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29 août 2016

New research plans respond to nation’s needs

Four major plans have been launched for the development of research to respond to the nation’s socio-economic needs in the sectors of renewable energy; agriculture and food and nutrition security; human health in relation to biodiversity; and environment and climate change. More...
29 août 2016

Researchers urged to improve efforts in projects for prize

Bakayoko-Ly Ramata, higher education and scientific research minister, was not impressed by the quality of research presented by candidates for the government’s annual Research Prize of 2015. More...
29 août 2016

Paths to partnerships, mobility and brain circulation

By Karen MacGregor. Understanding that strong academics are key to improving the quality and relevance of higher education, in 2002 Pakistan embarked on a massive faculty development initiative that awarded over 10,000 international and even more local scholarships. More...
29 août 2016

South catching up with North as student destination

By Karen MacGregor. While international student mobility continues to flow North, emerging countries in the global South are fast becoming major players, says Professor Hans de Wit, director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College in the United States. It will not be long before China bypasses top student destination nations like Australia and the United Kingdom. More...
29 août 2016

Countries share common higher education challenges

By Nicola Jenvey. Regardless of geographical distances, political agendas and student bodies, countries in Africa faced similar challenges in respect of massification, quality, funding, leadership and internationalisation of higher education. More...
29 août 2016

Push for more women in higher education

By Nicola Jenvey. African universities must work cohesively to build the continent’s human capital, specifically in mathematics, science, physics and health sciences, while also realising that more women must be included in higher education. More...
29 août 2016

Leaders discuss 'thorny' issue of government influence

By Nicola Jenvey. Politics has the ability to play out in higher education, albeit in differing degrees, regardless of the country and the will of individual universities. More...
29 août 2016

Higher education forum for the global South launched

By Nicola Jenvey. In a promising moment for cross-continental tertiary learning, 20 August saw the Higher Education Forum for Africa, Asia and Latin America or HEFAALA officially launched in Durban on South Africa’s east coast before 60 delegates from 18 nations. More...
29 août 2016

The revival of polytechnics

By Goolam Mohamedbhai. As African countries prepared to gain independence in the 1960s, each one started to establish a national university. Mauritius, a small island with a population then of barely three quarters of a million, was no exception. More...
29 août 2016

Bilateral higher education plan unveiled

By Wagdy Sawahel. China and Egypt have unveiled a higher education cooperation plan that includes setting up a joint institution, networking among universities, and promoting student and academic mobility programmes. More...
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