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24 août 2018

Huge rise in unconditional offers for university places

By Brendan O'Malley. Sam Gyimah, the universities minister, has accused universities of being “completely irresponsible” and undermining the credibility of university education by steeply increasing the number of unconditional offers made to prospective students in a scramble to fill places. More...

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24 août 2018

Skills mismatch under the spotlight at Yaoundé meeting

By Christabel Ligami. Africa is likely to miss out on the fourth industrial revolution if universities do not focus on entrepreneurship courses or transform their current education curricula so as to give graduates the right skills for the job market, according to education experts. More...

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24 août 2018

Graft clampdown – Universities told to halt new projects

By Gilbert Nganga. Kenya’s public universities, many of which have embarked on ambitious infrastructure projects, are facing a rocky future following the government’s blanket ban on new infrastructure projects for all state agencies and the implementation of tighter procurement processes – all aimed at clamping down on corruption. More...

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24 août 2018

Researcher fears government tender will sabotage his PhD

By Rodrigue Rwirahira. The figures for the amount of funding distributed by Horizon 2020, the European Union’s flagship research programme, up to late July show that, with 43% of funding for 2013-20 distributed, four of the top five recipient institutions are leading United Kingdom universities. But number five is Denmark’s University of Copenhagen. More...

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24 août 2018

Substance abuse – The unspoken challenge to HE goals

By Wondwosen Tamrat. Substance and drug abuse among university students has become a major global concern and a serious challenge. Substances commonly abused include alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs, cannabis and other psychoactive substances. More...

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24 août 2018

Factors behind being in top five Horizon 2020 recipients

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The figures for the amount of funding distributed by Horizon 2020, the European Union’s flagship research programme, up to late July show that, with 43% of funding for 2013-20 distributed, four of the top five recipient institutions are leading United Kingdom universities. But number five is Denmark’s University of Copenhagen. More...

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24 août 2018

Higher education disability policy – Important but flawed

By Oliver Mutanga, Bothwell Manyonga and Sindile Ngubane-Mokiwa. South Africa finally has a disability policy that’s specific to the higher education sector. The new policy framework should be celebrated as an achievement. Its value is that, because it’s specific to the sector, it gives institutions (such as universities) a common vision. It also enables monitoring and evaluation of progress that is context specific. More...

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24 août 2018

New partnership puts university teaching in the spotlight

By Gilbert Nakweya. African universities need a systematic change in teaching and learning approaches to help lecturers deal with growing student numbers and inadequate facilities, and to produce graduates who can make meaningful contributions in today’s knowledge-based economies. More...

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24 août 2018

Will the fee increase solve universities’ funding woes?

By Esther Nakkazi. While a tuition fee increment for higher education – the first in 10 years – may be the most viable way to address immediate financial woes facing universities in Uganda, it is not a sustainable way to address higher education funding gaps, say academics. More...

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24 août 2018

Saudi universities halt courses for non-regular students

By Ashraf Khaled. Saudi universities have stopped admitting non-regular or part-time students wishing to obtain a bachelor degree, at an order from the Arab country’s education authorities. More...

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