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8 mai 2018

Lessons about history by twitter: two South Africans go head-to-head on slavery

Screenshot-2018-5-7 Education – Views Research – The ConversationA recent exchange on Twitter between South African TV personality Sizwe Dhlomo and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille, is worthy of close examination because it raises important questions about how history is viewed, how debates unfold on social media and how South Africans deal with racism and diversity. More...

7 mai 2018

Why it’s hard to get South Sudan’s former child soldiers back to school

Screenshot-2018-5-7 Education – Views Research – The ConversationMore than 200 child soldiers have been freed from armed groups in South Sudan. The 112 boys and 95 girls, all under the age of 18, took part in a “laying down of arms ceremony” after which efforts will be made to reunite them with their families and their reintegration process will begin. More...

7 mai 2018

Academic leaders discuss quality of university lecturers

Close to 100 academic experts are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, to discuss how they can increase the number of qualified senior university lecturers to meet demands from ever-expanding postgraduate and mentorship programmes, writes Gashegu Muramira for The New Times. More...
7 mai 2018

New bill foresees establishment of 15 new universities

The Turkish government has submitted a bill to parliament that foresees the establishment of 15 new universities across the country, reports Hurriyet Daily News. More...
7 mai 2018

University suspends 23 students for having love affairs

A Ugandan university has suspended 23 students for one year after they were found guilty of engaging in love affairs, consuming alcohol and drugs and committing offences of theft, contrary to the institution’s regulations, writes Daniel Mumbere for AfricaNews.com. More...
7 mai 2018

Mature student admissions should reflect modern life

By Samuel Ofosu and Eric Fredua-Kwarteng. Entrants to undergraduate programmes in most African universities can be divided into four groups. The first group is made up of senior secondary school graduates aged 17 to 19. This is the typical, traditional group and it constitutes the largest of any cohort of matriculated students. But this group has practically zero employment and life experiences. More...
7 mai 2018

Universities appeal to president to end lengthy strike

By Tunde Fatunde. University stakeholders have issued an ultimatum to President Patrice Talon, urging him to resolve a three-month-long strike which has shuttered the country’s four universities, or face mass action that will render his government illegitimate and the country ungovernable. More...
7 mai 2018

Academics earn some of the best salaries in Commonwealth

By Munyaradzi Makoni. Among Commonwealth countries, South African higher education institutions offered the highest overall average salaries in 2017 and enjoyed the highest salary increases from 2016 – after cost of living is considered – according to a recent Association of Commonwealth Universities’ survey on academic salaries. More...
7 mai 2018

Understanding today’s student – A first step towards higher success rates

By Sharon Dell – Africa editor. In our lead Africa feature on student engagement, we highlight some of the key features of a recent national survey of first-year students in South Africa coordinated by the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of the Free State, which challenges some of the prevailing perceptions around first-year students in the country and points to ways in which universities can use data to support contemporary students more effectively. A new book on student engagement which speaks directly to the survey is also reviewed here.
   In Africa Analysis, Damtew Teferra says the Continental Education Strategy for Africa – unlike the Sustainable Development Goals – places higher education firmly at the centre of the continent’s development, where it belongs, while Wondwosen Tamrat argues in favour of more meaningful student participation in university governance in Ethiopia.
   Also in Africa Features, Christabel Ligami illustrates the plight of students in Kenyan universities whose lives have been put on hold by repeated lecturer strikes, and Wagdy Sawahel reports on some of the discussions at a recent pan-African meeting in Cairo to discuss the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
   In News from around the continent, Ashraf Khaled reports on an inquiry into an Egyptian lecturer accused of defaming two prominent clerics in his book, while Rodrigue Rwirahira reports on the growing demand for Chinese language courses in Rwanda.
   In a Special Report on the recent Going Global 2018 conference in Malaysia, Ahmed Bawa, chief executive officer of Universities South Africa, says there is a need for universities to deliver to both global and local publics to boost the sector’s weakened legitimacy and reshape the relationship between universities and society. More...
3 mai 2018

FUN développe sa présence en Afrique

Logo FUNLes enjeux dans le domaine de la santé et de l’environnement sont des enjeux de société cruciaux qui revêtent une importance particulière sur le continent africain ce qui a incité plusieurs équipes françaises à concevoir des MOOC autour de ces problématiques. Dans le domaine de la santé, on peut évoquer les MOOC «Malaria» et «Medical entomology» de l’Institut Pasteur et les MOOC «Répondre aux défis de santé en Afrique» et «Changement climatique et santé en contexte africain» de l’Université Sorbonne Paris Cité. D’autres MOOC se concentrent sur les problématiques de société, d’environnement ou les deux à la fois comme «La transition énergétique : les clés du développement durable de l’Europe et de l’Afrique» du Cnam et «Ressources naturelles et développement des territoires en Afrique» de l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Si les Africains sont présents en tant que public, les universitaires africains le sont également en tant que concepteurs de cours. Plus...

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