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Selecting vice-chancellors to run universities is a tricky business all over the world. It’s particularly complex in Nigeria, where a host of political and other non-academic factors are usually considered before an appointment is made. In recent months tension over the selection process has reached worrying dimensions as some universities – federal and state – have been unable to agree on who to choose. The result has been the appointment of a raft of acting vice-chancellors. Ayodeji Olukoju, a former vice-chancellor, identifies the pitfalls in the selection process and suggests ways of fixing them.
COVID-19 has made women and girls even more vulnerable to sexual and gender-based violence in humanitarian settings. Using lessons learned during the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lindsay Stark and Luissa Vahedi write that measures to control the pandemic need to be designed in a way that ensures they manage the threat of infectious disease, as well as the vulnerability of women and girls.
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Wale Fatade
Commissioning Editor: Nigeria
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Appointment of vice-chancellors is problematic in some Nigerian universities
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Ayodeji Olukoju, University of Lagos
Transparent selection processes and merit should be emphasised more in appointing vice-chancellors in Nigerian universities.
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Women and girls face increased violence during public health crises.
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Lindsay Stark, Washington University in St Louis; Luissa Vahedi, Washington University in St Louis
A gender perspective to public health is essential to human rights and safety in crises situations.
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Cati Coe, Rutgers University
Families in Ghana are struggling to manage the long-term care of ageing relatives.
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Lee Randall, University of the Witwatersrand
An accurate understanding of the problem is an important part of finding solutions.
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David Whyte, University of Liverpool
The development of the COVID-19 vaccines is part of a vast system of public subsidies and universities, not corporate ambition.
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Richard Buscombe, University of East London
Pressure from the crowd causes referees to make different decisions.
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Rizqy Amelia Zein, Universitas Airlangga
Dans certains pays comme l’Indonésie, la démarche scientifique se voit parfois entravée par la politique. Ouvrir l’accès aux données permettrait de mieux évaluer les études, dans l’intérêt général.
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Lionel Cavicchioli, The Conversation
Alors que notre pays fait face à la montée d’une troisième vague de Covid-19, la fermeture des écoles permettra-t-elle de freiner le SARS-CoV-2 ? Quel rôle jouent-elles dans l’épidémie ?
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