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New Doctors in Egypt Aren’t Ready to Treat Emergencies, Experts Say
Outdated curricula and a lack of practical training in medical schools leave many graduates ill-equipped to deal with emergencies.
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Morocco’s First Online University TV Channel Offers Training Opportunities
The online TV channel at Ibn Zohr University is an outlet for providing lessons, spreading university news, and training media…
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Fear and Anger Follow a Deadly Fire at an Iraqi Teaching Hospital
The fire at a hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq, highlighted inadequate and unsafe conditions in Iraq’s medical training system.
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Syrian Refugees Build ‘Learning Ecosystems’ to Access Higher Education
Networks of informal contacts and resources are helping refugee students in Lebanon and Jordan gain access to a university education.
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Tunisian University Instructors Complain of Exploitation
Private universities offer almost the only chance of jobs, but instructors say their conditions of employment are precarious.
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How Medical Schools in Qatar Adapted During the Pandemic
Covid-19 forced medical schools to shift much of their training to virtual platforms. That posed challenges for students and faculty.
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Business Incubators Are on the Rise at Egyptian Universities
Egyptian universities are increasingly interested in business incubators and in teaching entrepreneurship, but funding is a problem.
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Egypt’s Universities Adopt Academic Credit-Hour System
Moving to the credit-hour system should help cut the state's higher-education costs, officials say, but some academics fear a lowering…
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