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Tunisia has approved measures to facilitate the establishment of innovative startups in an effort to reduce graduate unemployment, tackle the academic ‘brain drain’ and promote the development of the digital economy. ٌRead more>

The ITU Quality Research ranking of top varsities in the Islamic world has ranked two institutions from Pakistan amongst the top 50. Read more>

In a bid to tackle graduate unemployment and contribute towards developing a knowledge-based economy, 10 universities in Libya have launched entrepreneurship and innovation centreis (EICs) to produce entrepreneurs equipped to run their own businesses. Read more>

The global higher education sector has seen a sharp increase in potentially damaging cryptocurrency mining behaviours with universities the target of more than half of known attacks. Academic networks in Asian countries are the most heavily targeted, followed by institutions. Read more>

Egypt dominates Times Higher Education‘s list of 2018’s best universities in the Arab World, with nine universities represented out of 32. Read more>

Prison services across Africa are joining forces with local and foreign universities to provide higher education programmes for inmate students in a bid to rehabilitate prisoners and improve the effectiveness of incarceration. Read more>

In what has been described as a ‘win-win’ deal, South Korea and Egypt have unveiled a higher education cooperation plan that includes the establishment of a joint institution, networking among universities in the two countries, and enhanced student and academic mobility.  Read more>

An academic diaspora portal has been launched in Mauritania in a bid to address the loss of local scholars and expertise in a country marked by serious brain drain. Read more>

The private sector – already providing about 30% of higher education places in Africa – can do more to meet the continent’s educational challenges, and African governments should be maximizing its contribution, rather than ignoring or acting against it. Read more>

India and Egypt have unveiled a higher education cooperation plan that includes setting up a joint institution, networking among universities in the two countries and enhancing student and academic mobility. Read more>