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THE) World University Rankings 2021 carried few surprises when it was released in September. The usual contestants led the rankings. Yet among these are some institutions, operating under totalitarian regimes, that do not match our expectation of what universities are about …” (more)
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Rankings data row fuels push to oust university leader
Faculty members at the University of Tsukuba, a leading higher education institution in Japan, have launched a campaign against the re-appointment of its president, Kyosuke Nagata. Their action, they said, is aimed at protecting democracy and transparency in Japan’s university governance.
Faculty members claim that the university, under Nagata’s leadership, misreported data on international student numbers at the university in an alleged bid to increase the university’s rank in
Times Higher Education’s global university rankings over the past two years.
They further allege that he used inaccurate information on foreign students to apply to the education ministry for the university to be designated a ‘National University’, a prestigious title in Japan, which in turn may have helped in his bid to remain president of the university, despite strong faculty opposition during the selection process.
UK-PHRST Research Fellow in Mental Health
The UK-Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) is co-led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Public Health England (PHE), funded by UK government Overseas Development Aid with a triple remit of response, research and capacity development for outbreaks in low and middle income countries.
The main purpose of the post is to support the implementation and continued development of the UK-PHRST’s emerging mental health programme. To do this, the post holder will work with UK-PHRST colleagues, the Centre for Global Mental Health at LSHTM, and colleagues in Global Mental Health at Public Health England.
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Monday April 12 2021
Prof Barnabas Nawangwe poses with the Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni at the opening of the Makerere University auditorium in 2019. Photo | Rachel Mabala
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A number of courses have been scrapped from the list of courses offered at Makerere University. Does this action affect the validity of the graduates? What causes these course to be cancelled and what is the way forward for those that had interest in those courses?
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Universities all over the world scrap or merge courses for different reasons. Limited applications, evolution, lack of resources and duplication of courses, among the others render a university course or programme obsolete. The mentioned factors have been behind the scrapping of courses in Uganda over the years.