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25 avril 2017

University officials linked to lynching of student

By Ameen Amjad Khan. Pakistan's apex court has started hearing the case of horrific lynching of Mashal Khan, a 23-year-old Mass Communication student of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the north-west. More...

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25 avril 2017

Ministry backs down on greater control of universities

By Jan Petter Myklebust. Minister of Higher Education and Science Søren Pind has dropped the ministry’s controversial proposal to select the heads of the governing boards of universities after an agreement in parliament with the Danish People’s Party and the Social Democratic Party. More...

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25 avril 2017

Employment status given to all doctoral candidates

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The Swedish government has changed the university law to ensure every doctoral candidate is made an employee of the university with a salary. This should strengthen the position of foreign PhD students, who make up more than half of the country’s 19,000 doctoral candidates. More...

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25 avril 2017

Row over politician meddling in university positions

By Jan Petter Myklebust and Brendan O’Malley. A secretary of state has demanded that a PhD student give up his grant because of views he gave to a magazine questioning the value to society of people with Down’s Syndrome. More...

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25 avril 2017

Government listens to universities’ fears over visas

By Brendan O'Malley. The government has agreed to address concerns raised by universities over proposed changes to 457 work visas, Universities Australia said on Thursday. The Group of Eight or Go8, comprising Australia’s eight leading research-intensive universities, voiced fears that the changes would put at risk Australia’s AU$21.8 billion (US$16 billion) international education industry. More...

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25 avril 2017

UNESCO – Affordability is key to inclusive HE expansion

By Brendan O'Malley. UNESCO has called on governments never to allow student loan repayments to rise above 15% of their monthly incomes so that further expansion of higher education does not leave the disadvantaged behind. More...

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25 avril 2017

Creating the ecosystems needed for science to thrive

By Munyaradzi Makoni. The African Academy of Sciences, or AAS, founded in 1985, aspires to shape the continent’s strategies and policies and implement key science, technology and innovation programmes. More...

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25 avril 2017

Academics, students help end constitutional change bid

By Tunde Fatunde. The country’s academic community was an active part of the successful bid to stop the current president, Patrice Talon, from altering the nation’s constitution in order to arguably give more powers to the president and erode those of the judiciary and legislature. More...

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25 avril 2017

Racist attacks – Will African students shun India?

By Maina Waruru. Following what are widely regarded as racist attacks on Nigerian students in India in March, there are concerns that the violence could contribute to making the country a less attractive destination for African students seeking higher education outside the continent. More...

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25 avril 2017

Cyber-security – A critical new academic discipline?

By Sarah Sweeney. The role of technology is rapidly expanding the possibilities of education, but how can African countries harness that potential to transform the educational system overall? Diaspora experts can certainly help, particularly in the field of cyber-security. More...

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