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GERMAN LINKS WITH TUNISIA UNIVERSITIES OF GREAT VALUE. AS LONG AS THEY AVOID PROMOTING BRAIN DRAIN
CLOSE links between Tunisian and German higher education systems are boosting Tunisia’s higher education system, but both sides agree importance of encouraging Tunisian graduates to return home after exchange studies.
The opening of a new German library at the faculty of arts, letters and humanities (FAHM), of the University of Manouba, in Tunis on May 29 is a key example of Tunisian-German collaboration in HE.…
SOMALIA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY’S FIRST GRADUATION CEREMONY IN 30 YEARS MARKS MOVE TOWARDS PEACE SAY ACADEMICS
THE SOMALI National University (SNU) this week held its first graduation and convocation ceremony since the breakout 30 years ago of the civil war that has wracked the country.
This June 24 ceremony was attended by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, and the Italian deputy minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation Emanuela Del Re among other dignitaries was hailed as a symbol of progress in Somalia higher education sector.…
CONFERENCE ASKS HOW ACADEMICS AND JOURNALISTS CAN DEFEND KNOWLEDGE ON POST-TRUTH WORLD OF POPULISM
Are universities and the media doing enough in the defence of knowledge when faced with the global rise of populism? This question has been debated at the third Worldviews International Conference on Media and Higher Education. Staged at Canada’s University of Toronto, speakers asked how can higher education and journalism counter the claims of elitism made against these institutions?…
FACT DENIERS AND CONSPIRACY THEORISTS IMPEDE THE CIRCULATION OF VERIFIABLE TRUTHS – CONFERENCE TOLD
Flat Earth theories. Anti-vaccination conspiracies. Climate change denials. Such deep held beliefs are impeding the job of unveiling and spreading verifiable truths, speakers at the Worldviews International Conference on Media and Higher Education stressed. Educators and journalists who made up a panel on ‘Scientific research, ‘post-truth’ and fake news: What’s next?’…
US HIGHER EDUCATION ACCUSED OF FAILING THE AMERICAN DREAM, BUT IS THAT FAIR?
UNIVERSITIES and colleges in the USA are being accused of moving away from the so-called ‘American dream’ of social mobility, a panel discussion at the Worldviews Conference held at the University of Toronto, Canada, has heard. The focus of this debate was the question – what is the civic education mission of universities, colleges and the media in the 21st century, and how this is playing out in the United States?…
CANNABIS LEGALISATION MAY PROMPT CANADIAN SMOKERS TO SHIFT TO VAPES, SAY EXPERTS
AN INTERNATIONAL market research company is predicting that the legalisation of recreational cannabis, notably in Canada, and now in 10 US states, could encourage tobacco consumers to shift from smoking to vaping, and even depress tobacco sales overall long term.
Shane MacGuill, head of tobacco at Euromonitor International, said that while in the short term, recreational cannabis legalisation “could support the Canadian tobacco market as consumers experiment with consumption of cannabis flower in combustible format”, he predicted “any bump will be relatively small and short lived”.…
EU ROUND UP – US/CHINA TRADE WAR GIVES EU OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES A TARIFF ADVANTAGE
OIL and gas companies based outside the USA and China, are enjoying potential tariff-based trade advantages in the American and Chinese markets because of the deepening trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
President Donald Trump has authorised an increase in 10% duties to 25% on China-exported refined and crude oils and motor fuels (including kerosene), natural gas, liquified natural gas, liquified petroleum gas, and naphtha.…
CLOSURE OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO REFINERY SHAKES UP TWIN ISLAND STATE’S OIL INDUSTRY
THE CLOSURE in November of the only oil refinery in Trinidad & Tobago, after 101 years of producing fuel in this Caribbean twin-island state, has cost thousands of jobs, impacting a large part of the nation’s economy. It means that this republic, which still possesses substantial oil and gas reserves, must now import gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel. …
PAINT PRODUCERS FOCUS ON EXPORTS IN STILL STAGNANT ITALIAN ECONOMY
Industry forecasts for Italy’s paints and coatings market are expected to remain relatively stable through 2019, mainly sustained by stability in the domestic construction and automotive sectors and continuing sales growth in foreign markets. Data from market research provider Euromonitor International released last December (2018) projected production turnover in Italy to grow by 0.5% in the 2018-2019 period, with an estimated value of just over EUR6.1 billion in 2019.…
TOBACCO COMPANIES BID TO REDUCE THEIR CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT
EVERY manufacturing and agricultural industry has an impact on climate change – and the tobacco sector is no different. Faced with long-standing criticism of the health impact of its products, the tobacco industry is now facing attacks that its work generates carbon emissions and hence climate change.…