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15 septembre 2013

Admissions weaknesses highlight system failings

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By Serhiy Kvit. This year's student admissions campaign demonstrated all the weaknesses inherent in the Ukrainian higher education system. NGOs dealing with education were active, as always. From their publications and public actions we can get a general view of what is going on in the country. More...

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15 septembre 2013

Grants for 25,000 young researchers under Horizon 2020

By Jan Petter Myklebust. From 2014-20, 25,000 young researchers will receive grants from the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions programme, which has a budget of €4.7 billion (US$6.2 billion). This follows the reaching of an agreement during the European summer on the European Commission’s 8th Research Framework Programme within its Horizon 2020 initiative.
Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe’s global competitiveness. Within Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions is a dedicated European Union (EU) programme for researchers’ skills development, with industry participation being mandatory in most sub-programmes. More...

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15 septembre 2013

Is Sweden recovering from the international student crash?

By Nic Mitchell. Swedish universities are looking to build on the first signs of recovery in the international student market, following the collapse in overseas applications when ‘full-cost’ tuition fees were introduced for non-European students in 2011. But they face a massive uphill task. More...

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15 septembre 2013

Somaliland university gains international recognition

By Matthew Newsome. British, Canadian and African universities have been partnering with the University of Hargeisa, in the breakaway state of Somaliland, to boost the institution’s international credibility and the recognition of its qualifications. Although international recognition has yet to be conferred on Somaliland since it separated from Somalia in 1991, its largest university – which has 6,500 students and is located in the capital city of Hargeisa – has been seeking foreign partners to supply higher education to Somaliland students. More...

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15 septembre 2013

Maghreb higher education ‘space’ starts to take shape

By Wagdy Sawahel. Plans by the Francophone University Association (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie), or AUF, to develop a Maghreb higher education and research ‘space’ to enhance cooperation between French-language universities across the region took a step forward this month at a meeting in Algeria. This initiative was discussed at a fourth meeting of leaders of higher education institutions that are members of the AUF, held in Constantine in Algeria from 1-2 September. More...

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15 septembre 2013

Laureate ‘buys’ Australian campus in South Africa

By Nicola Jenvey. Monash South Africa and Laureate Education have unveiled a partnership agreement that will enable the local higher education provider operated by Australia’s Monash University to expand its student enrolment and academic offerings.
The move forms part of a broader Laureate initiative to expand its base across developing nations. More...

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15 septembre 2013

International relations course for developing-world higher education

The Institute of International Education, or IIE, has announced the launch of a new training course for ministry officials and university representatives in developing and transitioning countries on how to create and manage an effective international relations office. More...

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15 septembre 2013

Private higher education shuns STEM courses

By Maina Waruru. Despite growing by leaps and bounds in the past 10 years and expanding higher education access to thousands of needy learners, private universities in Kenya continue to shun science, technology, engineering and mathematics – STEM – courses, leaving the heavy financial and infrastructural burdens of these subjects to poorly funded public institutions. More...

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15 septembre 2013

East Africa HE boss warns of more harmonisation delays

By Gilbert Nganga. East African Community countries risk not meeting their goal of harmonising education systems any time soon due to deep disparities in curricula, varying quality of learning, and budget cuts, the head of the regional higher education council has warned. Speaking in Tanzania’s largest city Dar es Salaam, Professor Mayunga Nkunya, executive secretary of the Inter-University Council for East Africa, or IUCEA – the regional higher education body driving harmonisation – recently also expressed worry over resistance from some countries. More...

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15 septembre 2013

Reform of university entrance exam sparks debate

By Suvendrini Kakuchi. Japan could soon see a new university entrance system to replace the current, highly competitive exam, which is regarded as rigid and inflexible. There has been intense debate over how the new testing system – which is likely to be more rigorous and based on academic performance and thinking skills – should develop. More...

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