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By Munyaradzi Makoni. Banishing academic dishonesty could help Mozambique nurture original thinkers who are economically efficient and socially suited to develop the country. But this will only be possible if administrators work with professors and students to build strong measures to combat widespread plagiarism, which is hampering the production of quality graduates. Read more...

By Maina Waruru. The Uganda-based Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, or RUFORUM, has received a boost for its doctoral training programme with a grant of US$1.5 million from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.. Read more...

By Maina Waruru. Kenya’s plan to revitalise post-secondary technical and vocational institutions – aimed at imparting engineering, science and technical skills to thousands more young people – is taking shape thanks to a US$62 million loan from the African Development Bank, or AfDB. Read more...

By Munyaradzi Makoni. The Africa-European Union Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme, or RECP, is shaping renewable energy market development with support for training the next generation of energy professionals and promoting renewable energy research in Africa. Read more...

By Francis Kokutse. Foreign tertiary institutions in Ghana have been directed by the National Accreditation Board, or NAB, to ensure that only students with certificates awarded by institutions accredited by the board be admitted to PhD courses. Read more...

By Jane Marshall. The highly reputed Institut International d’Ingénierie de l’Eau et de l’Environnement, or 2iE, has been in crisis for several months, with some staff, students and parents protesting against what they claim is disastrous and incompetent management, according to press reports. Read more...

By Tunde Fatunde. Calls for the payment of salary backlogs by staff in state universities resumed after the recent elections in Nigeria. There had been a lull during pre-election campaigns, when soon-to-be President Muhammadu Buhari had promised to pay all salary arrears of public servants if his party was voted into power. Read more...

By Margaret Andrews. I’m often surprised, when looking at university and business school websites and promotional materials, how if you scratch out the name of the institution, it can be difficult to know which one you are reading about. Read more...

By Carolina Guzmán-Valenzuela. When talking about students’ experiences it is sensible to distinguish between learning experiences that range from the traditional academic perspective to a more social perspective that involves becoming a citizen of both a local and a global world. Read more...

By Jamil Khader. The insightful recent debate between Professor John Kelly and Professor David Newman about academic freedom (University World News, 26 June 2015) underestimates the magnitude of the current crisis facing the Palestinian education system. This system lies in shambles as a result of Israeli policies that have systematically undermined the integrity and quality of education in the occupied Palestinian territories, or oPt, and Gaza. Read more...