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7 mai 2018

Guides to ‘being not-rich’ spring up on elite campuses

By Emma Kerr, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Numerous alumni filled the guide to ‘Being Not-Rich' at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with similar comments: “I wish we had something like this when I was a student”. Aarica Marsh, an alumna who graduated in 2016, didn’t know other low-income students, and didn’t think to call herself a first-generation college student. More...

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7 mai 2018

Mobility scheme shows results, but challenges persist

By Maina Waruru. An impressive 1,255 African beneficiaries, including 722 masters and 346 doctoral students and 187 staff, have gained from a continent-wide mobility scheme implemented over seven years as a joint initiative of the African Union and European Union. More...

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7 mai 2018

Fallout as Peking University tries to silence student

By Yojana Sharma. A student at Peking University, China’s top institution, has been allowed to return to the campus after being barred for days for asking questions about campus sexual harassment and rape cases dating back to the 1990s. More...

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7 mai 2018

University still in ruins three years after earthquake

By Binod Ghimire. Three years since a devastating earthquake hit Nepal, the reconstruction of academic and administrative buildings of the country’s universities and colleges has made little headway, mainly because of inadequate funding. More...

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7 mai 2018

Call for reform of admissions for international students

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Norway should introduce a centrally coordinated national admission system for international graduate students, a government-commissioned report has recommended. More...

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7 mai 2018

Supreme Court orders removal of VCs as nepotism rises

By Ameen Amjad Khan. The Supreme Court of Pakistan last week ordered the removal of a number of university vice-chancellors because they were appointed in violation of the merit-based system. More...

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7 mai 2018

Working-class students unable to afford food, heating

By Brendan O’Malley. Students from ‘working-class’ backgrounds in the United Kingdom face a ‘poverty premium’, often paying higher costs in order to access post-16 education, leaving many unable to afford heating and food, according to new research from the National Union of Students’ Poverty Commission. More...

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7 mai 2018

As funding falls, China emerges as key research partner

By Suvendrini Kakuchi. With declining research funding in Japan and huge year on year rises in China’s research budget in recent years, China is fast emerging as a partner for Japanese scientific research collaboration, pursuing its interest in tapping Japan’s strengths in basic research. More...

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7 mai 2018

Three out of five students lose interest in study

Three out of every five students from universities in Kabul lose interest in study midway through their time on campus because of the ‘teaching method’ and ‘lack of hope for jobs in future’, reports Pajhwok Afghan News. More...

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7 mai 2018

AI set to shape the future of universities

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming many human activities ranging from daily chores to highly sophisticated tasks. But unlike many other industries, the higher education sector has yet to be really influenced by AI, write Nafis Alam and Graham Kendall for The Conversation. More...

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