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African universities are joining the peace-building education movement, recognising its potential in conflict prevention and resolution, but they still have some way to go. Read more>

The Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP), hosted this week by the Association of African Universities in Cairo, Egypt, under the theme “The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Promoting the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 16-25)”, puts sustainability at the heart of many of its discussions. …

Five countries of the Arab Maghreb Union and five European countries have approved new measures as part of a two-year plan (2019-21) aimed at promoting cooperation in science, technology, innovation and higher education in the Western Mediterranean region. Read more>

Turkey aims to increase the number of foreign students studying in the country, the Turkish president said on Wednesday. “Our goal is to increase international students [in Turkey] to 200,000 … Read more> 

A good education is often linked with success and higher education is seen as the gateway to a prosperous future, but have you ever wondered where around the world is the best for higher education? Take a look at the graphic below to find out which country has the highest …

Ask faculty members in the country’s universities what would motivate them to devote more time to research and you will hear one common answer: decrease present course loads and class sizes. Read more>

In order to participate more effectively in bids for funding, particularly from international donors, African universities need to have effective institutional grant evaluation and accountability mechanisms, which many do not yet have, according to Juma Shabani, director of the Doctoral School at the University of Burundi. Read more> 

Confining the intellectual life of Pakistan universities system to rote classroom activity would be a fatal flaw for our education system. Instead, our universities should celebrate a culture of research- a system in which research is uniformly expected, discussed, produced, and valued. Read more>

In continuation of its efforts to enable the country’s higher education sector to become more effective in academic excellence, management and problem-oriented research, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan held the launch conference of the National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE) on Wednesday. Read more>

Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world. The population more than tripled – from 32 to 98 million – between the mid-1960s and 2017, and slightly more than half of Egyptians are under. Read more>