By Karen MacGregor – Africa Editor. In a Special Report this week, we cover the launch of the third phase of HERANA – the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa – and look at findings so far from analysis of data collected over six years at flagship universities in eight African countries.In Africa Features, Mosoba Mosoba describes the Open University of Tanzania’s efforts to expand its presence across the region, and in Africa Analysis Goolam Mohamedbhai calls for universities to integrate sustainable development into all of their teaching, research and engagement activities.
Rahul Choudaha argues in World Blog that universities need to ask themselves four questions to test the sustainability of their international student recruitment strategies.
In Commentary, Marguerite Dennis urges universities to use career counselling as part of efforts to prepare students for the job market. Frances Saunders outlines ways in which Britain’s Institute of Physics is tackling underlying bias against girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and Jiang Bo and Robert Coelen chart China’s fast-tracking of higher education internationalisation.
In Global Features, Zofeen T Ebrahim reports on the disruption of education in Pakistan following a Taliban attack on a school last month. Read more...
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