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24 octobre 2018

Researchers fear election of far-right candidate

Brazil appears poised to elect a far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, as its next president. His rapid ascent has unnerved local researchers, who are concerned about the future of Brazilian science, the protection of the country’s biodiversity, and its role in the global struggle against climate change, writes Herton Escobar for Science Magazine. More...

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24 octobre 2018

Closing the gap between university presses and libraries

MIT Press and the University of Michigan Press have both announced plans to start selling their e-book collections directly to libraries by creating their own distribution platforms, writes Lindsay McKenzie for Inside Higher Ed. Previously they did not have a mechanism for selling to institutions directly. More...

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24 octobre 2018

Glitzy ‘Science Oscars’ to make stars of researchers

Nine scientists were recognised with a ‘Breakthrough Prize’, a US$3 million Silicon Valley-funded award meant to confer Oscars-style glamour and prestige on the basic sciences.
The prizes in physics, life sciences and mathematics went to six men and three women, reports AFP. More...

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24 octobre 2018

Francophone HE council to debate quality assurance

Bertrand Mbatchi, secretary-general of Le Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l’Enseignement Supérieur (CAMES) – the francophone African 19-country higher education council – visited Brazzaville for talks with Minister of Higher Education Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua ahead of November’s conference on quality assurance and equivalence of degrees, which will be hosted by the Republic of the Congo. More...

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24 octobre 2018

Threat to cancel courses – ‘Government will pay up’

Senegal's Higher Education Minister Mary Teuw Niane has tried to reassure institutions that the government will pay the more than 16 billion francs it owes them, after they threatened to cancel the courses of thousands of students that the state has been contracted to fund. More...

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24 octobre 2018

Federal review of standards of HE courses announced

Organisations that offer higher education courses in Australia are to face a federal review of their standards. More...

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24 octobre 2018

Hong Kong steps up research collaboration with China

By Mimi Leung. Hong Kong will top up its research endowment fund to the tune of HK$20 billion (US$2.6 billion) to boost innovation as it steps up research collaborations with the Chinese mainland and with other countries, the Hong Kong government has announced. More...

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24 octobre 2018

Funding for Europe’s universities rising, but not enough

By Rebecca Warden. Governments have increased funding for European higher education over the past decade but this recovery is not happening fast enough to produce a catch-up effect, according to the European University Association (EUA). This was one of the main trends in university funding presented at the EUA’s Fourth Funding Forum, held in Barcelona, Spain on 18-19 October. More...

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24 octobre 2018

A pioneer in the development of education technology

By Brenda Dionisi. If you want to discover how technology will change higher education provision in future, Rome-based International Telematic University Uninettuno, a wholly online institution, which claims to be a pioneer of educational technology, may be a good place to start. More...

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24 octobre 2018

The rise and rise of predatory journals

By Ryan Allen. There has been a precipitous rise in predatory academic journals in recent years. Most researchers are probably familiar with the recruitment tactic from these scammers. If you haven’t noticed, check your spam folder. It will be littered with invitations to submit to journals tangentially related to your field. More...

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