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“I Am Not Good at It. I will Never Be” Several studies have focused on how mindset affects academic performance, proving that the growth mindset positively impacts students’ achievements and success. However, despite strong evidence and research results, all of us could recollect the times we said “I can’t” as students.  At one point in our student life, we have all been in denial of trying to achieve or understand something that was out of our league. Whether it be physics, maths, literature, biochemistry or even sports. Does this ring any bells? As students, we would loathe subjects that we…

Unicaf CEO, Dr Nicos Nicolaou Barriers to education in Africa include political and security instability, costs, health and nutrition, distance to school, insufficient budgetary allocations to education, and poor-quality environments, content and processes. Such barriers widen inequality across an already unequal region with stark wealth, gender and social disparities, as well as stymie opportunity, innovation, and economic growth prospects. In a recent interview with Business Insider Africa Dr Nicos Nicolaou, the founder and CEO of Unicaf, a leading higher education online platform with students from 160 countries, set out his vision for a more robust education…

Just as traditional scholarships make education possible for those who are otherwise unable to afford the cost, distance education makes education accessible to those who are unable to sit in the traditional classroom. This article will go through the history of open and distance learning and try to compress over 100 years of history into an interesting and succinct record. The Check’s in the Mail Open and Distance Learning through the Post The postal service was the only way for distance learning to exist before radio and TV! However, it had incredibly limited reach. Tutors that wished to perform correspondence…

The closure of university campuses around the globe due to the Covid-19 pandemic was a big shock for the world of higher education. The pandemic forced the majority – if not all higher education institutions – to shift to a virtual learning experience. This is when the concept of ‘distance learning’ became a reality for millions of students. Traditionally, distance learning was available only for students who could not be physically present at university. Nowadays, however, distance learning has evolved so all students can experience student life remotely. Students have the flexibility to fit their studies into their daily routines by…

The Future of Work – this has been a trending topic for the past 3 years, with many predictions and expert reviews on the subject. Some experts believe that the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence in our workplace may affect people’s jobs. Some believe that technology will only replace tasks and not jobs. Either way, these key factors will reshape the future of work: artificial intelligence, globalisation and digital education.

The demand of studying at a post-secondary level in many African countries is heavily outnumbering the available space. It was revealed that in Nigeria alone over one million qualified students could not secure a place at university last year and with 50% of Africans under the age of 19, demographics show that demand will continue to grow. “We are not going to discover something new that is going to revolutionise higher education” This topic was discussed at the “Making Tertiary International Education Accessible to Africa” conference last week in London, hosted by UNICAF, a distance-learning scholarship…