Global support for the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (“Istanbul Convention”) significantly increased today with the official signature by the European Union. More...
Europe and migration will be one of the central themes of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Summer plenary session, to be held in Strasbourg from 26 to 30 June 2017.
Four reports will be debated on Wednesday 28 June, focusing on the humanitarian and political response to the migration crisis, the human rights implications of the European response to transit migration, migration as an opportunity for European development and the integration of refugees in times of critical pressure. More...
Deeply ingrained ethnic divisions and lack of a common vision of reconciliation and development still hamper the construction of a tolerant and cohesive society in Bosnia and Herzegovina more than 20 years after the war. The country has not yet managed to overcome its violent past and a number of victims, in particular families of missing persons and victims of war crimes of sexual violence, are denied justice. More...
Private universities have turned away many government-sponsored students, citing poor funding, write Peter Mburu and Linet Amuli for the Nation. More...A new institute of health with capacity to train nearly 2,000 students in nursing and laboratory work has been inaugurated in Sumbe. More...Higher Education and Universities Minister Steve Mbikayi is counting on connecting all the country’s universities and other institutions to each other through new technologies as a key part of his action plan to improve and modernise the higher education system. More...Countries around the world can be roughly divided into four groups according to two factors: the level of university tuition fees charged and the financial support available through each country’s student financial aid system, according to the latest OECD report, Education at a Glance 2017, writes Geoff Maslen. More...By Nita Temmerman. Education plays a pivotal role in empowering young people to transform their lives and become positive, contributing citizens in society. This has taken on an even more significant reality for me as an educator over the past couple of years as I have been privileged to work with a number of higher education providers in countries where the standard of living is very different to that which we enjoy in Australia (my home country). More...By Harris Andoh. The first universities in Africa were established with the triple mission of teaching, research and community engagement. However, between the early 1970s and 2000, teaching became the only de facto mission of many of these African universities. More...By Alan Ruby and Matthew Hartley. Early in August 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet agreed to a proposal to fund the creation of 20 ‘institutions of eminence’ in India’s already complex higher education system. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
