Students at the University of Cape Town won the campus debate over the statue of Cecil John Rhodes, which is to be removed. In the past week several organisations have come out in support of the student view and activism has spread to other campuses, where students are also demanding the fall of symbols of imperialism. Here are three very different points of view.

This is the third and final special report on the African Higher Education Summit held in the Senegalese capital, Dakar from 10-12 March under the theme “Revitalising Higher Education for Africa’s Future”. University World News was a media partner to the summit.

The African Higher Education Summit on “Revitalising Higher Education for Africa’s Future”, held in Senegal’s capital Dakar from 10-12 March, was the first continental gathering of the sector. Crucially, in terms of political support and continental clout, the African Union Commission was one of the partners and its Chair Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma attended. University World News was there, and was a media partner to the summit.

A new book, Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education, will be launched at the African Higher Education Summit being held in Senegal's capital Dakar next week. It is the latest publication of HERANA – the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa – which for the past seven years has been investigating higher education in eight African countries. This special report highlights key findings arising from the research, which is led by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. University World News is a media partner to both HERANA and the Dakar summit.

College ratings, international rankings, cross-border cooperation and quality assurance were among the key topics at the Council for Higher Education Accreditation 2015 and the CHEA International Quality Group 2015 conferences held in Washington last week, for which University World News is a media partner. Mary Beth Marklein reports for University World News.

In this second special report on terrorism, University World News writers investigate the ways that higher education institutions around the world are developing methods to counter terrorism and de-radicalise young would-be terrorists.

This Special Report investigates how successful university graduates are in obtaining work commensurate with their qualifications after completing their studies.

The third phase of HERANA – Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa – kicked off at a workshop held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, late last year and will run for two years. The international research project, the longest and biggest of its kind in Africa, is led by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. University World News, a partner to HERANA, was there.

University World News unpacks the Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange measuring student mobility in and out of the United States. It was published by the Institute of International Education on 17 November.

WISE – the World Innovation Summit for Education – was held in Qatar last week. Lucy Hodges was there for University World News.