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28 mai 2018

Medical studies reform to meet societal needs

Algeria is reforming the first-year programme of medical studies to achieve a “quality education”, with greater coordination between the health and research ministries, Tahar Hadjar, the minister for higher education and scientific research, has announced. More...

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28 mai 2018

Partnership to boost Guinea’s higher education system

A higher education framework agreement aimed at helping Guinea to adapt and improve its higher education systems along Senegalese lines is to be signed by the two countries. More...

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28 mai 2018

No easy solutions to university sex-for-marks phenomenon

By Tunde Fatunde. A recent sex-for-marks scandal involving a senior academic and a postgraduate student has highlighted not only the prevalence of the problem, but the difficulty in addressing it in Nigerian universities. More...

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28 mai 2018

Research universities – The need for a realistic roadmap

By Wondwosen Tamrat. Largely because of their role in knowledge creation and dissemination and their concomitant contribution towards the global knowledge economy, the extant literature is replete with arguments in favour of the development of research universities. More...

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28 mai 2018

Managing the rise of university global health partnerships

By Obafemi Ogunleye. The opportunity to partner with a well-endowed institution will always be attractive from the perspective of a less-endowed institution, but as new partners seek to enter the African health market through higher education, institutions that are already working in these communities should set the ground rules. More...

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28 mai 2018

Fighting the scourge of sexual violence on campus

By Ayenachew A Woldegiyorgis. Since November 2013, Hanna Tefera had been the director of the university Gender Affairs Directorate at Adama Science and Technology University in Ethiopia. On 18 January 2018 she received a letter of dismissal from her position. No reason was given. Hanna said her removal was sudden and she did not know why it happened. Perhaps, by saying this she was trying to protect herself and those involved from further repercussions. More...

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28 mai 2018

Roadmap to address poor quality at universities

By Wagdy Sawahel. Egypt’s National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education has adopted a range of measures to tackle the poor quality of university education in the country. More...

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28 mai 2018

Report highlights global trend towards HE cost sharing

By Christabel Ligami. As enrolment in higher learning institutions has been growing steadily driven by improved student progression rates and higher numbers of part-time students, governments around the world, including those in Africa, are finding ways to shift the cost burden, according to a recent United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) report. More...

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28 mai 2018

New project takes the fight against extremism to students

By Wagdy Sawahel. A UNESCO campaign launched recently in the North African countries of Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan aims to empower youth in the fight against extremism and strengthen the capacities of universities and other educational institutions to contribute to national prevention efforts. More...

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28 mai 2018

AIMS announces female climate change science fellows

By Munyaradzi Makoni. A programme under the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI), aimed specifically at increased female participation to contribute to a more sustainable societal response to climate change, has announced its first climate change science fellows. More...

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