Funding injection for South-North sustainable energy research
Partnership includes about 20 countries from Africa, Europe
Africa-Europe: As COP29 Azerbaijan approaches in mid-November and the world grapples with the urgent need to combat climate change while expanding electricity access for the excluded, a new wave of funding for sustainable energy research is set to empower researchers from Africa and Europe, reports Desmond Thompson . Read the full story in University World News Africa Edition.
Morocco, France join forces to set up new research centre
Morocco-France: Morocco, in cooperation with France, will establish a joint research centre, Le Centre de Recherche Franco-Marocain, the first of its kind in Africa, for supporting scientific and technological innovation for sustainable development in the region, as wagdy sawahel reports. Read the full story in University World News Africa Edition.
‘Why I gave prize money to Palestinian cause’ – Saleem Badat
South Africa-Palestine: Desmond Thompson speaks to Prof. Saleem Badat about his recent winning of the Academy of Science of South Africa Science-for-Society Gold Medal award - and his most recent donation. Read the full story in University World News Africa Edition.
A visa bonanza for students who want to study in France
Cameroon-France: Thousands of Cameroonian students are set to benefit from efforts by the French authorities to increase the number of student visas by making the application process to go to France for educational purposes easier. Read the full story in University World News Africa Edition.
Africa’s commitment to fund HE harmonisation questioned
Ghana; Attempts to create a Pan-African Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation programme, which is being supported by international partners, have received thinly veiled criticism because of Africa’s dependence on foreign support to fund most of its developmental initiatives on the continent, as Francis Kokutse reports. Read the full story in University World News Africa Edition.
Internationalisation in HE is not a simple proxy for quality
South Africa: Shifts in traditional understandings of higher education internationalisation, combined with the increased scale and variety of internationalisation opportunities available to scholars, institutions and students, invite a careful reconsideration of how we understand quality within the increasingly complex process of internationalisation, argue Faith Mkwananzi & Patience Mukwambo. Read the full story in University World News Africa Edition.
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Big four’s policy shifts drive global student interest to SA
South Africa-Global: Africa’s biggest international study destination, South Africa, could gain from international students who now face additional barriers to studying in the big four destinations due to policy changes, writes Maina Waruru . Read the full story in University World News Africa Edition.
From Kenya to South Africa on a solar-powered e-motorcycle
Africa: In a feat of engineering and endurance, a solar-powered electric motorcycle designed and built in Africa has completed a 6,000-km trip from Kenya to South Africa, as Desmond Thompson reports. Read the full story in University World News Africa Edition.
Also in the new University World News Africa Edition, the following stories - and more:
DJIBOUTI: New coding and IT school to grow digitally skilled workforce - wagdy sawahel
UGANDA: AI can lighten teaching load if lecturers determine its tasks - Gilbert Nakweya Bsc (Moi), MA (UoN)
BURUNDI: Universities expect new high-speed internet to benefit them - Peter Mucanga
GHANA: Part-time lecturers are affecting quality in private HE - Francis Kokutse
NIGERIA: Angry students set fire to provost’s house, destroy his car - Abdulrasheed Hammad
AFRICA: 21 universities to tackle Africa’s water, sanitation hurdles - Alberto Leny
KENYA: Turning cities into sustainable urban food production areas - Wilson Odhiambo
EAST AFRICA-GERMANY; Erasmus+ Networking Forum builds German-East African HE links - Beate K?rner