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Anjum Halai , Associate Professor & Head Research,

International Partnership in Higher Education Institution in the North & South: Possibilities and Challenges ANIE_BC_NUC Conference Abuja Oct 25-26 2011. Anjum Halai , Associate Professor & Head Research, Institute for Educational Development, East Africa And

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Anjum Halai , Associate Professor & Head Research,

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  1. International Partnership in Higher Education Institution in the North & South: Possibilities and ChallengesANIE_BC_NUC Conference Abuja Oct 25-26 2011 Anjum Halai, Associate Professor & Head Research, Institute for Educational Development, East Africa And Colleen McLaughlin, Deputy Head of Faculty and Director of International Initiatives, University of Cambridge, UK

  2. DELPHE 2008-2010 Project Title:Capacity Development of Tanzanian University Teachers and Researchers in Educational Development EA Partners: Aga Khan University, Institute for Educational Development, East Africa Faculty of Education, Cambridge University UK Genesis: Personal professional relationship of partnership leaders (+ substantive interests)

  3. AREAS OF ENGAGEMENT • Course development – ICT, Health, programme evaluation • Roundtable conferences which became a place for research planning • Joint publications • Professional development and staff training • Led to additional funding – DELPHE funded the initial contact • Joint research projects – gender, HIV/AIDS, pedagogy, literacy and leadership, ICT in education

  4. Impact of Partnership: • Collaborative generation of knowledge • International publications • Improved partnership, research and linkages beyond DELPHE • New and mutual understandings of research • Teams built around research areas • ‘Capacity’ development • Mutual, capacity to undertake culturally appropriate research, education of both partners

  5. Issues: • Movement of individuals, development of shared understandings and core purposes – ownership • Genesis of partnership on the basis of personal relationships • Building beyond core funding • Traditional notions of knowledge and role of university underpin many of these partnerships • Matching the agendas of both organisations • Cultural issues – power, social styles, organisational ways of being • Relational issues among team members • Development of increasingly transparent procedures for decision making

  6. Future agendas of HE • Research relevant and salient to the issues in the South (and the North) • pick your partners • Recognition of regional/collaborative institutions as emerging centres of research excellence • Mutuality and balance in structure and process of partnership

  7. THANK YOU

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