This message reverberated among teaching staff of the University of Dar es Salaam as PedaL pitched camp at the University for six days in the new year; from 20-25 January 2020. PedaL is a training programme that introduces intentional and integrated interventions in design, context, processes and content of teaching and learning aimed at maximizing learning outcomes among students. […]
Job title: National Research Coordinator Place of work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Pay: Range between ETB 505,000 – 653,920 per year depending on experience Reports to: Director, Partner lead (tbc) / Accountability for Water – Programme Management Team Travel: Frequent periods of travel in Ethiopia with occasional regional and global travel Term: 2 years, extension subject to performance and funding Improved […]
Lund University, Department of Political Science Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top 100 universities. The University has 40 000 students and 7 600 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition. […]
The training workshop was organized collaboratively by Moi University, Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) and the entire partnership for Pedagogical Leadership in Africa (PedaL). It was held in Eldoret, Kenya on November 11-15, 2019. Besides Moi University, the workshop trained over 150 participants from several Universities and University Colleges in Kenya.
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) has an obligation, as a transnational intellectual platform, to help Africa tell its own stories, generate its own knowledge and be free. Addressing the Second Biennial Conference of ARUA from 18-20 November in Nairobi, University of the Witwatersrand Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib challenged the alliance, made up of over […]
The aim of the African Research Universities Alliance or ARUA to increase Africa’s contribution to global research output and its commitment to strengthening the continent’s research base are ‘fundamental’ to nurturing and supporting the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in Africa. Professor Margaret Dallman, vice president (international) and associate provost at Imperial College London, told University World […]
Starting at the University of Nairobi Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.) In Public Policy The Department of Political Science and Public Administration,The University of Nairobi, in collaboration with Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), invites applications for admission into the January 2020 intake for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Public Policy. About The […]
Long accused of being inflexible, African universities have, through a partnership-based research initiative focused on public policy, helped uncover a long-hidden truth: “Universities are not only open to innovative ideas and programmes but can also domesticate, own, finance and nurture them.” This is according to Beatrice Muganda, programme manager for the Partnership for African Social […]
Evidence-based policy (EBP) and linking public policy theories with practice was the focus of a one-day Policy Forum organized recently by the Alumni/Master Class of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) which is hosted by the Department of Political Science of University of Lagos. Themed, “Linking Public Policies Theories with Practice,” the forum was part of […]
Participants at a policy forum in Lagos have criticised the continued erosion of the autonomy of local governments in the country and called for the restructuring of the political system to facilitate development. They expressed regret that local governments are not allowed to play their roles as assigned to them in the constitution. With the […]