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1 octobre 2018

Iran’s ‘branch campuses’ reach Sub-Saharan Africa

By Wagdy Sawahel. Iranian universities are rapidly expanding their branches in both number and capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa, in a move seen by higher education experts as either enhancing academia on the continent, or attempting to extend Iranian cultural diplomacy or 'soft power' to serve Iranian political, economic, religious and cultural agendas. More...

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1 octobre 2018

Scholars targeted as Uighur purge engulfs universities

By Yojana Sharma. The families and academic colleagues of academics in Xinjiang who disappeared after major purges of the region’s universities are beginning to speak out after maintaining months of silence as Beijing’s widespread crackdown on the Uighur Muslim population of the Northwest province of Xinjiang engulfed higher education. More...

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1 octobre 2018

Reduce publishing in India and increase quality

By Pushkar. In a recent article, Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit argue that “too much [is] being published” leading to a “crisis in academic publishing”. For them, the fault lies with “most academic institutions [which] want to resemble the universities at the top of the academic pecking order”. The only solution they see is “drastic cutbacks” in scholarly publishing. More...

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1 octobre 2018

The dangers of limiting research to elite universities

By Jenny J Lee and Alma Maldonado-Maldonado. With regard to our recent debate with Philip Altbach and Hans de Wit on research publishing, there are some points of agreement; however, key points of disagreement remain. More...

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1 octobre 2018

Must academic evaluation be so citation data driven?

By Steve Fuller. For the past quarter-century, I have reviewed cases for academic tenure and promotion in many disciplines in many countries. Usually what is required is an evaluation of the candidate’s research record. Teaching and, increasingly, public engagement are also mentioned as factors to weigh. Grant income often appears as a consideration, but not so as to give the impression that I am being asked to judge the candidate’s suitability to make partner in a law firm. More...

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1 octobre 2018

Enriching value of HE connections across the diaspora

By Claudia Frittelli. Tertiary education enrolment in Sub-Saharan Africa nearly doubled from approximately 4.5 million in 2000 to 8.8 million in 2016 (according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics data). To meet the needs of new and expanding universities, several African governments, including Kenya and South Africa, have set targets or identified a need to increase the number of doctoral graduates by the thousands over the next decade in order to improve the quality and size of academic staff. More...

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1 octobre 2018

Promoting Malaysian culture through internationalisation

By Hazri Jamil, Wan Chang Da and Ooi Poh Ling. Malaysia used to be primarily a sending country, but it now has a strategic plan for taking in international students with the aim of becoming a hub for education and innovation, as captured in the government’s National Higher Education Strategic Plan Beyond 2020 (NHESP). More...

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1 octobre 2018

Towards global recognition of HE qualifications

By Roger Y Chao Jr and Stig Arne Skjerven. With the 2011 Tokyo Recognition Convention coming into force in February 2019 and having its inaugural recognition committee meeting this coming October in Seoul, the Asia-Pacific region is due for a re-energised effort to enhance access, mobility and quality in higher education. More...

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1 octobre 2018

Academic study quantifies sanctions impact for first time

By Tonderayi Mukeredzi. Zimbabwe lost about US$4.8 billion worth of revenue in the manufacturing sector in 2010 and US$2.1 billion in 2015 due to Western sanctions, according to the preliminary results of a government-funded academic study to probe their impact on the country. More...

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1 octobre 2018

Could Stephen Hawking have studied in Germany?

By Marijke Lass. The German National Association for Student Affairs (DSW) has published a survey on the situation of students with disabilities and chronic diseases, which finds that this group is confronted with a wide range of impediments at university. More...

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