Business schools must teach political skills to help graduates fight corruption

By Sharon Dell – Africa Editor. In Africa Features, Sharon Dell interviews Dr Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong, assistant professor of strategy in the School of Management at the University of Bath in the UK, about his recent research which proposes that business schools in Africa should be nurturing institutional entrepreneurs rather than ethical business leaders in order to fight systemic corruption.
   Also in Africa Features, Gilbert Nakweya asks why so many law graduates are failing the Kenyan national bar examination upon their first sitting, and Esther Nakkazi writes about the introduction of an e-learning platform to a community-based education research programme for students in health-related disciplines in Uganda.
   In Africa Analysis, Simon Ngalomba discusses the benefits for agenda-setting of greater equality and reciprocity in China-Africa higher education collaborations.
   Among our News items from around the continent, Kudzai Mashininga reports on the growing popularity among Zimbabwean students of the ruling ZANU-PF party; Ashraf Khaled reports on the recent student elections held in universities in Egypt; and Francis Kokutse writes about some of the highlights of the African University Day celebrations initiated by the Association of African Universities in Ghana.
   Given the scale of the global refugee problem, Patrick Blessinger and Enakshi Sengupta in our World Blog encourage colleges and universities to continue the good work of helping more refugees access higher education. More...