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NIGERIA
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Afeez Bolaji
The Chicago State University in the United States on 2 October released information related to the qualification of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu’s academic record forms part of an ongoing challenge to undo the outcome of his election as president in February.
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EUROPE-AFRICA
Desmond Thompson and Wagdy Sawahel
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Augustin Sadiki
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Africa Top Stories
NIGER-BURKINA FASO-FRANCE
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Officials are searching for ‘other friendly countries’
Fany Ouédraogo and Brah Souleymane
Students in Burkina Faso and Niger blocked from studying in France through that country’s withdrawal of visa facilities are being urged to consider alternative higher education options for 2024. As diplomatic relations continue to deteriorate, time is running out for prospective international students.
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NIGERIA
Promise Eze
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NIGERIA
Olabisi Deji-Folutile
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LIBYA
Wagdy Sawahel
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Africa News
AFRICA-GLOBAL
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Wachira Kigotho
The number of universities in Africa participating in the 20th and largest-ever edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings has increased by 16%, from 97 in 2022 to 113 this year. The best-ranked university on the continent sits in 167th place.
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AFRICA
Maina Waruru
Although over 90% of students in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda consider bursaries helpful in supporting their education, access to scholarships is limited, with less than 30% of them having benefited from such funds in the course of their studies, according to a new survey.
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GREECE-EGYPT
Wagdy Sawahel
The Greek government has facilitated an agreement with the Greek Community of Alexandria to establish the first Greek university abroad in the second largest Egyptian city – a move that is seen as taking Greece’s higher education internationalisation efforts forward.
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WEST AFRICA
Francis Kokutse
Stakeholders from member states of the regional grouping, ECOWAS, or the Economic Community of West African States, met in Gambia to validate the ECOWAS draft TVET Strategy for Skills Improvement and Employability.
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SDGs
LIBYA
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Wagdy Sawahel
Libya has launched a 10-year national higher education and scientific research strategy spanning 2024 to 2034 that aims to reform education, teaching and scientific research within universities and research centres, and promote their role in achieving sustainable development via the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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GLOBAL
Keith Nuthall, Wagdy Sawahel and Karen MacGregor
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Africa Commentary
AFRICA
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Saleem Badat
Universities are vital institutions with great promise and contribute in myriad ways to society. But there are good reasons to critique universities in Africa, both those created by colonial overlords and those that emerged in the post-independence years, writes Professor Saleem Badat.
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GLOBAL
Patrick Blessinger and Abhilasha Singh
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International Cooperation
GERMANY-AFRICA
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Maina Waruru
Funding organisations in Germany are unlikely to cut financial support for higher education programmes in Africa despite political upheavals and conflicts happening around the world, said Kai Sicks, the secretary general of the German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD, at an event celebrating 50 years of the DAAD in Africa.
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GERMANY-EAST AFRICA
Maina Waruru
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Africa Features
NIGERIA
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Jesusegun Alagbe
When Professor Tahir Mamman, Nigeria’s minister of education, was sworn in alongside 44 other ministers by President Bola Tinubu recently, he swiftly sprang into action, stating how ready he was to address the enormous tasks before him. The expectations are huge for the 69-year-old minister.
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Partnerships for Sustainability
GLOBAL
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UWN Reporter
The extraordinary work that universities have done over decades to advance sustainable development is not sufficiently recognised by society at large, governments or the United Nations system. A new partnership between University World News and the International Association of Universities will address that problem.
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Top Africa Stories from Last Week
FRANCE-AFRICA
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Wachira Kigotho and Wagdy Sawahel
France has suspended student mobility with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso and told new students from those countries who were about to start studies in France that they may not come after all. Current scholarship students without valid visas will also not be able to travel to France.
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CAMEROON-RWANDA
Elias Ngalame
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AFRICA
Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis
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AFRICA
Wachira Kigotho
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MOROCCO
Wagdy Sawahel
In a bid to foster unity among the people of Morocco while also protecting the country’s cultural diversity, the government has announced plans to integrate the history, language and culture of the Amazigh, a group formerly known as the Berbers, into the teaching and research programmes at some universities.
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SOUTH AFRICA
Edwin Naidu
Despite having its chief executive officer on special leave pending an investigation into the alleged improper awarding of banking contracts, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme is not in crisis, according to Dr Blade Nzimande, South Africa’s minister of higher education, science and innovation.
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Global Commentary
EURASIA
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Aliya Kuzhabekova
Concerns over Russia’s authoritarian turn and its actions in Ukraine may result in the further disintegration of the Soviet model, with internationalisation of higher education both a driving force and a force for stability in the emerging regional order.
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GLOBAL
Elena Denisova-Schmidt
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ASIA
Tracy XP Zou, Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Andrew Pau Hoang, Kristy Lam, Tom Barry and Lily YY Leung
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GLOBAL
Shakina Rajendram
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World Blog
GLOBAL
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Robert A Phillips
With students looking for ways to fund their way through university and with employers keen for graduates with entrepreneurial skills, universities around the world would be wise to increase their support for entrepreneurship education and help to normalise it as a career path.
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Global Features
SWEDEN
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Jan Petter Myklebust
An international panel discussion on the topic of ‘responsible internationalisation’ is Sweden’s latest contribution to an ongoing debate over how far national security considerations can be taken before academic freedoms and institutional autonomy come under threat – and what ‘responsible’ really means.
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CANADA
Nathan M Greenfield
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UNITED STATES
Nathan M Greenfield
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UNITED KINGDOM-CHINA
Nic Mitchell
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MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA
Wagdy Sawahel
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Sponsored Article
Michael Milligan
Artificial intelligence is now a part of our evolution in technology and teachers need to be encouraged to find ways to bring AI into the classroom and have students use it in a way that is beneficial to them in the long term.
Promoted by ABET.
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Sponsored Article
UAE University staff
As water scarcity reaches critical levels globally, a research team at the United Arab Emirates University seeks to revolutionise seawater desalination practices, offering a path to mitigate water scarcity while championing environmental preservation.
Promoted by the United Arab Emirates University.
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Sponsored Article
Stellenbosch University staff
Stellenbosch University’s vision to be a systemically sustainable institution addressing continental and global sustainable development challenges is beginning to bear fruit. Not only is it educating future leaders, policy-makers and professionals in this space, but it is also finding solutions through research, training and development.
Promoted by Stellenbosch University.
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