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18 juin 2018

Lecturer, fired over dance video, vows to sue university

By Ashraf Khaled. An Egyptian state-run university has sacked a lecturer, a year after she posted a video on her Facebook page of herself belly-dancing in her own home, in an alleged violation of academic traditions. More...

18 juin 2018

New research index to enhance Arabic academic footprint

By Wagdy Sawahel. Twenty-two Middle East and North African countries are to benefit from the launch in 2020 of the first Arabic Citation Index (ARCI), which aims to facilitate access to Arabic scientific research, thereby enhancing the Arabic academic footprint and ultimately improving university rankings. More...

18 juin 2018

Student dies in stampede for university exam form

By Shadi Khan Saif. Aspiring female students rushing to obtain application forms for this year’s Afghan university entrance exam, known as the Kankor, resulted in a stampede that left one dead and more than 20 injured last week in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, bordering with Uzbekistan. More...

18 juin 2018

Growth stymied by academia-industry disconnect – Experts

By Gilbert Nakweya. The disconnect between institutions of higher learning and industry is proving to be a serious inhibitor of the development of local skills needed to ensure the extractive industry takes off in East Africa, according to some of the region’s experts. More...

18 juin 2018

Universities told to further embed Chinese culture

By Amber Ziye Wang. Universities across China have been told to further integrate Chinese traditional culture into their courses and award students credits for studying ethnic music, arts and crafts in a new government plan to boost cultural confidence and awareness in higher education. More...

18 juin 2018

Government plans package to lure students from the West

By Eugene Vorotnikov. The Russian government plans a package of measures to attract more students from Western countries to study at domestic universities, according to recent statements of some senior officials and heads of some leading Russian universities. More...
18 juin 2018

Mutual recognition of skills needed for growth – Report

By Kudzai Mashininga. The UNCTAD report, Economic Development in Africa Report 2018: Migration for structural transformation, says that contrary to some perceptions, most migration in Africa today is taking place within the continent. More...
18 juin 2018

Universities demand hike in EU research funding

By Brendan O’Malley. In the wake of the European Commission’s release of its outline for the Ninth Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon Europe, 14 European associations of universities released a joint statement on Friday calling upon the European Union institutions to double the budget for Horizon Europe, improve its content and reconsider the budget distribution over the different pillars of the programme. More...
18 juin 2018

Minority-serving institutions are ‘engines of mobility’

By Brendan O’Malley. Minority-serving tertiary institutions or MSIs propel students up the economic ladder to the top of income distribution at two to three times the rates of non-MSIs, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis from the American Council on Education (ACE), which uses newly released federal data to examine upward income mobility rates. More...
18 juin 2018

Reputation a key factor for ranking winners and losers

By Brendan O’Malley. Analysis of the winners and losers by region in the latest QS World University Rankings provides some insight into which higher education systems are improving or losing ground on six indicators – Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Citations per Faculty, Faculty/Student Ratio, International Student Ratio, and International Faculty Ratio. More...
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