Regional 15 Regional Institutes for Talented Graduate Students by 2020 The NextEinstein Initiative provides graduate training in mathematics and computing to highly talented African graduates at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in South Africa, and it will be joined in 2011 by a…
Regional Five Years into Bologna-Inspired Reforms Algerian university students starting their programs this year will be the fifth class to move through the system since the Algerian government began reforming its education system in line with the Bologna higher education reforms in Europe. 135,000 new…
Regional 20 US-Africa University Partnership Initiatives Launched Awards from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Higher Education for Development (HED) are for only $50,000 each, but they are viewed as the first step in more sustainable long-term partnerships. The 40 paired winners…
Regional Tunisia and Egypt Sign Research Agreements with France The Egyptian Science and Technological Development Fund and the French Institut de Recherche pour le Développement have signed a four-year scientific cooperation agreement focused on environmental concerns; agriculture and fisheries; health and life sciences; space; and…
Regional Re-staffing Africa’s Universities International partnerships are seeking to help rebuild African academia, as universities expand quicker than they are able to produce doctorate-holding professors. Universities across Africa have expanded so rapidly in the past decade, in response to demand, that they have not had…