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AFRICA-GLOBAL Desmond Thompson The World Conference of Science Journalists opened in Pretoria, South Africa, earlier this week, marking a significant shift for the profession. It is the first time in the event’s 33-year history that the flagship gathering has taken place on African soil. |
GERMANY Michael Gardner A group of students and staff members of Leipzig University have demanded that their institution suspend cooperation with its Israeli partners until they ‘recognise the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people’ and ‘end all forms of complicity in violating Palestinian rights’. |
MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA Wagdy Sawahel A new framework designed to align university programmes in Arab countries with labour market needs, address the gap between educational outcomes and future skills, and assist towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals was presented at a recent international forum held in Bahrain. |
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UNITED STATES Nathan M Greenfield |
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INDIA Pradipta Biswas
India’s scientists are helping to improve the efficacy and safety of astronauts on its space programme as part of international research efforts to expand our knowledge in ways that will benefit human beings involved in space exploration and those on Earth.
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JAPAN-AFRICA Clemence Manyukwe
A multi-nation satellite development initiative, commonly known as BIRDS, based at Japan’s Kyushu Institute of Technology is providing training to graduate students from African countries that have limited exposure to space sciences and giving them the foundations to build their countries’ first satellites.
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CANADA-UNITED STATES Nathan M Greenfield |
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AFRICA Desmond Thompson
Three early-career African scientists working at the frontiers of planetary-boundary research have been named the winners of the inaugural African Planet Prize, announced on 27 November at the annual Science Forum South Africa. The winners are from Namibia, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
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AFRICA Elias Ngalame
Scientists from the Congo Basin forest region and other groups have announced new training opportunities for researchers and students through scholarships and capacity-building workshops, in a bid to increase the number of scientists needed to drive climate change action and protect forests in Africa.
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NIGERIA Abdulganiyu Abdulrahman Akanbi
At least 10 higher education institutions in Kebbi and Bauchi states in Nigeria have been closed indefinitely, owing to escalating security challenges in the country that have included the abduction of hundreds of civilians during November alone.
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GLOBAL Nathan M Greenfield
A new global survey shows a 35% fall in international graduate enrolment in Canada and 19% in the United States compared with last year, with 90% and 85% of institutions in Canada and the US, respectively, saying that restrictive government policies are to blame.
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AUSTRALIA Hannah Soong, Ian Hardy, Guanglun Michael Mu, Keita Takayama and Ren-Hao Xu |
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