Monthly Archive July 2019

AAU Talks: Opening Ceremony of the PedaL & MRPP Week- part 2

It was an opportunity for an estimated 170 participants to interact and exchange perspectives on emerging outcomes of pedagogical innovations. These included: government officials, education policy actors drawn from various national and regional organizations; university leaders and managers; research organizations; university teaching staff and students; the media; resource persons; and, PASGR staff.

AAU Talks: Opening Ceremony of the PedaL & MRPP Week- part 1

Themed ‘Pedagogy on the Move: Our Journeys’; the joint event was hosted by PASGR and its partners in the Pedagogical Leadership in Africa project as well as the collaborative Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) programme. It was held at the Sarova Whitesands Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya on June 24 – 28, 2019 and marked […]

Partnership for African Social and Governance Research Annual Report- 2018

From the Chair PASGR’s main mission of creating vibrant social science communities across the continent has remained significant. As we continue to invest in our communities of practice by building the next generation of excellent researchers and policy actors in Africa, we have experienced immense effect in these communities of knowledge and practice throughout our […]

AAU Talks: Transforming Teaching & Learning Processes in Africa

Kwesi Acquah Sam, the host of AAU Talks, engages Dr. Beatrice Muganda, Director of Higher Education at the Partnerships for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) based in Nairobi, Kenya on the Pedagogical Leadership Programme run by PASGR and its impact on transforming teaching and learning processes in Africa.

Technological innovations – A key to reaching students

African universities need to “run faster in innovating technologies to compete globally”, according to Professor Crispus Kiamba, former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology in Kenya and current faculty member of the School of the Built Environment, College of Architecture and Engineering at the University of Nairobi. In his keynote […]

Pedagogy on the move: PedaL Turns One

170 participants from the 21 universities across Africa were in attendance at the Pedagogical Leadership Annual Convening and Collaborative Master of Research and Public Policy week organized by the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) and supported by the UK Department For International Department (DFID) under the Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation […]