By Jeannie Rea. In an environment of extreme levels of casualised teaching and crowded workloads of other academics and professional staff due to chronic underfunding, the opportunities provided by OLT to focus and fund innovation in higher education pedagogy and programs is critical to the ongoing success of our higher education system and the outcomes for our students. More...
By Jeannie Rea. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is calling on the UniSuper superannuation fund CEO, Kevin O’Sullivan, to withdraw his public statement opposing a Royal Commission into the banks. More...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that the blanket implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) policy by all federal government-owned institutions is crippling the efforts the institutions to deliver on their set objectives. More...
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said the need to speed up transformation at universities had to be addressed, after he met all the country's vice-chancellors in Johannesburg yesterday.
Nzimande said that little progress had been made in transforming universities because of "very weak" institutional forums taking their recommendations to university councils, which had final say. More...
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Higher Education Council for Africa and Madagascar (CAMES) are committed to clinching a successful partnership aimed at strengthening higher education in Africa, officials of the body told APA Monday.
Struck in the French capital Paris, the agreement covers joint efforts in advocacy and capacity building in quality assurance of higher education.
The focus is on the development of good practices and collaboration with like-minded bodies in other parts of Africa and the world. More...
Le ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique, Tahar Hadjar a mis l'accent mardi sur la nécessité d'unifier et d'harmoniser les cursus du doctorat, tout en prenant en charge les facteurs qui entravent la soutenance des doctorants dans les délais. More...
The Council for Higher Education announced on Monday that for the first time Israeli higher academic institutions will be able to provide online courses to millions of students worldwide. More...
The council formed under this law will evaluate the academic functions of public and private universities before giving recognition.
Bangladesh currently has 38 public and 92 private universities. More...
Albania is to pay a British agency, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, QAA, around 700,000 euros to rank the quality of its 35 public and private universities. More...
Gambian migrants in Italy who are interested in pursuing further education can have their dreams of university education fulfilled as many universities in the European country have scholarship for such migrants.
The universities of Pavia, Napoli, Bologna and Torino – all in Italy – have agreed to provide various university scholarships to suitable migrants from eight countries including Afghanistan, Cameroun, The Gambia, Iran, Nigeria and Togo. More...
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