By James Otieno Jowi. Internationalisation is a phenomenon that now influences different aspects of university activities, including leadership. Its consequences, opportunities, challenges and risks demand not only closer analysis and understanding but also new leadership responses. Read more...
Initiatives strengthen engineering education in Africa
By Jane Marshall. 2iE – Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement – in Burkina Faso is an internationally recognised engineering school. It is one of many imaginative initiatives aimed at boosting the number and quality of engineers produced by universities in Africa. Read more...
Challenges and solutions for Francophone universities
By Jane Marshall. While the number of students in Africa continues to rise, universities often fail to equip them with skills needed for employment – and they have two to three times less chance of finding work than those who left school after primary level. Read more...
Partnership to transform agricultural education
By Munyaradzi Makoni. A ground-breaking partnership between the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture or RUFORUM and The MasterCard Foundation is aiming to strengthen efforts to revamp the agriculture curriculum across Africa. Read more...
Higher education struggles in an emerging democracy
By Munyaradzi Makoni. The gathering was organised by Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education or NASPA, and Stellenbosch University and the International Association of Student Affairs and Services, with 50 student affairs leaders in attendance. Read more...
Universities oppose scrapping of diploma courses
By Tunde Fatunde. The new executive secretary of Nigeria’s National Universities Commission or NUC, a regulatory agency mandated by law to promote quality assurance in higher education, has unilaterally ordered vice-chancellors to scrap all non-degree courses forthwith. Read more...
Mental health a worry for student affairs worldwide
By Munyaradzi Makoni. Mental health has in recent years emerged as an issue of concern for university students globally, obstructing the completion of studies, according to delegates attending the 2016 Global Summit on Student Affairs and Services. Read more...
Academic brain drain threatens university education
By Wagdy Sawahel. The report, released by Sudan’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and outlined by alnilin website on 25 October, revealed that 2,158 university staff had left the country so far this year. Read more...
New agency to monitor quality of university education
By Wagdy Sawahel. The northwest African nation of Mauritania is to set up a national quality assurance authority to strengthen the competitiveness of its universities and develop a higher education system of international quality. Read more...
Premier séminaire de la gouvernance quadripartite les 20 et 21 octobre 2016
180 acteurs membres des bureaux du Cnefop et des Crefop se sont réunis pour échanger sur les défis, méthodes et moyens de la gouvernance des politiques de l’emploi, de l’orientation et de la formation professionnelle qui fête ses deux ans." Voir l'article...