Dr Zac Mwanje

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Leeds Met Africa Contributing to Africas
development solutions

• Dr Zac Mwanje
• Senior Lecturer / International Teacher Fellow

• E-mailz.mwanje_at_leedsmet.ac.uk

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Leeds Met Africa Proposal for UK-Africa
Conferences

• E-mailz.mwanje_at_leedsmet.ac.uk

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Target Audience for the conference

• Vice-Chancellor Rectors Presidents
• Pro Vice-Chancellor
• Lecturers
• Govt Depts
• Other Stake holders

• E-mailz.mwanje_at_leedsmet.ac.uk

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Conference content

• The title to reflect the interests of the broader
  stake holders
• The conferences should look at tertiary education
  as whole
• Capture the spirit of the MDGs
• UK conference to focus on achievements of
  tertiary education to date
• Africa conference to focus on what could be done
  in the future.

• E-mailz.mwanje_at_leedsmet.ac.uk

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Working title

Partnerships and the development of Higher
Education in Africa

• E-mailz.mwanje_at_leedsmet.ac.uk

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Objectives of the conferences
Zambia

• Promote deeper understanding of diversities of
  Higher Education practices in Africa, UK and
  other parts of the world
• Celebrate good practice of partnerships between
  Higher Education Institutions in Africa and
  Higher Education Institutions in UK and other
  parts of the world
• Challenge Higher Education Institutions in
  Africa, UK and other parts of the world to
  identify creative responses to achieving MDGs for
  Africa
• Question perceptions about the role of Higher
  Education in society

• E-mailz.mwanje_at_leedsmet.ac.uk

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Strands of the Conference

• Pedagogy in Higher Education (teaching, learning
  and assessment)
• Widening participation (student perspectives,
  study skills and research skills)
• Developing institutions and their staff (finance,
  governance training, brain drain and ethics)
• Policy and strategies for developing Further and
  Higher Education in Africa ( relevance,
  standards, globalization, credit transfer)

• E-mailz.mwanje_at_leedsmet.ac.uk

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Proposed Conference outcomes

• A book containing edited collection of articles
• Journal Publication special issue

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UK Steering Committee

• Pro-Vice Chancellor
• Dean for the International Faculty
• Associate Dean Faculty of Health (ALT)
• 6 Academic Staff actively working in Africa
• Association of Commonwealth Universities Africa
  Unit
• Zac Mwanje as Chairperson

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Africa Steering Committee

• Consultation Process Visit to Uganda 26 Aug
  to 1 Sept
• Regional Symposium on University ICT and Library
  Services in East Africa
• IUCEA Meeting
• Meeting with the
• Minister of State for Higher Education Mr Gabriel
  Opio
• Commissioner for HE
• Asst Commissioner for HE

• E-mailz.mwanje_at_leedsmet.ac.uk

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Africa Steering Committee

• Consultation Process contd
• Meetings with private and Community Universities
• Aga Khan University Academic Head
• Aga Khan Foundation CEO
• Kabale University - VC
• And now here with the AAU
• And later with the WGHE Tunis next week
• Signing of the MOA for short and long term
  collaboration

• E-mailz.mwanje_at_leedsmet.ac.uk

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Proposed dates for conferences

• UK conference July 2008, 14th -18th
• At Leeds Met Conference Facilities
• Africa Conference November 2008
• Dates and venue to be decided by Africa Steering
  Group

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Could this be the way forward?
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Contact Details

• Dr Zac Mwanje
• Faculty of Health
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• Civic Quarter
• Calverley Street
• Leeds LS1 3HE
• UK
• E-mail z.mwanje_at_leedsmet.ac.uk