24 March 2019  Issue No: 544

Current protests over tuition fee increases at the University of Juba and other public universities in South Sudan represent a watershed moment, with implications for the future of the university and higher education in the country.

The United Kingdom's Department for Education and Department for International Trade have launched a new International Education Strategy, aiming to increase the value of education exports to £35 billion (US$46 billion) per year and raise the total number of international students to 600,000, achieving both targets by 2030.

In order to attract international students, the Chinese government has taken several measures, such as providing scholarships, encouraging the provision of English-taught courses and granting work permits. But the language barrier and limited job opportunities present challenges in attracting more degree-seeking students.

Supported by her professors, Tanyaradzwa Chinyukwi is working with other young change-makers to enable local women and girls in Zimbabwe and Zambia to break through the barriers of poverty and patriarchy to end the normalisation of abuse and exploitation and help them achieve their potential.

Canadian academic institutions need to do more work to promote reconciliation between the country’s indigenous population and descendants of settlers from overseas and more recent immigrants, a forum of experts, including senior academics, in Toronto, Canada, has been told.

A new online course for doctoral supervisors is aimed at building the capacity of higher education staff in the face of growing demand for PhDs throughout the African continent and concomitant low completion and high student dropout rates.