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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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Need to better prepare students for a future world

Universities need to do a better job of equipping young people to succeed in the 21st century, Andreas Schleicher, deputy director for education at the OECD, argued at the recent World Innovation Summit for Education, or WISE, in Doha, Qatar.

“More than ever before, skills drive our economies and they transform people’s lives,” he said. “But more education doesn’t automatically translate into better skills and better lives.” (...) - University World News, by Erin Millar25 November 2012 Issue No:249

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