Countdown begins for Middle East & Africa’s academia conference

JOHANNESBURG - April 30, 2013 - PRLog -- One of the biggest higher education events in the Middle East and Africa region, 3rd QS-MAPLE conference and exhibition will take place in a week’s time in Johannesburg, South Africa. The theme of the conference is “Global Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education”.

Middle East and Africa Professional Leaders in Education – QS-MAPLE – offers the ideal platform for actively engaged university leaders as well as academics to participate in constructive debates on the internationalisation of students, faculty, and the curriculum. The mission of QS-MAPLE is “to build world-class universities for Middle Eastern & African communities through global partnership and collaboration”. This conference will be held from 7–8 May 2013 in Hyatt Regency Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa.

For the first time in the history of QS higher education events, two universities from two continents – University of Johannesburg from Africa and Nanyang Technological University from Asia – have co-hosted a conference together. This is a true case of borderless globalisation facilitated by QS for the benefit of higher education institutions in Asia, Middle East and Africa.  

“3rd QS-MAPLE is a platform to engage in in-depth discussions and share best practice in order to benefit from the latest developments in teaching, learning, research, innovation, and governance and assessment”, says Noble Prize winner, Professor Bertil Andersson, President of Nanyang Technological University.  

About QS

QS Quacquarelli Symonds is the world’s leading network for top careers and education and is also the producer of the widely known QS World University Rankings and QS Asian University Rankings. The mission of QS is to empower universities to excel beyond their limits through knowledge-sharing and network-boosting conferences, unique and omnipresent publications, and consulting services.

QS Education Trust, a subsidiary of QS Quacquarelli Symonds, is a not-for-profit company with the objective of providing students – mainly from developing countries – with a variety of scholarships. The Trust receives the delegate registration fees from QS conferences and distributes the surplus remaining, after event costs are deducted, to its philanthropic activities.

For more information, please visit http://www.qs-asia.com

Contact

For press inquiries or for complimentary media registrations for the event please contact: Ashwin Fernandes at 0065 93380322