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New Higher Education Solutions Network to support development

Makerere University in Uganda and six American universities have been selected by the US Agency for International Development , USAID, to join a US$130 million five-year project called the Higher Education Solutions Network, or HESN, which will use research to support development.

HESN was launched on 9 November, according to a USAID press statement. (...) - University World News, Wagdy Sawahel, 18 November 2012, Issue No:248

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UK: Academics have started to argue back on higher education reforms

UK: Academics have started to argue back on higher education reforms | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it

With the launch of the Council for the Defence of British Universities, the academic 'great and good' are finally voicing their opposition to the marketisation of higher education, says Peter Scott (...) - by Peter Scott, The Guardian, 12 November 2012

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UK: Coalition of thinkers vow to fight marketisation of universities

UK: Coalition of thinkers vow to fight marketisation of universities | Higher Education and academic research | Scoop.it

Purpose of university is being 'grossly distorted by the attempt to create a market in higher education', says one CDBU founder.

 

Some of Britain's most high-profile public intellectuals have formed a coalition to defend universities against the erosion of academic freedom and the marketisation of higher education. (...) - by Shiv Malik, The Guardian,Thursday 8 November 2012

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