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3 décembre 2018

India eases rules on foreign recruitment at universities

India’s University Grants Commission has confirmed that all doctoral degree holders from the top 500 foreign universities will be eligible for direct recruitment as an assistant professor in Indian universities, reports The Indian Wire. More...
3 décembre 2018

Professor fights ban amid debate on academic freedom

A professor who has taken a stand against the publication of research in ‘predatory’ journals that aren’t peer reviewed says he has been suspended from the campus of the university where he works in the Interior of British Columbia, writes Camille Bains for The Canadian Press. More...
3 décembre 2018

Digital programme gives Syrian refugees access to HE

By Nic Mitchell. Refugees from the Syrian crisis and disadvantaged young people in Jordan and Lebanon are gaining access to short online courses and up to 24 months of blended learning study programmes through a partnership involving two universities in the region and King’s College London in the United Kingdom. More...
3 décembre 2018

More to widening access to HE than just financial aid

By Nic Mitchell. Widening access and participation is not enough to tackle social exclusion in the world’s universities, an international conference marking the first World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) heard from representatives from all corners of the globe. More...
3 décembre 2018

Most countries failing to tackle unequal access to HE

By Nic Mitchell. Participation in higher education around the world continues to be unequal from a social background perspective, with a large number of countries paying only ‘lip service’ to the equity agenda, says a barometer report released to mark the first World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) on 28 November 2018. More...
3 décembre 2018

Higher education for a sustainable future

By Patrick Blessinger, Enakshi Sengupta and Taisir Subhi Yamin. For much of human history people used renewable resources to provide the basic energy needed for eating, trading, transporting and simple social development (for example, wind and water for milling and seafaring as well as biomass for heating, cooking and shelter). More...
3 décembre 2018

A world leader in gene-edited babies, but at what cost?

By Guillaume Levrier. Recent claims of the world’s first gene-edited babies have sparked a strong response, to say the least. In particular, the Southern University of Science and Technology, which employs the researcher involved, He Jiankui, stated in a press release that they were not aware of his work, that it took place off campus, and that it was a case of potential scientific misconduct that would not go unaddressed. More...
3 décembre 2018

The role of HE in a politically disrupted world

By Andrée Sursock. How can higher education institutions model open, democratic and engaged communities? How can they initiate social and cultural change? Those two questions are vital in today’s world, particularly because analyses of election returns have repeatedly demonstrated the consistent impact of higher education on voting choices. More...
3 décembre 2018

Engaging partners is a key role for HE in sustainability

By Josep M Vilalta, Alicia Betts, Victoria Gómez and Marta Cayetano. The Group of Experts on SDGs and Higher Education was created by the Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi) at the beginning of 2018 to provide continuity and progression from the first International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals: Actors and Implementation held in Barcelona on September 18-19, 2017. More...
3 décembre 2018

Action plan to increase ‘pay-off’ from Horizon 2020

By Jan Petter Myklebust. The Danish ministry of higher education and science has launched a national action plan to secure increased Danish participation in the European Union research programme Horizon 2020 and the 2021-27 Horizon Europe programme and a higher share of coordinator roles in consortia. More...
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