In line with IDB vision to become a knowledge- based bank, the e-monthly bulletin monitors the development of S&T within higher education sector in IDB Member Countries as well as disseminating information and knowledge generated from the QW Project to establish sustainable and innovation-based S&T higher education system for development in the Islamic world. Issue No.1   February 2009 › Science education in IDB member countries   Establishing Pan African University in the second decade of education for Africa…..African union's proposal   Higher education in developing countries with a focus on Muslim contexts   Independent universities in the Muslims world …a new approach   View All Items ›› › Innovation in higher education   Higher education in the knowledge and innovation economy: evolving towards leapfrog campuses   Skills for the innovation economy: what the 21st century workforce needs and how to provide it?   Well-springs of modern economic growth: higher education, innovation and local economic development View All Items ›› › Quality assurance in higher education   Distance Higher Education in the Arab Region: The Need for Quality Assurance Frameworks   Higher education quality assurance in Sub-Saharan Africa: status, challenges, opportunities and promising practices   Quality engineering education for the Arab states region   View All Items ›› › University-industry alliance   The governance of university knowledge transfer   Technology transfer, intellectual property and effective university-industry partnerships   Technology transfer in a globalised world: transferring between university and industry through cooperation and education   View All Items ›› › Bank for science education resources   Agropedia....An agriculture knowledge repository   Science and engineering books for free download   Iraqi Virtual Science Library   View All Items ›› › Feature   Arab universities and scientific research ….International prospective (Arabic)   Science Education in Africa: Treating the Open Wound Africa's education system needs to concentrate much on science education that will help contribute to the economic and healthy growth of the population View All Items ›› › Opinion   Does Africa need a pan-African university? Africa needs better universities, but is a pan-African university the way to go ? Reform in Arab Countries – The Role of Education Farouk El-Baz, Egyptian professor and director of the Boston University Center for Remote Sensing, call for reforming education in the Arab region in abid to assure political stability, economic growth and cultural elevation. View All Items ›› › Opportunities for scientific human resource development   Scholarships from King Abdullah university of science and technology   Fellowships for Threatened Scholars from Iraq   The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation/IIE Dissertation Fellowship (Africa) Deadline: 6 March, 2009 View All Items ›› › Conferences on higher education   New Approaches to Quality Assurance in the Changing World of Higher Education Date: 30 March - 2 April, 2009 Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates AAU 12th general conference "Sustainable Development in Africa: The Role of Higher Education" Date: 4-9 May 2009 Location: Abuja, Nigeria Conference on "E learning and language...the spirit of the age" Date: 14 - 15 March 2009 Location: Cairo, Egypt View All Items ›› › Conferences on higher education   International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education.   University World news…the global window on higher education   Association of African universities   View All Items ›› Copyrights©2009. educationdev.net . All rights reserved. EducationDev.net is not responsible for the content of external linked Web sites.