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AFRICAN PRIVATE UNIVERSITY NETWORK CONFERENCE SHARES GOOD PRACTICE ON BOOSTING GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY
Academics have stressed at an international conference in Tunisia the importance of ensuring African graduates secure jobs after their studies, ideally linked to the expertise they have gained during their courses. They spoke out at the second Annual Academic Summit hosted by the Honoris United Universities (HUU) network of private universities, which was staged on both campuses of Tunisia’s Central University (Université Centrale), Tunis, and the Ariana, Tunis-based ESPRIT: Ecole Supérieure Privée d’Ingénierie et de Technologies, from August 30 to September 2.…
ENGLISH-TAUGHT SHORT HIGHER EDUCATION COURSES ON THE RISE IN GREECE
The Greece higher education sector is sharply increasing the number of English-taught short-term higher education (HE) courses that operate in collaboration with foreign universities. According to Christos Michalakelis, co-founder and president of Study in Greece (SiG), the official organisation promoting internationalisation within Greek HE, short-term courses yielding student academic credits, is a stepping stone “towards internationalising Greek universities”.…
US AUTO INDUSTRY EXPORTS RISK BEING HIT BY GREENBACK EXCHANGE RATES
The rising value of the US dollar in international exchange markets is inflating the value of exported US-made vehicles, while reducing the cost of competing imports and parts sourced overseas.
With war and inflation making the US dollar an attractive option to currency traders, the greenback has been appreciating, including against the Euro (EUR), Japanese yen (JPY), Canadian dollar (CAD), British pound (GBP), Swedish krona (SEK) and Swiss franc (CHF) – making up the US dollar index (USDX).…
MALAWI GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON UNREGISTERED PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
The Malawian government has cracked down on 20 private universities and tertiary education colleges it says lack formal permission to operate, ordering that they close with immediate effect.
Formal applications must be made to the Malawi National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) for operational licences should any of the blacklisted institutions want to resume operations.…
COVID 19 CREATES E-LEARNING SYSTEMS THAT COULD DELIVER TERTIARY EDUCATION TO PRISONS
The Covid-19 pandemic’s expansion of online learning has created new higher education opportunities to teach African prison inmates, even if some jail administrators and government officials have often been reluctant to take advantage of these options. The idea that prison can deliver personal growth and reform as well as punishment and justice is not universally accepted across the continent, restricting the potential of higher online learning for inmates.…
VAPE COMPANIES INNOVATE TO SURVIVE IN UNCERTAIN MARKETS
Major vaping players are investing in innovative solutions to offer healthier, more pleasant, and more eco-friendly products, trying to reshape a segment facing a growing number of restrictive laws worldwide.
According to the Dublin-based market researcher Research and Markets, “the global e-cigarette market reached a value of USD20.4 billion in 2021” and should reach USD30 billion by 2027 (1).…
DESPITE CHALLENGES IN PRIVATE EDUCATION, AFRICA HAS PROMISING FUTURE AS YOUNGEST CONTINENT SAYS GROUP CEO OF HONORIS UNITED UNIVERSITIES
Africa is the continent with the youngest population in the world, and so needs to expand effective higher education, Dr Jonathan Louw, group CEO of Honoris United Universities (HUU), the largest pan-African tertiary education network, has told UWN.
In an exclusive interview in Tunis, Tunisia, Dr Louw noted how the fact that almost 60% of Africa’s population is under 25 years old presents a huge opportunity for higher education in Africa.…
RESEARCHERS STRUGGLE TO GET POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SUPPORT TO SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
African environmental academics are struggling to get political and social support for their solutions to problems such as the desertification in North Africa and the Sahel region.
In Africa, there is a “disconnect” between policymakers and researchers, and “to some extent, even the community”, including research findings released by academics and even research institutes, said Sanusi Bello Shamaki, professor at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, north-west Nigeria.…
MILITARY TAKEOVER OF MYANMAR HAS HINDERED PAINT AND COATING AND INDUSTRY AND MARKET
The military coup d’état on February 1st, 2021, which overthrew an elected government in Myanmar has harmed the country’s paint and coating industry and market, impeding the construction sector, which had been expanding its work before the current ruling military junta seized power.…
LACK OF RELIABLE DATA UNDERMINES THE GROWTH OF HE IN AFRICA
A lack of reliable data across Africa has weakened policies to improve higher education across the continent, development experts argue. They claim the problem is compromising the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 4) (1) to leave no one behind in tertiary education by 2030, even though several local data development initiatives are trying to improve the flow of useful statistics.…