Africa

New standards and guidelines for quality assurance in Africa aim to drive up standards on the continent, but can they overcome divisions in language, national politics and bureaucratic red tape?

Academics call on university to denounce Mthuli Ncube after violent repression of protests

Economic difficulties behind protests likely to have a significant impact on universities, say academics

Institutions in developing world told to take lead on tackling major global challenges

Higher education institutions who are developing AI have a responsibility to ensure that it is not biased against developing nations, conference hears

One of two men accused of killing Gregory Kamwendo is a former colleague at the University of Zululand

Toronto scholars say Ethiopia collaboration has helped reverse brain drain and led to important milestones for country

Former Johannesburg vice-chancellor Ihron Rensburg says academics must critically engage with their own assumptions

Adam Habib fears ‘race to the middle’ if national fee-setting regime introduced

Overwhelming majority of survey respondents say lack of money has held back their career

Cairo institution hit hard by loss of foreign students, says president

China’s growing presence in Africa is causing many students to head to Asia rather than Western universities, says Zahir Irani