Inclusion strategies for students from marginalized communities in higher-ed institutions

This session shares insights into providing education and supporting systems that ensure career success for students from marginalized communities; refugees, lower-income status and physical disabilities. The session leverages on Kepler's experience in educating students from refugees and less-privileged backgrounds to help higher-ed stakeholders identify systems to increase students' adaptability into campus culture. Participants will learn from Kepler’s Marginalized Community Education Framework tool to guide them in developing and implementing inclusion strategies in their institutions.

Ahead of the Education Collaborative 2022 Annual Convening, this speaker session kickstarts the conversation on improving employability outcomes. Employer engagement forms an integral part of higher-ed institutions' career strategy to improve their employability outcomes. Higher-ed institutions use career fairs to engage employers more closely. How do institutions strategize for careers fairs as part of their […]

Pre-Convening Session – Integrating Entrepreneurship and Innovation into Your Institution’s Curricula

The session explores how higher education institutions can educate students with an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset through learner-centred pedagogy. It presents the model used by Botho University which integrates entrepreneurial skills in every course and major in an institution. The session will offer an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset toolkit that comprises classroom activities that lecturers […]

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 […]

Keynote: Giving Voice to Values: An Innovative Approach to Leadership Development 

Speaker: Dr. Mary Gentile, Creator, Giving Voice to Values, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Synopsis: 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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Workshop: Introducing Giving Voice to Values Africa

Facilitators: Rebecca Awuah, Faculty, Ashesi University; Rose Dodd, Director, Education Collaborative Synopsis: 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 in speaking and acting in service of your values—within […]