Are universities failing us? Global South Thinkers LIVE
Universities across the Global South face questions about their role in addressing local challenges, expanding access to education and producing research that reflects the needs of their societies.
This live Global South Thinkers discussion, organised by Global South World, brings together academics from Ghana and Colombia to examine whether higher education institutions in Africa, Latin America and other Global South regions are meeting the needs of their societies or following academic models developed elsewhere.
The discussion, happening on October 29, 1:30 pm GMT, features Dr Millicent Adjei of Ashesi University in Ghana and Dr Jimena Hurtado of Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, with journalist Ismail Akwei as moderator.
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Dr Adjei, Director of International Programs and Campus Cohesion at Ashesi University, specialises in higher education policies that improve outcomes for first-generation and economically disadvantaged African students. Dr Hurtado represents Teaching and Researching Equitable Economics from the South (TREES), an initiative focused on economics education and research from a Global South perspective.
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The speakers will examine access to higher education, educational inequality, graduate unemployment and whether university curricula adequately reflect local economic and social realities.
Artificial intelligence will also feature in the conversation, particularly its impact on learning, independent thinking, educational inequality and future employment opportunities in developing economies.
Other topics include research funding, brain drain, international academic partnerships and opportunities for stronger collaboration between universities in the Global South.
This story is written and edited by the Global South World team, you can contact us here.
