| 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.10
November 2009 |
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› Science education in IDB member countries |
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TUNISIA: Five-year strategy for higher education |
| Tunisia has announced a five year higher education, science and technology strategic plan aimed at promoting scientific research and technology-based industry. The plan covering 2009 to 2014 was presented on 11 October by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at the launch of the campaign for presidential and legislative elections to be held later this month. |
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AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA: New university partnerships |
| Africa's 53 states and South America's 12 countries plan to deepen their alliances by cooperating in areas of mutual interest, including higher education, science and technology. The plan was approved by heads of state at the second Africa-South America Summit held on Venezuela's Margarita Island from 26-27 September. |
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› Innovation in higher education |
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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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› University-industry alliance |
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ALGERIA: ICT innovation start-up initiative |
| Algeria has launched a start-up initiative called ASI to help university graduates and hi-tech entrepreneurs transfer ideas into innovative information and communications technology-based enterprises in the hope of establishing a Silicon Valley-style innovation zone and a "Google - made in Algeria". |
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INDONESIA: $29 million nanotech initiative |
| Indonesia will spend US$29 million to foster communication between industry and universities in order to encourage the use of nanotechnology for improving the nation's industrial competitiveness. |
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GLOBAL: Women no longer the second sex |
| Women outnumber men in worldwide university enrolments and graduation rates, according to UNESCO's 2009 Global Education Digest. The number of female students in tertiary education rose six-fold between 1970 and 2007compared with a quadrupling of male enrolments during the same period. In terms of graduation, women outnumber men in 75 of the 98 countries, the Digest reports |
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GLOBAL: Who owns IP, university or researcher? |
| The question whether a university or its employees own the intellectual property in inventions is not a new one. It has been around for a long time, has been the subject of many disputes and judicial decisions, and with the increasing commercialization of universities, the involvement of several institutions in one project and the hunger for research funds and venture capital, it is not going to become any easier. |
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› Conferences on higher education |
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› Higher education netwatch |
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