Special Reports – Africa Edition
AFRICA-GLOBAL
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The international virtual summit, “University Social Responsibility: Priorities for the next decade”, was hosted from 3-5 February by the University of Pretoria and the global University Social Responsibility Network. Participants deliberated on a future in which the academic responsibility of societal service becomes increasingly embedded in the missions of all institutions as a core commitment of students and staff to the community and a measure of their standing. University World News is a media partner.
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How can universities strengthen both local and regional collaborations, while leveraging the already existing international collaborations? In this, the sixth and final edition of the dialogue series hosted by the Alliance for African Partnership or AAP, representatives of philanthropic foundations, global financial institutions and private sector organisations unpack the implications of COVID-19 for partnerships and engagement.
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AFRICA-GLOBAL
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In a special report on the Forum on the Role of the African Diaspora in the Revitalisation of Higher Education in Africa, held in Ethiopia from 13-14 November 2019, University World News interviews some of the participants and provides an overview of the gathering organised by the Institute of African Studies at Canada's Carleton University, the Citizens and Diaspora Directorate of the African Union and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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AFRICA
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The 15th annual general meeting (AGM) of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) and the third annual Forum for African Women Vice Chancellors (FAWoVC) were held at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana from 2-6 December. The theme of the AGM, which attracted over 900 participants from Africa and beyond, was “Delivering on Africa's universities Agenda for Higher Agricultural Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (AHESTI): What will it take?”
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AFRICA
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The second Higher Education Forum for Africa, Asia and Latin America (HEFAALA) symposium was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 25-27 July 2019. In this follow-up special report, we publish a selection of papers delivered at the conference.
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AFRICA
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The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), in partnership with Kenya's University of Nairobi, hosted its Second Biennial International Conference from 18-20 November 2019 under the theme “Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution [4IR]: Defining a role for research universities”. The ARUA network is made up of 16 universities and 350 researchers in Africa, aimed at enhancing research and graduate training in member institutions.
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AFRICA
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The 14th edition of eLearning Africa was held from 23 to 25 October in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Under the theme "The Keys to the Future: Learnability and employability", the gathering focused on two of the most important attributes needed in tomorrow’s rapidly changing global economy: learnability and employability.
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AFRICA
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The second Higher Education Forum for Africa, Asia and Latin America (HEFAALA) symposium was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 25-27 July 2019. Jointly organised with St Mary’s University, the symposium was marked by discussions and analyses of topical higher education issues of regional, trans-regional and international significance by experts from the three regions and beyond.
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