By Unsoo Jung. The South Korean government has chosen half a dozen universities to lead and foster inter-Korean reunification education among the country’s universities, with funding from the government, amid heightened cross-border tensions with North Korea. Read more...

By Eugene Vorotnikov. The Russian government has approved a project for the establishment of a large-scale research and technology valley in the centre of Moscow, according to a spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science. Read more...

By Maina Waruru. The governments of Kenya and South Africa have invited applications for joint research from scholars in the two countries. There will be R4 million (US$272,000) in funding available under a joint scientific and technological collaboration founded in 2004. Read more...

By Papias Musafiri. The Next Einstein Forum, or NEF, Global Gathering that took place in Senegal last month brought together African and global leaders from science, industry, civil society and government. The aim was to create “a unified African scientific identity integrated into the global scientific community and to inspire talented young people to pursue science”. Read more...

By Deren Temel. From 2002 to 2013, only 2.7% of international aid supported higher education in developing countries (Childs 2015). Given the knowledge economy’s thirst for skills, the societal benefits and global policy frameworks that support higher education funding, we are left wondering why higher education received so little support. Read more...

By James Otieno Jowi. At a conference on internationalisation and mobility held in Stavanger from 9-10 March 2016, Norway – which has a long history of collaboration with African higher education – unveiled its big new programme for academic partnerships with the global South. Read more...

By Wachira Kigotho. Members of the academic diaspora are dependable ambassadors for universities in Africa in the face of the unstoppable onslaughts of economic globalisation and higher education internationalisation, argues Ibrahim Oanda Ogachi, programme officer for the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. Read more...

By Reuben Kyama. The African Leadership University, launched in Mauritius last month with the aim of training Africa’s future leaders, has huge ambitions – to build 25 campuses across the continent and train three million leaders in five decades. It has partnered with Scotland’s Glasgow Caledonian University to award internationally recognised degrees to graduates. Read more...

By Jane Marshall. Senegal has announced that a new human and social sciences education and research unit will open next year in Kolda in the south. Read more...

By Esther Nakkazi. Bilateral research collaboration between Uganda and Sweden has been renewed for five years, ending in 2020. The new research cooperation agreement focuses on institutional capacity building and human resource development in public universities in Uganda. Read more...