Falling African share of tertiary education aid ‘a great concern’

A migrant from Syria holds a picture of Angela Merkel

Should the West recruit more students from Global South?

Scholarships can be important, but the risk of brain drain must be borne in mind, say experts

By Simon Baker

5 November

V-c: overseas student recruitment ‘weakening developing world’

Wits’ Adam Habib says universities should be ‘more focused on the developmental outcome’ of internationalisation

By Ellie Bothwell

12 February

A man looks on in amusement as Ashley Kirk-Spring, a British scientist studying flies beside the Lomami River in DRC, has to put his head right into the net he has caught them in to examine them closely

Are research links with the developing world still a one-way street?

Researchers in developing countries have often been confined to minor roles as translators and data gatherers. But there are signs that the scales are tipping. Simon Baker considers the extent and nature of collaboration between the Global North and South, while Andrew Thompson reflects on the next iteration of the UK’s Global Challenges Research Fund

By Simon Baker

9 January