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24 août 2018

Education and employment and the response to automation

By Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells, Alexandra Whittington, April Koury and Helena Calle. As the debate about the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation continues, we are getting used to opposing predictions: either doom-laden predictions of mass unemployment or more positive predictions of a new wave of jobs being created. More...

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24 août 2018

Bologna 20 years on – Look at the bigger picture

By Anne Corbett. How should we be judging the Bologna Process 20 years on? The recent ministerial meeting provides a good opportunity to consider progress to date. More...

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24 août 2018

Agriculture e-learning hub goes live

By Maina Waruru. An e-learning hub for African universities mooted by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in 2017 is now operational, offering more than 35 member universities from across Africa access to free content intended to enhance the teaching of agriculture. More...

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24 août 2018

Campus divisions run deep over job quota protests

By Mushfique Wadud. As students and teachers on Bangladesh’s university campuses have become deeply divided over the reservation of government jobs for certain groups, a student at a government-run university was last week suspended for a social media post in support of an ongoing student movement demanding reform in the quota system. More...

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24 août 2018

Academics call for suspension of student protest cases

By Shafigeh Shirazi. Some 120 academics from universities across Iran, including former legislators and cabinet members, last week called on President Hassan Rouhani to order the immediate suspension of judicial cases against more than 150 students who are still in detention for participating in protests that occurred in December 2017 and January this year. More...

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24 août 2018

Long overdue audit reveals yawning skills deficits

By Tonderayi Mukeredzi. An audit has revealed that, despite a national literacy rate above 90%, Zimbabwe has an appalling deficit of skilled professionals, particularly in the engineering, sciences, technology and agricultural sectors. More...

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24 août 2018

Top universities demand better accreditation system

By Eugene Vorotnikov. The 50 largest Russian universities have called on Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, to abolish the current system of state accreditation of universities, due to its backwardness, according to universities’ representatives. More...

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24 août 2018

Swedish grant to boost university’s postgraduate capacity

By Maina Waruru. Postgraduate education in Ethiopia has received a massive boost following the recent signing of a US$22.5 million five-year agreement between the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and Ethiopia's flagship university aimed at strengthening postgraduate programmes and enhancing local capacity. More...

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24 août 2018

International student and academic numbers are rising

By Michael Gardner. Germany is increasingly being sought as a destination by international students and academics, says a recent report that also shows that the number of German students going abroad remains at a high level. More...

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24 août 2018

Call for government-led international education strategy

By Brendan O'Malley. More can and should be done to uphold the international competitiveness of United Kingdom higher education, according to a new report from Universities UK International (UUKi). More...

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