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23 janvier 2018

Four African centres of excellence launched

Last week, Education Minister Janet Museveni launched four Africa Centres of Excellence or ACEs in Uganda – part of the Eastern and Southern Africa Higher Education Centres of Excellence II project that will see 24 centres in eight countries, including Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, writes Mosel Talemwa for The Observer. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Students' union to investigate campus sexual harassment

Sexual harassment in universities is to be investigated by the National Union of Students, which is conducting the United Kingdom’s first survey of staff sexual misconduct in higher education, reports the Press Association. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Women in universities share experiences of harassment

Academia is the latest industry to be shaken by widescale allegations of sexual assault in Sweden, with students and researchers raising their voices in a Facebook group aimed to draw attention to the problem, reports The Local. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Highest-paid vice-chancellor edges no confidence vote

The beleaguered vice-chancellor of Bath University has made a public apology and narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence by the university’s senate, shortly after a packed meeting of staff called on her to resign over the lack of transparency in the way pay awards have been made, writes Richard Adams for The Guardian. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Taiwan seeking balance in cross-strait exchanges

In response to Beijing’s attempt to assimilate Taiwanese students while restricting the number of Chinese students studying in Taiwan, officials say the government of Taiwan has rejected academic exchange programmes that would result in an outflow of Taiwanese academics to China, writes Chung Li-hua for the Taipei Times. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Shift in priorities for Czech universities

Observers say the anti-establishment political party that swept to victory in the Czech Republic’s recent elections is likely to want the country’s universities to redirect teaching and research towards the needs of the economy, writes David Matthews for Times Higher Education. More...

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23 janvier 2018

MP calls for cameras at university examination venues

Magda Nasr, a member of the committee on education and scientific research of the House of Representatives, called for the installation of cameras in all examination halls at Egyptian universities to prevent cheating and lack of discipline, reports Egypt Today. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Justice Department threatens to sue Harvard University

The United States Justice Department has threatened to sue Harvard University to force it to turn over documents as it investigates whether the Ivy League university’s admission policies violate civil rights laws, reports Reuters. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Public universities grapple with teacher shortage

Public universities across Bangladesh are grappling with severe teacher shortages, partly as a result of the fact that many qualified teachers are emigrating to other countries where they find better working conditions, writes Rashid Al Ruhani for the Dhaka Tribune. More...

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23 janvier 2018

Universities feel sting of economic, political crisis

Venezuela’s economic and political crisis has sparked food and medical shortages, the world’s highest inflation rate and allegations of a power grab by the ruling socialists. But it is also threatening the country’s future by ravaging higher education, write Rachelle Krygier and Anthony Faiola for The Washington Post. More...

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