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9 février 2018

Glass ceiling for Scotland’s female academics

Scottish universities are lagging behind the rest of the United Kingdom in the proportion of female academics who are given professorships. New figures show just 23.7% of professors at Scottish universities are women, despite the fact they make up 44% of the academic workforce, writes Andrew Denholm for The HeraldMore...
9 février 2018

Data suggests universities contribute to unemployment

Unemployment rates among university graduates hit 23% last year in Jordan, according to the latest official statistics. The unemployment is uneven across gender: nearly 27% of unemployed university graduates are male, while almost 68% are female. Why can Jordan graduates not get jobs? asks Ammar Faris for Al-Fanar MediaMore...
9 février 2018

New bill brings technological universities a step closer

The creation of new technological universities has moved a step forward after legislation paving the way for the move was passed by the Dáil. The Technological Universities Bill provides for the merger of existing institutes of technology and the creation of a new category of university, writes Carl O’Brien for The Irish TimesMore...
9 février 2018

Private institutions to benefit from law revision

A revision to Vietnam’s Law on Higher Education should create more favourable conditions for private institutions in tertiary education, reports Viet Nam NewsMore...
9 février 2018

British universities to set up campuses in Egypt

Campuses for British universities could soon spring up in Egypt after the United Kingdom signed an agreement with the country’s education ministry that will remove barriers that prevented such institutions from expanding there, reports The NationalMore...
9 février 2018

Regulator to decide whether all lecturers need PhDs

The higher education regulator in Kenya is set to make a major decision on whether to do away with or retain requirements demanding that only PhD holders teach in universities – requirements that were due to come into effect by the end of this year, writes Ouma Wanzala for the Daily NationMore...
9 février 2018

Oxford University gives women more time to write exams

Oxford University exam times were increased in a bid to improve the low scores of women, writes Tony Diver for The TelegraphMore...
9 février 2018

Chief justice orders halt to any new law colleges

Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar issued an order recently prohibiting universities across the country from granting affiliation to new law colleges, at the same time barring high courts and subordinate courts from issuing a stay order on the case, writes Saifullah Cheema for DawnMore...
9 février 2018

Education minister calls evolution ‘scientifically wrong’

A new front has opened in the war on science in India. India’s minister for higher education, Satyapal Singh, recently took aim at the theory of evolution, writes Pallava Bagla for ScienceMore...
9 février 2018

China on verge of becoming a scientific superpower

The United States National Science Foundation and the National Science Board have just released their biennial Science and Engineering Indicators, a voluminous document describing the state of American technology. There are facts and figures on research and development, innovation and engineers. But the report’s main conclusion lies elsewhere: China has become – or is on the verge of becoming – a scientific and technical superpower, writes Robert J Samuelson for The Washington PostMore...
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