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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache"> <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow, noarchive, noimageindex"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Africa Newsletter</title>  <style>#mainsection { width:600px; } @media screen and (min-width:1088px) { .container { max-width: 960px; width: 960px } .container.is-fluid { margin-left: 64px; margin-right: 64px; max-width: none; width: auto } } @media only screen and (max-width: 950px) { #mainsection { width: 100%} .p8px { padding:8px } } #outlook a { padding:0; }</style></head> <body style="margin: 0; padding: 0; background: #FFFFFF; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif;">  <div style="float: left; font-size: 1px; color: #fff; line-height: 1px; max-height: 0px; max-width: 0px; opacity: 0; overflow: hidden;">Also: Ngugi wa Thiong’o on language empires, how to dismantle them</div> <div id="wrapper" style="width: 100%; background: #DDDDCC;"> <div id="mainsection" style="background: #FFFFFF; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px auto;"> <div id="the-top"></div> <div id="header" style="border-bottom: 2px solid #000000; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; width: 100%; background: #FFFFFF; color: #FFFFFF;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=uwnnlafricamast" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=uwnnlafricamast" alt="University World News" style="max-width: 100% !important; height: auto !important;" border="0"></a></div> <div class="wdiv" id="content" style="background: #FFFFFF; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif;"> <table style="background: #FFFFFF;" width="100%" cellpadding="8"><tr><td width="100%"> <div style="margin-bottom: 8px; font-family: arial;"> 22 August 2024 Issue No: 461 </div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Africa Top Stories</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">SOUTH AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821205829761" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Milestone report provides health check on internationalisation</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Edwin Naidu</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240821205829761_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">The first national research study on the internationalisation of higher education in South Africa, released at a conference in Johannesburg on 22 August, has made several key findings around the understanding of the concept, while also highlighting concern about the escalation in academic xenophobia. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240819093739681" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Child soldier-turned-law-student aims to fight for war victims</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Augustin Sadiki</div>An estimated 140 armed groups operate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and have recruited at least 10,000 children as soldiers. A final-year law student and a former child soldier wants to use his education to become an advocate for children who end up in armed groups.</td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AFRICA-GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240820103148834" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Ngugi wa Thiong’o on language empires, how to dismantle them</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wachira Kigotho</div>Kenyan academic and author Ngugi wa Thiong’o, in a public lecture hosted by the Indigenous Language Media in Africa at North-West University in South Africa, has spoken about the enslavement through colonial languages, resistance to coloniality and multilingualism as the oxygen of all cultures.</td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">TUNISIA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=2024082119571892" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Cabinet approves new draft decree to tackle plagiarism in HE</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wagdy Sawahel</div> </div> <div style="border-top: 1px solid #999; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=uaeujul2024nl" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=uaeujul2024nl" style="width: 360px; height: 90px;" alt="uaeujul2024nl"></a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Africa News</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821144546640" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">More interventions needed to address sexting on campuses</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wagdy Sawahel</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240821144546640_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">The practice of sexting, which involves the sharing of sexually explicit content via digital devices, has gained traction among college students in Africa – a phenomenon which necessitates the development of context-specific policies aimed at promoting responsible digital communication and enhancing the well-being of students. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">RWANDA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240820133058183" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Degree recognition rules tightened up amid forgery concerns</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Jean d’Amour Mbonyinshuti</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821105058373" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">HE, better life drive African students to Russia – Survey</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wagdy Sawahel</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">NIGERIA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240819220711641" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Should colleges of education be converted to universities?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Abdulganiyu Abdulrahman Akanbi</div> </div> <div style="border-top: 1px solid #999; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=ubathjul2024nl" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=ubathjul2024nl" style="width: 360px; height: 90px;" alt="ubathjul2024nl"></a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>SDGs</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">SOUTHERN AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821235111408" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Gaborone Declaration outlines students’ wish list for the future</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Clemence Manyukwe</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240821235111408_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">University students and youths from the Southern Africa Development Community, or SADC, have said that given the impending conclusion of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals lifecycle in 2030, education must continue to be one of the pillars in a new set of global goals. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">SOUTHERN AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821075959556" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Extended reality, AI can change health professions education</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Simone Titus-Dawson</div> </div> <div style="border-top: 1px solid #999; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=iscapr2024nl" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=iscapr2024nl" style="width: 360px; height: 90px;" alt="iscapr2024nl"></a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Research</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">KENYA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240820182625502" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Students benefit from MKU’s innovative research, partnerships</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wilson Odhiambo</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240820182625502_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">For any developing nation, it is impossible to talk about matters of higher education without including the term ‘research and innovation’ – words that Mount Kenya University, or MKU, understands only too well as it continues setting trends in its attempt to answer institutional and societal needs. </div> <div style="background: #d4580f; border-top: 2px solid #000; border-bottom: 2px solid #000; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 8px; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=cihenltext" style="color: #fff; text-decoration: none;"><b>The Boston College Center for International Higher Education</b><br> INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION<br> Summer Issue No. 119, 2024 – A Partner of University World News</a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Academic Publishing</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240726092407654" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Choosing a publisher? It’s not all about the impact factor</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Antigoni Messaritaki</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240726092407654_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">As the academic publishing industry evolves, researchers have the opportunity to choose a publisher who is aligned with their own values. While the impact factor of a journal remains a significant consideration, it should not be the sole determinant when making a choice. </div> <div style="border-top: 1px solid #999; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=uwnsdgapr2022anl" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=uwnsdgapr2022anl" style="width: 360px; height: 90px;" alt="uwnsdgapr2022anl"></a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Africa Commentary</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240819111432800" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Rebuilding HE after war is essential to a nation’s recovery</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Savo Heleta and Logan Cochrane</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240819111432800_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">Rebuilding higher education after conflict is key to socio-economic recovery, peace-building, development and progress. Yet bilateral donors, who provide the majority of aid to higher education in conflict settings, prioritise international scholarships while neglecting rebuilding and strengthening of local systems and institutions. </div> <div style="border-top: 1px solid #999; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=uwnai2023nl" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=uwnai2023nl" style="width: 360px; height: 90px;" alt="uwnai2023nl"></a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Top Africa Stories from Last Week</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240811154617174" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">7,000 new PhD graduates in 10 years is all about innovation</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Desmond Thompson</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240811154617174_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">The African Research Universities Alliance, or ARUA, has moved a step closer to realising its ambition of boosting the production of doctoral graduates in Africa with the announcement that its executive committee has approved 16 new collaborative PhD programmes set to launch in January 2026. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">NIGERIA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240814211008458" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">New minimum wage: Lecturers urge government to up their pay</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Jesusegun Alagbe</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240806115314603" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Continental AI strategy for 2025-30 to feed into UN summit</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Clemence Manyukwe</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">NIGERIA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240814072457906" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Polish students arrested in ‘End Bad Governance’ protests</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Afeez Bolaji</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">SOUTH AFRICA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240813223909373" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">HE can help shape a generation that values gender equality</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Hester Klopper and Sibusiso Moyo</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; 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font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Special Report: HESI Global Forum</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/sp-report-mobile.php?id=287" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Higher education at the 2024 UN political forum on sustainability</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"></div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240729134858201_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">There were multiple activities around higher education and sustainability at the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development held in New York from 8 to 17 July 2024, coordinated by the UN’s Higher Education Sustainability Initiative, HESI. <i>University World News</i> reports. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240801075307537" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Raising the voice of HE on the global sustainability stage</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Karen MacGregor</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240729162908743" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Students say green skills are needed for all future jobs</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Wachira Kigotho</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; 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text-decoration: none;" class="">UN unveils tool to track universities’ SDGs performance</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Laura Syrett</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=2024073016080291" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">New tips for academic publishers aim to boost SDG delivery</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Keith Nuthall</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240801155408965" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">TASK™ – Doing the job of assessing sustainability knowledge</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Karen MacGregor</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240716140907818" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">United Nations HE forum explores AI’s role in sustainability</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Keith Nuthall</div> </div> <div style="border-top: 1px solid #999; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlclick.php?id=uwnwarinukraine2022nl" style="color: #000000; text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannernlview.php?id=uwnwarinukraine2022nl" style="width: 360px; height: 90px;" alt="uwnwarinukraine2022nl"></a></div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Global Commentary</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">UNITED STATES</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=2024081208153252" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">Teaching abroad is an invaluable experience: Ask Tim Walz</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Ryan M Allen</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2024081208153252_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">The international education sector often champions people-to-people exchanges by sending students abroad, but teachers are also an important part of this process. Tim Walz’s political ascendancy reminds us just how foundational teaching abroad can be to an individual – or even a nation. </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AUSTRALIA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240801170139121" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">International education policy needs a critical re-think</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Xing Xu and Ly Tran</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">CHINA-UNITED KINGDOM</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240805131807130" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Transnational higher education: Lessons from China</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Cheryl Yu</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"><table style=""><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding-right: 8px; border-right: 1px solid #999999;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">PALESTINE</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240813161936167" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Universities can take concrete steps to support HE in Gaza</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Mona Jebril</div> </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding-left: 10px;" valign="top"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">AUSTRALIA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240814104415853" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Universities are economic growth engines, not cost centres</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Louise Nicol</div> </td> </tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">GLOBAL</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240805110823869" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none;" class="">Olympics highlights ‘intense’ link between science and sport</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Yannis Pitsiladis</div> </div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>Global Features</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">UNITED STATES</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240726131927627" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 26px; line-height: 30px;" class="biggerheading">A university prison programme creating hope and purpose</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2 botmar12" style="margin-bottom: 12px; font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;">Nathan M Greenfield</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240726131927627_5.jpg" style="padding-top: 3px; display: block; width: 140px; max-width: 140; float: left; padding-right: 8px;" width="140" alt="PHOTO">A university prison initiative based at Tufts University that is making it possible for incarcerated individuals to earn a degree is proving what is already known through research: that education is the one thing that ‘absolutely and radically’ reduces the incidence of recidivism. </div> <div class="botmar8" style="margin-bottom: 8px;"><table class="section-head-white-on-black" width="100%" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px; background: #e0e0e0; color: #000000; padding: 5px 8px;"><tr><td>World Round-up</td></tr></table></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">KENYA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821141312233" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" class="smallerheading">Call to extend scholarships to private medical students</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">CHINA-ROMANIA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821141438494" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" class="smallerheading">Romanian universities embrace Chinese traditional medicine</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">ARGENTINA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821141602321" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" class="smallerheading">Teaching staff at public universities stage 48-hour strike</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">KENYA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821141720342" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" class="smallerheading">Universities urged to admit students regardless of income</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">IRAN</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821132621170" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" class="smallerheading">Universities open their doors to foreign paramilitary forces</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">UNITED STATES</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821132749821" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;" class="smallerheading">University of California bans encampments and face masks</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country topmar2" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"></div> </div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12px; overflow: auto; border-top: 1px solid #999999; padding-top: 10px;"> <div class="topmar2 countries" style="font-family: 'Verdana'; font-size: 12px; color: #FF0000;">UGANDA</div> <div style="padding-bottom: 4px;"><h1 style="padding: 0; margin: 0; font-weight: bold; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; color: #231F20;"><a href="https://www.universityworldnews.com/post-nl.php?story=20240821132907507" style="color: #000; text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; 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