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29 août 2016

South catching up with North as student destination

By Karen MacGregor. While international student mobility continues to flow North, emerging countries in the global South are fast becoming major players, says Professor Hans de Wit, director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College in the United States. It will not be long before China bypasses top student destination nations like Australia and the United Kingdom. More...

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29 août 2016

Countries share common higher education challenges

By Nicola Jenvey. Regardless of geographical distances, political agendas and student bodies, countries in Africa faced similar challenges in respect of massification, quality, funding, leadership and internationalisation of higher education. More...

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29 août 2016

Push for more women in higher education

By Nicola Jenvey. African universities must work cohesively to build the continent’s human capital, specifically in mathematics, science, physics and health sciences, while also realising that more women must be included in higher education. More...

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29 août 2016

Leaders discuss 'thorny' issue of government influence

By Nicola Jenvey. Politics has the ability to play out in higher education, albeit in differing degrees, regardless of the country and the will of individual universities. More...

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29 août 2016

Higher education forum for the global South launched

By Nicola Jenvey. In a promising moment for cross-continental tertiary learning, 20 August saw the Higher Education Forum for Africa, Asia and Latin America or HEFAALA officially launched in Durban on South Africa’s east coast before 60 delegates from 18 nations. More...

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29 août 2016

The revival of polytechnics

By Goolam Mohamedbhai. As African countries prepared to gain independence in the 1960s, each one started to establish a national university. Mauritius, a small island with a population then of barely three quarters of a million, was no exception. More...

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29 août 2016

Bilateral higher education plan unveiled

By Wagdy Sawahel. China and Egypt have unveiled a higher education cooperation plan that includes setting up a joint institution, networking among universities, and promoting student and academic mobility programmes. More...

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29 août 2016

New curricula for land governance challenges

By Gilbert Nakweya. Guidelines for the development of curricula on land governance are being drafted to assist institutions of higher learning to develop education and training programmes that will equip graduates with the skills needed to address Africa’s land governance challenges. More...

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29 août 2016

New digital initiatives to boost higher education

By Wagdy Sawahel. Morocco recently launched two digital initiatives – a doctoral catalogue system and a platform for massive open online courses or MOOCs – both aimed at promoting scientific research at universities and facilitating access to higher education. More...

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29 août 2016

Fees fiasco threatens future of top African universities

By Munyaradzi Makoni. South Africa’s battle over tuition fees is far from over, generating instability across the sector and simmering student protests. Last week the government revealed that 16 out of 26 (62%) public institutions – including Africa’s top universities – could face financial distress if fees do not rise, and could have a nearly R4 billion (US$279 million) funding shortfall for 2017-18. More...

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