By Sharon Dell – Africa Editor. In Africa Analysis,
Damtew Teferra writes in the wake of alleged Chinese espionage at the African Union headquarters that it is critical for Africa’s intelligentsia to step up to protect the continent’s strategic interests through the consolidation of its intellectual citadels, while
Ekkehard Wolff laments that universities in Africa are doing little to address the issue of linguistic imperialism.
In this week’s Special Report, we interview
Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams, the principal investigator of a unique 21-country, four-year research project which explores the uses and impact of open educational resources in the Global South. The study, and the volume produced from it, fills a major gap in empirical research and has given educators in the South space to participate in a global conversation about open education. We also include a series of articles by
Henry Trotter which give an overview of the findings.
In Africa Features,
Tunde Fatunde covers the story of the deportation of Cameroonian academics from Nigeria, and
Gilbert Nakweya highlights the impact of new admissions reforms on the higher education sector in Kenya.
In Africa News, three stories coming out of Zimbabwe, by
Kudzai Mashininga and
Tonderayi Mukeredzi, highlight the changes taking place in the higher education sector in the wake of the country’s recent leadership changes, while
Ashraf Khaled covers the third edition of the Africa STI Forum from Cairo, Egypt.
Finally, in World Blog this week,
Philip G Altbach and Hans de Wit argue that we are seeing not just a temporary challenge from rising populism in some parts of the world but a fundamental shift on higher education internationalisation that will mean rethinking the entire approach.
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