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11 janvier 2015

Open University of Tanzania spreads wings abroad

By Mosoba Mosoba. The Open University of Tanzania is reaching out to higher education institutions in neighbouring countries to establish collaborations that will encourage more international students to enrol for distance learning. Read more...

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11 janvier 2015

Two new universities in 2016 to increase student capacity

By Jane Marshall. Construction is about to start on two new universities in Senegal, each with capacity for 30,000 students, President Macky Sall has announced. One will be the second public university in the capital Dakar, and the other is the University of Sine-Saloum at Kaolack. Read more...

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11 janvier 2015

High cost of upgrading polytechnics into universities

By Francis Kokutse. It will cost Ghana’s government US$180 million per annum for the next three years to fully turn the country’s 10 polytechnics into technical universities, a report by a committee set up to work on the institutional conversion programme has said. Meanwhile, a working group has developed a national quality assurance framework for higher education. Read more...

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11 janvier 2015

Roles and functions of HE councils in eight countries

By Karen MacGregor. Challenges facing higher education agencies in eight African countries have been identified in research by Tracey Bailey, leader of the Roles and Functions of Higher Education Councils and Commissions in Africa Project. Problems include political interference and weaknesses in planning, system-level governance, capacity and data quality. Read more...

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11 janvier 2015

HERANA – Research on flagship universities in Africa

By Nico Cloete, Ian Bunting and Peter Maassen. The Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa – HERANA – project was initiated to explore the link between universities and development on the continent. The study started with the collection of data at both the national and institutional levels at universities in eight African countries. Read more...

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11 janvier 2015

Major research boosts data collection in universities

By Karen MacGregor. Six years of research in collaboration with flagship universities in eight African countries has produced a unique, comprehensive and comparable data set – and in the process data collection capacity in the institutions has improved “dramatically”, supporting steady growth in their production of knowledge and PhDs. Read more...

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11 janvier 2015

What role for higher education in sustainable development?

By Goolam Mohamedbhai. The recognition that education, at all levels, can be a powerful tool in promoting sustainable development led to the concept of ‘education for sustainable development’. Read more...

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11 janvier 2015

‘Fast track’ to internationalisation

By Jiang Bo and Robert Coelen. The shape, speed and content of internationalisation of higher education in China will depend on a number of factors, including, for example, the level of commitment from the highest ranks in government, the interest of foreign students and the nature of the motivation within higher education institutes throughout the country. Read more...

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11 janvier 2015

New ways to tackle gender bias in physics

By Frances Saunders. Britain’s Institute of Physics has been active in researching diversity issues for a decade, examining the whole pipeline of people in physics-related careers in the UK – from school, through further education and into jobs in academia and industry. From this research there are two critical parts of the pipeline where gender diversity issues stand out. Read more...

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11 janvier 2015

Universities have a key role to play in career counselling

By Marguerite Dennis. John Stuart Mill, the rector of St Andrews University in 1867, wrote on his inaugural address that the object of universities was “not to make skilful lawyers, or physicians, or engineers, but cultivated human beings”.
From its earliest origins, higher education was not about acquiring work skills but graduating students who would take up their role in society and make a contribution. Read more...

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