By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. In Commentary,
Wilhelm Krull urges European universities and scholars to engage with the public, listen to them and take their concerns seriously in order to regain trust in scholarly expertise and confront the rise of anti-elitism sweeping the continent.
Roger Chao Jr suggests ways in which education systems need to be reconstructed to better educate people – young and old – for the fourth industrial revolution. And
V Santhakumar says there is an urgent need to pursue alternative models of higher education to the ‘world-class’ universities model in developing countries like India in order to create a more inclusive society and add social value.
In our World Blog,
Nita Temmerman shares her thoughts on decisive action that should be taken to improve teacher education because, she says, the success of any education system depends on the phenomenal impact of good teachers.
In Features,
Brendan O’Malley writes about the role universities in Colombia are playing in helping to build a sustainable peace after a protracted armed conflict and what lessons can be learned from their strategies. From Africa,
Wachira Kigotho reports on a World Bank study that paints a grim picture of how countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have failed to move their tertiary education systems from elitist to mass-based when compared with other regions in the world, while
Munyaradzi Makoni reports on a study commissioned by the Academy of Science of South Africa which calls for an overhaul of agricultural education and training in order to help realise the country’s considerable agricultural potential.
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