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TUNISIA: Leading the African continent in ICT |
| Tunisia has demonstrated the most improvement in technology-readiness of any other country in the African continent especially in higher education sector, according to a new report. |
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TUNISIA: Tackling graduate unemployment |
| Tunisia has unveiled a new savings-and-loan programme to lower the unemployment rate of nearly 15% for new university graduates. The scheme will offer graduates a chance to generate enough capital to launch their own businesses. |
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MAGHREB: New regional and US science partnerships |
| North African countries are planning to boost higher education and scientific capacity by establishing a University of the Maghreb and an Academy of Sciences of the Maghreb as well as forging partnerships with the United States. |
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NORTH AFRICA: Digital education plan approved |
| The five countries of the Arab Maghreb Union - Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Mauritania - and five European countries, France, Spain, Italy, Malta and Portugal, have agreed to cooperate to promote digital education in universities, research institutes and schools to try and bridge the 'digital gap' between Europeans and Maghreb residents |
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Fostering Innovation in Higher Education |
| It outlines theories on the entrepreneurial mindset as driver in new knowledge creation and innovation and shows how they can be mapped to an academic setting. |
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AFRICA: Research governance initiative launched |
| A new project to boost management of research at African universities has been launched. University Research Governance, started by Canada's International Development Research Centre, aims to focus universities on usable research outputs to enhance socio-economic development. |
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UAE: University-industry partnership boosts econom |
| The United Arab Emirates University, a leading national university, has officially launched an education programme 'Ta'awon' in partnership with the Dubai Aluminium Company and other leading businesses. |
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EU-EGYPT: EUR20 million fund for research and innovation |
| The European Union will offer EUR20 million (US$27.3 million) to Egypt to promote research and innovation initiatives as well as establish technology-based industries. This was announced by the Ambassador of the European Delegation in Egypt Marc Franco at the first Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Marketplace held in Heliopolis, Egypt, from 26-28 January. |
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The Nano Archive |
| It is an open access repository of nanoscience publications and aims to facilitate nano research in different world regions. |
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ARAB WORLD: Tackling graduate unemployment |
| To develop entrepreneurship and promote technological development in the 22 Arab states as a means of tackling graduate unemployment, the United Arab Emirates organised a science investment forum. |
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AFRICA: Research concentrated in three countries |
| Africa has extremely uneven distribution of research and innovative capacity, according to a recent report. Research is concentrated in Egypt in the north, Nigeria in the middle and South Africa in the south. Africa produces only some 27,000 papers a year - about the same volume of published output as The Netherlands - but the continent has relatively high representation, as a share of world publications, in fields related to natural resources. |
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AFRICA: Virtual university to help control cancer |
| The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Swiss-based pharmaceutical firm Roche launched an initiative - Education for Cancer in African Regions, or EDUCARE - to help tackle acute shortages of skilled cancer professionals in Africa. |
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JAPAN-NORTH AFRICA: Boost for university cooperation |
| Japan and six North African states - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia - are to boost cooperation between universities. This was agreed at a summit held on 14 May in Tunis and attended by leaders and representatives from several Japanese and African universities. |
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MTCP International Training Scholarship/Fellowship Awards |
The Malaysian Technical Co-operation Programme (MTCP) was launched in 1980 to promote and facilitate technical co-operation amongst developing countries based on the concept of self-reliance. The Programme encourages the exchange of relevant experiences, pooling and sharing of resources and the development of complementary capabilities through:
The MTCP training programmes FOSEE, MMU in 2010 are:
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Managing e-University: A study visit for senior officers(MeUNI) Date: May 15 – May 23, 2010
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Multimedia Enhanced Instructions System for Education and Training (MEIST) Date: July 10 – July 25, 2010
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IDRC Fellowships and Awards |
| This Fellowship provides assistance to Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada, or citizens of a developing country who are currently enrolled full-time in a graduate programme (Master’s, doctoral, post-doctoral) at a recognized university in Canada or in a developing country for the duration of the award period. It helps graduate students with a university degree in agriculture, forestry or biology, who wish to undertake postgraduate, applied, on-farm research with cooperating farmers in a developing country. |
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UNESCO Fellowships |
| The fellowships offered under this scheme are of short term duration (6 months maximum) and are intended for specialized training at the postgraduate level. Priority targets are promising and qualified specialists who seek to undertake advanced research or to upgrade their skills and knowledge of state-of-the-art developments in their field of study or work. |
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University of the People (UoPeople) |
| It is the world’s first tuition free online university dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. This tuition free university embraces the worldwide presence of the Internet and dropping technology costs to bring tuition free and university-level studies within reach to millions of people across the world. |
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