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21 septembre 2017

How do university rankings maintain their influence?

By Miguel Antonio Lim. University rankings are routinely raised as a concern in higher education. There appears to be a widespread view that vice-chancellors and other managers are universally concerned about the next rankings’ release. More...

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21 septembre 2017

Pro-independence banners re-emerge on campuses

By Mimi Leung. Banners advocating Hong Kong’s independence from China have re-emerged at several Hong Kong university campuses despite moves to tear them down at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, or CUHK. More...

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21 septembre 2017

Plan for universities to hold jobs for foreign faculty

By Ranjit Devraj. India wants to hire more foreign academics to boost the position of its higher education institutions in international university rankings. More...

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21 septembre 2017

Trump’s DACA decision bars door into higher education

By Mary Beth Marklein. United States President Donald Trump’s decision last week to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, programme for undocumented immigrants without a clear legislative solution leaves them unable to enrol in college or university and prompted stern rebukes from US higher education leaders. More...

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21 septembre 2017

Tempest in the rankings teapot – An African perspective

By Damtew Teferra. It is that season when ranking entities announce their 'findings' on the comparative stature of the world’s universities. As usual, the 'premier' universities remain at the top and the rest are relegated to the bottom – African universities in particular. The 'rankers' go about their business, some with audacity, but too often without sufficient concern for veracity, authenticity or integrity in their methodologies and, especially in the case of Africa, without sufficient data. More...

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21 septembre 2017

Foreign firms to plug universities’ infrastructure gap

By Gilbert Nganga. Foreign financial institutions and private equity funds are lining up millions of dollars to invest in Kenya’s higher education, potentially helping to narrow the damaging infrastructure gap facing the sector. More...

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21 septembre 2017

Meeting the challenge of sustainability

By Munyaradzi Makoni. The AAU is an organisation with a very bright past as the voice of the higher education system in Africa, and it is recognised by the sub-regions and by the African Union. However, the number of member universities is still very low; thus one of the priorities will be to attract more members by offering them a range of benefits existing within the AAU. More...

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21 septembre 2017

Commonwealth campaign sees universities as peace-builders

By Munyaradzi Makoni. As places where ideas can be advanced and challenged in an atmosphere of tolerance and objectivity, universities play a critical role in promoting mutual respect and understanding between people of different faiths and beliefs. More...

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21 septembre 2017

E-learning hub a ‘short-cut’ to agricultural knowledge

By Sam Otieno. The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, or RUFORUM, is working jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, or FAO, to implement an e-learning hub intended to enhance the capacity of agricultural graduates to meet the changing demands of the agricultural sector. More...

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21 septembre 2017

New programme to produce high-level agricultural skills

By Sam Otieno. African universities are set to benefit from a new €4.2 million (US$5 million) programme that will train postgraduate students in 11 countries in three thematic project areas: crop improvement; aquaculture and fisheries; and fragile ecosystems management. More...

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