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25 janvier 2017

How plugging into well-connected colleagues can help research fly

By Michael E. Rose and Co-Pierre Georg. Informal intellectual collaboration is crucial for good social science research. This includes interactions with colleagues to improve a paper before it is sent to a journal. More...

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25 janvier 2017

South African universities won’t change unless mindsets start to shift

By Timothy London. The start of the academic year is looming in South Africa. The student protests that rocked most public universities’ campuses in 2016 – the second consecutive year of protests – died down long enough for most institutions’ exams to go ahead as usual. But the fundamental conditions that led to the protests are still largely unresolved. More...

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25 janvier 2017

Mobile phones offer a new way for Africa’s students to learn programming

By Chao Charity Mbogo. It’s not easy for Computer Science students at most universities in Africa to practice and develop their programming skills. They have the ability to program, but access to desktop or laptop computers might be a problem. I experienced this first-hand while teaching programming at a Kenyan university. More...

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25 janvier 2017

South Africa’s universities can do more to make disabled students feel included

By Oliver Mutanga. It’s been a decade since South Africa signed and ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The convention is an international human rights treaty that’s supposed to protect the rights and dignity of people with disabilities. But not much seems to have changed for South Africans with disabilities since 2007. More...

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25 janvier 2017

Seven academic books that helped to shape modern Britain

By Diarmaid MacCulloch, Ian Kershaw Richard English, Ruth Lister, Simon Frith and Veronika Fikfak. To celebrate the diversity, innovation and influence of academic books over the course of modern history, seven specialists share the book they believe has been most influential on modern British culture and society, as part of Academic Book Week. More...

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25 janvier 2017

Why learn spelling or maths if there’s an app for that?

By Michael Cowling and Cris Brack. There is no doubt that digital technologies have disrupted our modes of teaching. The resources and inputs into teaching have changed to incorporate computer-aided approaches such as “flipped” classrooms, mobile-phone-enabled interactions, video capturing of lectures and enhanced mixed realities. More...

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25 janvier 2017

Can British universities make the most of May’s new industrial strategy?

By Graham Galbraith. This industrial strategy is positive. It recognises that the UK must become more innovative and build on its world-leading science base; that it must develop its skills-base; that it must create the right institutions to bring together sectors and places; and that it must cultivate its world-leading sectors. More...

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25 janvier 2017

Research guild calls for radical improvements to H2020

The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities has called for significant increases in European funding through Horizon 2020 and the next Framework Programme, FP9, and improved success rates for applicants, to ensure continued applications and optimal impact. Read more...

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25 janvier 2017

Minister strives to lift student success rate

The federal Education and Training Minister has urged students to research where they choose to study if they plan to go to university, as the government released new data on Wednesday showing university student completion rates have dipped slightly. Read more...

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25 janvier 2017

New model to harmonise higher education fees

The Inter-University Council for East Africa is working to introduce a tool for calculating unit costs to help harmonise higher education fees, as part of its contribution to promoting equal opportunities for all higher education students in the region, writes James Karuhanga for The New Times. Read more...

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