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20 septembre 2017

Decolonise minds before living and learning spaces

By Fay Patel. To truly move on from our colonial suffering we must not seek to obliterate our painful histories by destroying all vestiges of the past, but preserve them as symbols of what we have overcome and what we need to avoid in the future. More...
20 septembre 2017

Senate rejects closure of campus over terror attacks

By Tunde Fatunde. The University of Maiduguri in north east Nigeria is to remain open despite ongoing terror attacks by Islamic terror group Boko Haram, after Nigeria’s Senate resolved to push for tighter campus security and to keep the university open as a symbol of triumph over the extremist group and its ideas. More...
20 septembre 2017

University staff remain resolute over indefinite strike

By Tunde Fatunde. A strike by public university staff over funding and salary issues is set to continue and campuses will remain closed after a second round of negotiations between the Nigerian government and the union broke down. More...
20 septembre 2017

Academics’ union banned over strike on unpaid salaries

By Tunde Fatunde. As it embarks on an indefinite nationwide strike over what it claims are unfulfilled government promises, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, or ASUU, is reeling from a ban imposed on its local branch based at Kogi State University. More...
20 septembre 2017

After elections, what can higher education expect?

By Maina Waruru and Christabel Ligami. With Kenyan elections done and dusted, the focus is now shifting to how President Uhuru Kenyatta and other elected officials will implement their ambitious election promises in relation to higher education and science, technology and innovation, or STI. More...
20 septembre 2017

In between elections, universities brace for disruptions

By Christabel Ligami. After resuming operations last month after a four-week closure to accommodate the recent presidential elections, universities are bracing themselves for further disruptions as academic staff are due to strike next week. More...
20 septembre 2017

New Makerere vice-chancellor designate aims high

By Christabel Ligami. Newly appointed Makerere University Vice-chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has vowed to position the Ugandan university as the leading institution for academic excellence and innovation in Africa. More...
20 septembre 2017

New university to produce experts on regional integration

By Christabel Ligami. In a bid to hasten the slow pace of regional integration in Eastern and Southern Africa, the first cohort of students of a virtual university focused on the study of regional integration are to be admitted in September. More...
20 septembre 2017

Up to 88 Makerere staff face degree forgery prosecution

By Christabel Ligami. Up to 88 people at Makerere University, one of Africa’s most prestigious universities, have been apprehended for possible prosecution over the alteration of student marks in an investigation that is expected to see the withdrawal of some of the university’s law degrees dating back to 2011. More...
20 septembre 2017

Commission stops new enrolments in 19 universities

By Christabel Ligami. The Tanzania Commission for Universities, or TCU, will not withdraw its decision to bar 19 universities, including three international institutions, from admitting new students for the 2017-18 academic year starting this September, owing to concerns over quality. More...
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