

By Kudzai Mashininga. Zimbabwe has come up with a law compelling the higher and tertiary education minister to ensure that at least half of ministerial appointees on all university councils are women, as required by the country’s Constitution. Read more...

By Tunde Fatunde. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimates that there are some 52,000 Nigerian students abroad, including 17,300 in the top destination country the United Kingdom. The New York-based Institute of International Education reports nearly 8,000 Nigerians studying in the United States. Read more...