There is a pressing need to critically evaluate and monitor higher education’s responses to the lockdown in Africa, especially in relation to teaching and learning remotely, says Daniela Gachago, an associate professor in…
The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down the internationalisation of higher education at a time when it was gaining momentum in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region and Africa at large. Moving forward,…
The Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) policy for cooperation on education and training lacks the necessary force to inform transformation in the region’s higher education, said Pilisano Masake, the associate dean of research…
African universities have been called upon to start contributing effectively to the United Nations’ 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that the continent is lagging behind on.
This will require a targeted approach of partnerships between governments, academia and industry, according to a universities vice-chancellors’ panel at the Southern African Regional Universities Association’s (SARUA’s) first digital colloquium titled ‘Regional Collaboration of Higher Education in the post-COVID-19 era’.
The Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) will be hosting a colloquium series for eight weeks following the cancellation of its virtual conference that was scheduled for 20-21 April. In a statement, the SARUA organising committee had said it had decided not to continue with its virtual higher education conference.
SARUA launched its much anticipated Colloquium Series on Higher Education Collaboration for Regional Development in May 2021. The first Colloquium held on 19 May 2021 was a success. Professor Dhanjay Jhurry from the University of Mauritius was the main speaker and discussed practical approaches around the topic of Higher Education Collaboration for Regional Development in a Post Covid-19 era with a specific focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) will be hosting a virtual higher education conference themed “Higher Education Regional Collaboration: Opportunities in complex times?” During the conference, scheduled for 20-21 April, SARUA’s newly formulated digital collaboration strategy will also be launched.
Bringing new leaders together to talk about their challenges, network and share ideas has been an important part of OLC’s Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (IELOL) program. Thanks to our partnership with The Southern…
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) is at the forefront of curriculum development for climate change and sustainable development studies in southern Africa. The ACDI, an interdisciplinary…
As 2021 commences, we are excited to share with our SARUA community an update on our Continuing Education project. With the support of the Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) through the…