Achieving Excellence in Science and Technology Higher Education

	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.

	Making Higher Education Work for Africa’s Competitiveness
	Higher education should play a critical catalytic role in Africa’s economic growth, according to African policy makers and experts from the public and private sectors.

	Enemy inside the Gate - The Biggest Barrier to Innovation in the Middle East
	What are the drivers for innovation in the Middle East?, how people innovate in the Middle East, and what is the difference the drivers for innovation in middles east with that of other societies?

	Nanotechnology Could Help Arab Region

Global : University Rankings 2.0

As the number of university rankings systems around the world has increased and spread, they have mutated; no longer are ranking systems simply clones of the original rankings such as US News and World Report. A number of different types of 'mutation' have occurred, so that there are now varieties of rankings around the world. This report describes these mutations and examines likely future developments in rankings as they continue to spread across the globe.

	Providing support for higher education needs to be part of a broader reform of society
	Philip Albach, Director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College, gives his views on issues such as higher education as a global actor, equity in access to higher education or aspects of ranking higher education institutions.

	GLOBAL: Establishing world-class universities
	Most nations want one but few can seriously entertain the thought of establishing a world-class university, let alone sustain the resources and results needed to hold their position. That is the take-away message from Jamil Salmi, the World Bank's tertiary education coordinator, in this impressive monograph, The Challenge of Establishing World-Class Universities.

	Can universities in Islamic States tackle the swine flu crisis?
	Islamic states were among the countries with the highest rate of infection with the bird influenza especially Egypt and Indonesia. Now, with the swine flu crisis, can universities and research centers in the Islamic world adjust its research programmes to meet the needs of the community which they are located in?

	Volutarism in the field of science and technology education...Malaysia's experince
	Mahathir bin Mohamad, former prime minister of Malaysia, presents the significance of science and technology education for development, highlights Malaysia's experience in promoting education and calls upon rich Muslims to volunteer to set up universities all over the Muslim world to rebuild the great Muslim civilization.

	Higher education and its role in achieving development
	A special report looked at higher education's role in achieving development goals and the roles of governments and funding organisations in building robust higher education systems. The articles below are among several featured in the series and follow a comprehensive background article that probes donor funding for higher education in developing countries over the last half century.

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