Kicking sand at Uncle Sam

Article Abstract:

The British Council is trying to help UK colleges and universities attract more students from the Gulf and so challenge the US's dominance in this market. The market the British Council and UK educational establishments are targeting consists of two segments: the children of expatriates; and United Arab Emirates (UAE) nationals, of whom many win private-sector of government funding to study abroad. UAE nationals tend to regard the US as having a more open and attractive culture than the UK. The British Council is now backing the UK presence at an education and training fair in Dubai.

Foreign operations, Marketing, United Kingdom. British Council

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Kuwait's ambassadors from student world

Article Abstract:

The 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq led to the destruction of the University of Kuwait, which the Kuwaiti government is seeking to revive. Libraries, laboratories and computer centers were looted in the war. The government is seeking to review a scholarship program which is linked to estimates of numbers of graduates needed for the Kuwaiti economy. Other subjects may be included than strictly vocational studies in the new version of the program.

Education and state, Education policy, War and society, Society, Wars, Kuwait

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Will sleeping watchdogs wake to the battle-cry?

Article Abstract:

The university often has the role of watchdog, monitoring public policy, but South Africa's universities have failed to take on this role. Universities in South Africa need to move away from their perceived role of research and teaching, and become more involved in the country's immediate problems.

South Africa, Social policy, Schools

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