The AAU Secretariat and the Secretariat of Vice Chancellors' Ghana is jointly organising the African University Day on the November 18th, 2008. The event will be hosted by the University of Ghana, Legon

Leadership Development Worshop; Date will be determided very soon (the Workshop will be conducted in French)

AAU is participating at a Regional Conference on Higher Education in Africa organized by the Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (BREDA-UNESCO) from 10 to 13 November 2008, Dakar, Senegal. For more information... http://www.dakar.unesco.org/news/en08/080618_sem_educ_sup.shtml.

The AAU is pleased to announce the 2008/2009 edition of its Academic Staff Exchange Programme which aims at facilitating academic mobility and encouraging networking among AAU member institutions, as well as contributing to improvements in the quality of training and research in African higher education institutions

WGHE steering committee meeting, 7th - 8th November 2008; Dakar We are pleased to announce the next Steering Committee meeting of the Working Group on Higher Education (WGHE) of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) scheduled to take place 7th - 8th November 2008

AAU 12th General Conference will be organized from 4-9 May 2009 in Abuja, Nigeria The Conference will be hosted by the University of Abuja and the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. The Main theme of the Conference is: Sustainable Development in Africa: The Role of Higher Education.

Management Development Workshop II; Tanzania 15th - 27th February 2009: The Association of African Universities (AAU) is pleased to announce the second edition of its Management Development (MADEV) Training Workshop to be held in collaboration with Mzumbe University in Morogoro.

12th GENERAL CONFERENCE 2009, ABUJA, NIGERIA: Call for Nomination of Candidates for Election to Positions of President and Vice-Presidents of the Executive Board of the Association of African Universities

Call for paper of the first Congress of African Economist: The congress is being organised by African Union in collaboration with the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the AAU.

The Association of African Universities (AAU) and the UbuntuNet Alliance (UA) have signed a MoU in which the 2 organisations commit themselves to work together and with other stakeholders to promote research and education networking in Africa (http://www.aau.org/renu/docs/aau-ua_mou.pdf).

Student Empowerment for Quality Initiative: call for application

DATAD (Database of African Theses and Dissertations) Training Workshop 14-15 May, 2008 Database of African Theses and Dissertations (DATAD) organised its annual Training of Trainers workshop from 14-15 May 2008 in collaborartion with the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

DLR-DAAD Research Fellowships in the fields of Space, Aeronautics, Energy and Transportation Research. DLR-DAAD Fellowships offer outstanding scientists and researchers, highly-qualified foreign doctoral and postdoctoral students as well as senior scientists the opportunity to conduct special research at the institutes of the DLR in Germany. Fore more information, please visit http://www.daad.de/deutschland/foerderung/ausschreibungen/09009.de.html

An opportunity at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center: The Institute Of International Education would like to notify you of an opportunity at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center

The British Academy is pleased to announce a call for applications under this year's round of its Visiting Fellowship scheme The closing date for applications is 12 January 2009

Members in Good Standing That means, 0 to 2 years in membership subscription arrears..

UK announces support for higher education in Africa

APPOINTMENT OF NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL The Association of African Universities (AAU) is happy to announce the appointment of PROF. GOOLAM T. G. MOHAMEDBHAI, former Vice-chancellor of the University of Mauritius as the new Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities. The appointment takes effect from August 1, 2008.

Third International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Africa (ICQAHEA); Theme: Millennium Development Goals and the Challenge of Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Africa. Dakar, Senegal, September 15-17, 2008 For more information: click here

HED Role in Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative Higher Education for Development is pleased to announce that it will be managing the planning grant competition for the Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative. The anticipated posting of the Request for Applications (RFA) is November 2008.

Invitation for WLPPFP/LAWA Fellowship the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program (WLPPFP) and to the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program at the Georgetown University Law Center