Nominate your Candidate for
The AAU African Higher Education Excellence Award (AHEEA)
For Distinguished Contribution to Higher Education and Research in Africa
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