Blogue de Notas de Rui Paulo Almas

David Bell, Vice-Chanceler na Universidade de Reading, Reino Unido, num artigo de opinião que publicou recentemente com o titulo " Why Africa should be the next focus for UK global higher education drive " faz uma excelente análise do processo de internacionalização das universidades britânicas e dos desafios actualmente existentes nesta área. Desta análise retirámos algumas considerações que nos parecem bastante relevantes, a saber: - " Until now, UK universities have focused on the emerging economies of Asia, with great success. This has brought Asian students to the UK in large numbers. It has also prompted British universities to set up new campuses overseas and initiate agreements with in-country institutions – the model known as transnational education ". -  " Transnational education is on the rise. In November, the Higher Education Funding Council for England reported on the increasing importance of overseas campuses and partnerships in sustai...

  Via The Economist . " Last year military spending there grew by 8.3%, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), faster than in other parts of the world (see chart). Two out of three African countries have substantially increased military spending over the past decade; the continent as a whole raised military expenditure by 65%, after it had stagnated for the previous 15 years. Angola’s defence budget increased by more than one-third in 2013, to $6 billion, overtaking South Africa as the biggest spender in sub-Saharan Africa. Other countries with rocketing defence budgets include Burkina Faso, Ghana, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The continent’s biggest spender by far is Algeria, at $10 billion ".