The Employability Community of Practice (ECoP) is a workgroup of educators, experts, and other stakeholders engaging members in a hands-on learning environment to develop models and tools to foster holistic career departments within African Higher Education Institutions. The ECoP will be holding a virtual meeting on 28th September 2023 led by Abigail Welbeck, Director of […]
GVV Africa is having an online live-facilitated session where participants will apply ethical action skills learnt from course modules. Led by a trained GVV Africa facilitator, this session will help participants build the confidence needed to speak up and act in values-conflict situations. Facilitator: Nancy Biwott, Associate Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Carnegie Mellon University. […]
The Education Collaborative's East Africa (EA) Hub will organise its strategic and technical committee meeting in Kampala, Uganda. Themed "Charting the Course to Success: Strategic Priorities for 2023/2024", the meeting will engage member institutions in East Africa to define priorities for regional development. Attendance is by invitation only!
Join us this 5th and 6th of October in Kampala, Uganda, for the 2023 East Africa Convening. Themed "Accelerating Entrepreneurship and Graduate Employability for Regional Development", the two-day convening will foster collaboration, share knowledge, and inspire innovative approaches in higher education within the East Africa region. CLICK HERE to learn more!
The Education Collaborative's West Africa (WA) Hub will organise its technical committee meeting on the 12th of October, 2023. Focused on onboarding WA Hub's technical committee members, the meeting will further engage members on goals and initiatives for implementation within the hub. Attendance is by invitation only!
In an upcoming webinar series titled "Initiating Giving Voice to Values (GVV ) for Educators and Administrators: Laying the Foundation", organized by Cavendish University, Lenny Baer and Rosemary Nyaole will be sharing insights on GVV Africa and their experience as facilitators. Speakers: Lenny Baer, Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ashesi University. Rosemary Nyaole, Senior […]
Dr Keren Arthur, Director, of Design Thinking and Innovation Hub, University of Cape Coast, will share the outcomes of her research, "Embedding 21st Century Skills through Extra-Curricular Activities in Public Universities: The Case of the University of Cape Coast Design Thinking and Innovation Hub (D-Hub)". As a public university with about 70,000 students, the University […]
Themed "Preparing Educators to Model Ethical Behaviour", this webinar will engage educators on practical ways to champion and model ethical values in their institutions. Speakers: Dinah Baidoo, Senior Assistant Librarian, Ashesi University. Prof Vincent Ogutu, Vice Chancellor, Strathmore University. Prof John Mugisha, Vice Chancellor, Cavendish University.
Ethics and Leadership Community of Practice (EnLCoP) is a workgroup comprised of educators, industry experts, and stakeholders actively engaged in developing and sharing cases, curricula, and pedagogy that drive values and ethics education in Africa. The EnLCoP will hold a virtual meeting on 26th October 2023 led by Andrew Mathenge, Student Welfare Development Officer at […]
The Education Collaborative will hold a webinar on Sub-Saharan Africa University Rankings. This session will dive deep into the rankings' five key pillars, learning and offering valuable insights, strategies, and opportunities for improvement. Institutional leaders and their teams will set goals for each pillar and create a plan to achieve them with support and resources […]
The annual Career Strategy workshop, organized by the Education Collaborative, is a 2-day hands-on experience where institutions develop an effective career department strategy to promote career readiness among their students. The sessions are designed to provide participating institutions with a structured framework to improve and optimize their career centres. Throughout the program, institutions will receive […]
What are the critical roles of an incubator in Higher Education Institutions? How can higher education institutions set up and effectively run a business incubator? Ms Ludovica Ochieng, Incubation Manager iBizAfrica Incubation & Innovation Centre at Strathmore University, will lead a discussion on how institutions can set up and sustainably run an Incubation Hub. The […]
