Many African researchers feel they should do research that would be acceptable for publication in Western outlets.
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When a city scores badly on "liveability", it can put serious pressure on city leaders – but do these rankings really help improve life for local people?
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Most researchers use the UN's Human Development Index to measure each country's progress, but that system has flaws. A new, simplified index aims to do it better.
Do universities reproduce inequality or can they disrupt it?
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African business schools can benefit from the rigourous process offered by global rankings and accreditations.
Both first- and second-generation immigrants in British Columbia and Ontario outperformed their non-immigrant counterparts in science literacy, in the 2015 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Programme for International Student Assessment.
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First and second-generation immigrants perform well in many Canadian provinces that take an "accommodation" approach.
Students and lecturers at the University of Queensland researching ‘students as partners’ activities across Australian universities.
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When higher education is thought of as a commodity, students and teachers lose out. A new partnership-based approach can provide a much richer learning experience.
It's unlikely that student protests are directly affecting South African universities' rankings. Instead, decades of government underfunding in higher education may be at least partly to blame.
Monash University and the University of Sydney are the two newcomers to the list.
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South Africa has claimed back its status of the largest economy in Africa, toppling Nigeria, due to the appreciation of the rand. What's prompted the movement?
Ranking organisations call the shots about which universities are ‘best’.
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It is arrogant and hypocritical for ranking institutions to declare that they're building Africa's legacy or its global partnerships on the continent's behalf.
El Celler’s Joan Roca (center) is now number one, but do consumers really need to know that?
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There is an assumption that children perform better amongst highly achieving peers. High class achievement might be thought…
Teacher education is typically the largest undergraduate program in most universities and is therefore a cash cow.
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Despite all the talk about improving the quality of teachers and teaching in Australia, the general downward slide of entry standards to undergraduate teacher training courses continues. While the top…