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.8   September 2009 Ramadan Mubarak   › Science education in IDB member countries   MIDDLE EAST: Plans for space education and research The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to boost space science in higher education, as well as research and development in the UAE and the Middle East region. Senegal to become part of ambitious maths network Plans are well underway to create an African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Senegal. WEST AFRICA: First regional centre for disease control West African health ministers recently approved a 10-year plan to create a regional centre for disease control aimed at boosting education and training programmes as well as research on communicable diseases. The new centre - the first of four African disease control hubs - will be based in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou. View All Items ›› › University-industry alliance   Building a Technology Transfer Office in univeristies – Starting Out Not all universities – or staff members – are convinced technology transfer is part of their remit. Here are some ideas on how to persuade them. AFRICA: Universities do not meet industry needs The African Commission has found a weak link between the demands of industry and what is provided by Africa's institutions of higher education, especially with regards to agriculture - the continent's dominant industry. In a report, the commission says Africa's universities are not geared to meet the needs of industry. View All Items ›› › Bank for science education resources   Network Tools and Applications in Biology….. Innovative ICT tools and to their usefulness in Bioinformatics This is a series of workshops focused on the most promising and innovative ICT tools and to their usefulness in Bioinformatics. These workshops aim to introduce participants to the evolving network standards and technologies that are being applied to the biology field. View All Items ›› › Feature   Digital resources for research: a review of access and use in African universities Africa's access to digital research resources has improved but the continent faces new challenges including poor awareness of available resources, difficulty in gaining access to relevant sites and an inability to locate relevant, high-quality material. GLOBAL: Aspiring to world-class universities achievable The prestige seeking behaviour of universities is ever increasing as the global war for talent intensifies and education's role in the knowledge economy becomes more critical. In this process, the quest for world-class status among universities has become more prominent. Nanotechnology in Agriculture and Food The prediction is that nanotechnology will transform the entire food industry, changing the way food is produced, processed, packaged, transported, and consumed. This report reviews the key aspects of these transformations, highlighting current research in the agri-food industry and what future impacts these may have. View All Items ›› › Conferences on higher education   META'10, the 2nd International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics Dates: 22-25 February 2010 Location: Cairo, Egypt Workshop on Capacity Development for Farm Management Strategies to Improve Crop-Water Productivity using AquaCrop Date: 25–29 October 2009 Location: Cairo, Egypt Workshop on the Governance of Higher Education in the Gulf Cooperation Council Region Location: Cambridge (UK) Date: July 7-10, 2010 View All Items ›› › Higher education netwatch   Egyptian Science and Technology Community Science and technology world (Arabic) View All Items ›› Copyrights©2009. educationdev.net . All rights reserved. EducationDev.net is not responsible for the content of external linked Web sites.