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href="post.php?story=20230505124538996" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">The inspiring impact of research and education networks</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Silvia Fiore</div> On a daily basis, national research and education networks in Africa are proving to be inspirational to other organisations and businesses around the globe in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education and as key players in creating a better planet for learners. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230505124538996_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230611174117419" style="color:#000;" class="">Students must share responsibility for online exam integrity</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Gilbert Nakweya</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-20-27-april-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 20-27 April 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230424070534908" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Honorary doctorate for first African to head the WHO</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Kudzai Mashininga</div> South Africa’s University of Pretoria has conferred an honorary doctorate on the first person from Africa to head the World Health Organization or WHO as director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in recognition of his work as a global health expert and scholar. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230424070534908_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-6-20-april-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 6-20 April 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230417142839672" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">New biomedical institute a ‘game changer’ for healthcare</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Desmond Thompson</div> The new cutting-edge Biomedical Research Institute unveiled by Stellenbosch University near Cape Town, South Africa, shows that the African continent is perfectly willing and able to help, not just itself, but the rest of humanity as well, says the institution's vice dean of the faculty of medicine and health sciences. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230417142839672_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230416210235423" style="color:#000;" class="">COVID-19 hit examination integrity and research hard</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Wachira Kigotho</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-9-march-–-6-april-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 9 March – 6 April 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">SOUTH AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230404001758587" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">COVID: Why some students’ mental health did not deteriorate</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Alicia James</div> A study has revealed that COVID-19 did not bring about a serious increase in mental health issues at two South African universities. The findings suggest that, in the face of ongoing adversity on South African university campuses in recent years, COVID-19 may be just one more stressor local students face. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230404001758587_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-16-february-–-9-march-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 16 February – 9 March 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230305140707213" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Online learning has taken root. Now, let’s turn to quality</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Gilbert Nakweya</div> In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought greater awareness of the benefits of blended tuition in Africa and beyond, the focus is turning away from the technical stability of learning management systems to concerns about how to support people to get the most out of these edtech platforms. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230305140707213_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">ZIMBABWE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230227201922465" style="color:#000;" class="">Is the modular HE learning system a friend or a foe?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Prince Gora</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-15-december-2022-–-16-february-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 15 December 2022 – 16 February 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230215064544900" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Study reveals more about ‘pandem-icons’ during COVID</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Alicia James</div> A global study into the characteristics of celebrity or visible scientists across 16 countries during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that “visibility is related to scientists’ media skills and willingness to engage, as well as their ability to respond to criticism and cope with controversy”. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230215064544900_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-17-november-–-15-december-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 17 November – 15 December 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN-AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221207115848114" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Collaboration on early detection could foil next pandemic</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> Collaboration between two research centres, one in Japan and one in Zambia, is successfully contributing to efforts aimed at early detection of potential pandemics caused by zoonotic pathogens and has also led to significant technical support and human resource development among African researchers. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221207115848114_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL-AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221205134733975" style="color:#000;" class="">Africa’s appetite for transnational education is growing</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Wachira Kigotho</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221212080459112" style="color:#000;">Academia set to benefit from two new digital initiatives</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Wagdy Sawahel</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-6-october-–-17-november-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 6 October – 17 November 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221116073742870" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">‘There is no such thing as an African university’</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Mark Paterson and Thierry M Luescher</div> There is “profound intellectual concern that this decolonial project, insofar as it valorises indigenous knowledges, is anti-universal – and is, thus, inimical to the idea of the university”. As much as indigenous knowledge should be promoted, “this should not come at the expense of the university and the kind of knowledge that is supposed to be produced in a university context”, says Associate Professor of Higher Education Patrício Langa. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221116073742870_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221114092053157" style="color:#000;" class="">AAU president: ‘It is time we moved from talking to walking’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Francis Kokutse</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-22-september-–-6-october-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 22 September – 6 October 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221005212508683" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">The duty to care should be higher education’s fifth mission</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Paul Tiyambe Zeleza</div> COVID-19 has forced universities to re-evaluate their <I>telos</I> – their value and purpose – undergirding their teaching and research functions, business models, governance and institutional cultures, and external engagements. It comes at a time of fierce epistemological and ontological contestation, writes Paul Zeleza, former vice-chancellor of the United States International University Africa. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221005212508683_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-15-22-september-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 15-22 September 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220921081638707" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Testament to African scientists’ genomics surveillance</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">UWN reporter</div> The rapid expansion of genomics surveillance has enabled a large consortium of African scientists and public health institutions to map how the SARS-CoV-2 variants reached and spread across the continent in real time during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in the journal <I>Science</I>. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20220921081638707_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-8-15-september-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 8-15 September 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220915083313786" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Rethink internationalisation from Africa’s perspective</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Samia Chasi</div> Universities cannot pursue internationalisation for internationalisation’s sake but must consider it in relation to global geopolitical trends to be responsive to challenges. At the International Education Association of South Africa’s recent conference, it was also highlighted that internationalisation needs to be more equitable, inclusive and transformative. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20220915083313786_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220908075050973" style="color:#000;" class="">International education is adapting to global uncertainty</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Orla Quinlan</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="coronavirus-crisis-africa-1-8-september-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Coronavirus Crisis Africa: 1-8 September 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">ALGERIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220906131739992" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">A normal start to the new university year – after all</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Azzeddine Bensouiah</div> In the end, it will be an ordinary start to the new university year in Algeria, on 17 September. 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