International Unions reject fee hike proposal as government backtracks | With Nigerian higher education institutions in the grip of a funding crisis, teacher and student unions rejected a recent proposal by a government commission to hike fees – calling it “outrageous”, as it would bar disadvantaged students from attaining qualificationsContinue Reading
International University Education Leads to Enriched Lives | Scholars generally cite the University of Al Quaraouiyine, which was founded in Morocco in 859, as the oldest degree-granting university. It was during the Medieval period, universities gained in popularity as essential for educating a populace that can solve problems and contributeContinue Reading
International Increasing HE enrolment and implications for quality | Sub-Saharan Africa is under increasing pressure to increase enrolment at higher education institutions as a result of recognition of the sector as being vital to development, rapid growth in young populations in African countries and improved access and success at schoolContinue Reading
Publisher’s Edition of the Book Trailer for Arcane Cage Historia|Research is pleased to release the first book trailer for Arcane Cage: Being a Historical Narrative of Fantastic Events during the Decline and Fall of the Provenance. One of the most original and extensively researched works of arcane history, per theContinue Reading
International The dangers of limiting research to elite universities | [W]e respectfully disagree with Altbach and De Wit’s suggested approach to these problems – ie, differentiating which universities are responsible for published research, while others are rewarded mostly for teaching. We are fundamentally troubled by the implications of such aContinue Reading
