25 janvier 2018
25 janvier 2018
Recherche et création à l'honneur au Festival d'Avignon
25 janvier 2018
Metro mayors urge rethink on international students
A cross-party group of mayors has joined the growing clamour for the government to rethink its policies on international students following a sharp slowdown in the number coming to the United Kingdom, writes Anna Gordon for Financial Times. More...25 janvier 2018
Hong Kong university condemns independence calls again
Chinese University of Hong Kong has reiterated its opposition to Hong Kong independence after a student society for discussing the city’s breakaway from China began recruiting recently, writes Peace Chiu for South China Morning Post. More...25 janvier 2018
Investor pledges US$75 million to philosophy department
Famed value investor Bill Miller has pledged to donate US$75 million to the Johns Hopkins University Department of Philosophy in what is being touted as the largest ever gift to a university philosophy programme, writes David Carrig for USA Today. More...25 janvier 2018
Government orders review of university system
The federal government has named a former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Peter Okebukola, and former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, among members of a committee appointed to review the university system in Nigeria, writes Leke Baiyewu for Punch. More...25 janvier 2018
Mixed responses to university registration fee proposal
By Wagdy Sawahel. In a move perceived by some as the beginning of the end of free higher education, the Moroccan government is planning to introduce registration fees in public institutions for wealthy Moroccans and financial aid for those that cannot afford to pay. The responses have been mixed. More...25 janvier 2018
Science academy appeals for more Africa-based funding
By Maina Waruru. The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) is appealing for contributions from African governments and the continent's private sector to help it to, among other future projects, establish regional scientific research hubs that will contribute to an increase in science output on the continent. More...25 janvier 2018
Student interns work for no pay – A new form of slavery?
By Tonderayi Mukeredzi. The lack of regulation governing student internships, the completion of which is a mandatory component of diploma and degree studies, is leaving many desperate Zimbabwean students open to exploitation as many are working without any pay. More...25 janvier 2018
Free higher education offered to low-income families
By Suvendrini Kakuchi. A new ¥800 billion (US$7.2 billion) package announced by the Japanese government last year will enable students from certain low-income households to be eligible for free education at national universities and reduced tuition costs at private universities, two-year colleges and vocational schools from 2020. More...