Bologna Country Update: Slovak Republic

By Nick Clark, Assistant Editor, WENR Legislative Framework The Higher Education Act of 1990 introduced a structure of higher education featuring a two-tiered system of undergraduate and graduate degrees in contrast to the pre-1989 system based on the five-year integrated Soviet model. It also guaranteed…

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WENR, January/February 2004: Africa

Angola UNICEF Workshops to Train Teachers Angola has been at peace for almost two years, and after 27 years of fighting, the government has committed US$44 million to get 1 million grade-schoolers back in class within a year. International children’s charity UNICEF will train 29,000…

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WENR, January/February 2004: Americas

Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Canada Universities Adapt to Competition with US for Graduate Students To remain competitive with the United States, some Canadian universities are offering postgraduates guaranteed funding. The University of Alberta…

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WENR, January/February 2004: Asia Pacific

Afghanistan Education Struggles to Rebuild After almost 25 years of warfare, Afghanistan is now battling to restore a shattered educational infrastructure. The central challenge is coping with the so-called “lost generation” of students who have had their education put on hold by conflict. Education was…

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WENR, January/February 2004: Europe

Editorial Note: Web links have been removed from this page due to outdated third-party web content. Regional Europass Proposal Moves Forward In December, the European Commission presented a proposal to the European Parliament and Council for a single framework on the transparency of qualifications and…

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