Annual Convening 2022

Ashesi University , Ghana

Join thought leaders in higher education at the Education Collaborative Annual Convening from June 13 - 17 to share insights on creating innovations for the sector. The 2022 Annual Convening will host a series of roundtable discussions, expert sessions, and workshops to share tools and successful models in the development of entrepreneurship, employability, ethics, and leadership systems. Connect in-person […]

Special Sessions: Systems Change Program – Employability Participants Meeting

Speaker: Dr. George Mugabe In preparation for implementing the SCP–E projects, this session will bring together the participating and mentor institutions to discuss in detail the progress of the pilot program and the experiences of stakeholders going through the system's change process. The session will also discuss the monitoring and evaluation framework for both the […]

Research Communities of Practice Meetings

Speaker: Dr. Keren Naa Abeka Arthur This session engages participants on the concept, goals and activities of the Education Collaborative Research Community of Practice. The Research Community of Practice focuses on two main areas: Researchers (faculty and non-faculty researchers): creating a collaborative environment to hone research collaborations and share best practices for discipline-specific research to […]

Ethics and Leadership Track: Keynote: Giving Voice to Values: An Innovative Approach to Leadership Development

Speakers: Mary Gentile, Rebecca Awuah The emergence and growth of Giving Voice to Values (GVV) has been a significant development in ethics education over the past two decades. GVV has changed the way ethics are taught, discussed, and practiced in educational, government, private, and non-profit settings around the world. Of particular importance has been the […]

Entrepreneurship Track: Assessing the Agenda of Entrepreneurship Education in Africa- A Synopsis of Continental Conversations in Entrepreneurship

Speakers: Alfred Kitawi, Veronica Ogeto, Leana Kotze The session aims to map out and evaluate the continental discussions around entrepreneurship and how these are translated to regional block conversations and especially within entrepreneurship education. It will examine the discussions from the perspective of critical actors, mechanisms, structures, enablers, disablers, and processes which connect entrepreneurship education […]

Employability Track: Workshop: Devising an Experiential Learning Strategy for Institutions – Work-Integrated Learning

Speakers: Ivy Muthoni, Mohammed Khan As the world of work continues to change with technology and other disruptions, there is a need to rethink workplace training for students in HEIs to empower them to be ready for the jobs of today and better prepared for the opportunities of tomorrow. The session introduces a wide array of Work Integrated […]

Ethics & Leadership Track Workshop: Introducing Giving Voice to Values Africa

Speakers: Rebecca Awuah, Rose Dodd Are you interested in bringing Giving Voice to Values (GVV) to your school, university or organization but would like to learn more yourself first? Would you like to improve your own competence and confidence speaking and acting in service of your values—within your organization or in other areas of your […]

Entrepreneurship Track: Roundtable discussions: Contributions and Expectations of Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Actors: Boosting Collaborative Relationships

Speakers: Ludovica Ochieng, Dr. Abena Engmann, Kagonya Awori, Nanko Madu, Mercy Kimalat Examine the critical ingredients for creating synergistic innovative capabilities for entrepreneurship sector actors from collaborations within the entrepreneurship ecosystem. Synergistic innovative capability is defined as a higher-order ability to accumulate and deploy new knowledge or to recombine existing knowledge to create innovations more […]

Employability Track: Workshop: Curriculum Alignment to the Job Market

Speakers: Mary Kiguru, Prof. Flora Fabian, Dr. David Monk, Albert Luswata This session aims to delve deeper into the disconnect that has been widely spoken about with regard to the development of employability skills, skills profiling, outcomes framing, integrating job market dynamics into curricula, curricula innovation, faculty development for outcome-based curricula, among other dynamics associated […]

Fireside meetings – West Africa Institutions Meeting

Speakers: Prof. Angela Owusu Ansah, Rose Dodd This session convenes higher education institutions from West Africa to discuss priority areas and collaborative opportunities to drive innovations in the sub-region. At this first hub meeting, attendees will get the opportunity to discuss the vision of the Education Collaborative, its relevance to West Africa, and share input […]