On October 24, 2015, China’s central government (the State Council) launched the next stage of its campaign for world-class status …
China-Africa – Reviewing higher education’s gains
Relations with China have revived Africa’s prospects in diverse ways, with investment, trade and development activities that have helped the …
LABOUR MARKET 2016: The most demanded specialists
CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI) in the United States drew up a list of the hottest and most …
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The just-published Doctoral Education in South Africa by Nico Cloete, Johann Mouton and Charles Sheppard reveals new approaches South Africa …
Who should fight grafts in universities?
That the ongoing anti-corruption campaign has unearthed at least 50 corruption cases in universities since the 18th National Congress of …
STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS – THE LEADER’S ROLE
Alvaro Romo, secretary general of the International Association of University Presidents, or IAUP presents the book Global Perspectives on Strategic …
THE ROAD TO PRIVATISATION
Alongside the transformation of central planning into a market economy, private higher education institutions have been adopted in Vietnam since …
LATIN AMERICA’s BIG EDUCATION INNOVATION
Here’s an interesting innovation that is taking place in Latin America: A company is paying for the college education of …
Robot competes for top university places
Researchers in Japan are one step closer to their goal of getting an artificial intelligence accepted by Tokyo University. The …
DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: AFRICA-EUROPE
As part of efforts to advance legal migration and mobility, an action plan adopted at the recent European Union-Africa Valletta …