Ain Shams University administrators and others will no longer ask students about their religious affiliations on academic forms, a move that follows last year’s policy change by cross-town rival Cairo University, writes Jacob Wirtschafter for Al-Fanar Media. Read more...
In a first for Germany, a privately funded institute joins forces with a state-owned university. The move promises innovation but also opens fault lines between private and public interests, writes Stefani Hergert for Handelsblatt Global. Read more...
By Munyaradzi Makoni. There is an urgent need for decolonised intellectual property, or IP, law curricula in order for African states to build IP expertise that is Afrocentric and development oriented. A South African university is making progress in developing an appropriate model. Read more...
By Donald A Barclay. Imagine, for a moment, the technology of 2017 had existed on 11 January, 1964 – the day Luther Terry, surgeon general of the United States, released Smoking and Health: Report of the advisory committee to the surgeon general of the United States. Read more...
As part of its Transformative Leadership series published in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, University World News is joining DrEducation to host a free international webinar on 8 February 2017 at 9am New York time, 2pm London time and 4pm Johannesburg time. Read more...
By Grace Karram Stephenson. Despite our best intentions every university president (or chancellor) eventually leaves the job. Most presidents are more than happy to retire into the sunset after a decade of fundraising, strategic visioning and crisis management. Others return to their research or are recruited elsewhere to lead another organisation. Read more...
By Lisa Anderson. American universities in the Arab world have long enjoyed a good-humoured debate about whether they are in or of the city in which they are located. The American University in Cairo is in the minority; most – the American Universities of Beirut, Sharjah, Kuwait and Iraq, for example – are of their place. Read more...
By Anand Kulkarni. A new day, a new acronym it seems. First we have had the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – countries, then the MINT – Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey – nations, CIVETS – Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey and South Africa – and now most recently the TACTICS – Thailand, Argentina, Chile, Turkey, Iran, Colombia and Serbia – nations. Read more...
By Marion Lloyd. In the decade since Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa declared a 'citizens' revolution', the South American country has undergone a radical transformation of its higher education system. Read more...
By Mark Ashwill. Words are the fundamental building blocks of communication. Imprecision in the use of language creates confusion and misunderstanding. Read more...
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