Université de Douala : Suspension provisoire de grève Leur reprise du travail fait suite au paiement des arriérés dus au titre de l’année 2009. Les enseignants de la faculté de lettres et sciences humaines (Flsh) de l’université de Douala ont provisoirement suspendu la grève qu’ils avaient entamée mercredi dernier. Ils ont ainsi retrouvé les amphis … [Read more…]
La saison 2010/2011 du cycle de conférences de Rouen Business School s’ouvre sur les problématiques de l’Afrique… Afrique, cinquante ans d’indépendance : les prémices pour une renaissance avec Achille Mbembeprofesseur de sciences politiques à Duke University, North Carolina Jeudi 21 octobre à 17h30 Saisi par les questions majeures auxquelles l’Afrique contemporaine doit faire face, Achille … [Read more…]
Europe/Africa: University CooperationAs part of the Access to Success – Fostering Trust and Exchange between Europe and Africa project, the European University Association (EUA) has published a white paper entitled Africa-Europe higher education cooperation for development: Meeting regional and global challenges. It outlines how partnerships can be a strategic means to contribute to the overall … [Read more…]
United States of America /Africa: Research Grants The African Humanities Program (AHP), managed by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), awards fellowships to Humanities scholars in five African countries. The African Humanities ProgramThe African Humanities Program is a competitive fellowship, will increase the pool of well-qualified postgraduate students who will constitute Africa’s next generation … [Read more…]
Government of Canada Invests in Research and Graduate Students (SUDBURY, Ont., September 1, 2010)—The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, today announced a significant federal investment to further the development of talent and knowledge among Canada’s top scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Through grants and scholarships awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities … [Read more…]
Accomplishments of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, 2000–2010. Rep. New York: New York University, 2010. Print. The Partnership for Higher Education in Africa (PHEA), an initiative launched in 2000 by the Carnegie Corporation and other U.S. foundations, has published Accomplishments of the Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, 2000–2010: Report on a Decade … [Read more…]
New Zealand: Rankings Education Counts has released: the occasional paper Analysing the performance of New Zealand universities in the 2010 Annual Ranking of World Universities that investigates the performance of New Zealand universities in the 2010 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Annual Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and more particularly seeks to unveil underlying trends beyond … [Read more…]
Tanzania: Educational Quality The Tanzania Commission for Universities (TCU) has adopted the quality assurance system described in A Road Map to Quality: Handbook for Quality Assurance in Higher Education prepared by the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) in collaboration with TCU, the Commission for Higher Education (CHE), Kenya and the National Council for Higher … [Read more…]
Tunisie: XIIe Plan – Enseignement supérieur – Ouverture sur l’environnement économique et consolidation de la recherche scientifique L’enseignement supérieur, en Tunisie, aborde une nouvelle étape qui vise à relever les défis posés, notamment la consolidation de la qualité de la formation et son adaptation aux besoins de l’entreprise économique, l’amélioration de l’employabilité des diplômés, ainsi … [Read more…]
African Student Leaders’ Summit: Student Behaviour Based on the results of a study conducted by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation (CHET), South Africa, in Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa on the relationship between higher education and democracy in Africa, the presentation Student Perceptions of Student Leadership shows that African students consider their leadership as … [Read more…]
