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Universities as gateways between Africa and Europe: promoting a sustainable EU-AU partnership through university collaboration

Written on 24th Jan 2022. Posted in Events, News.

In 2017, the AU-EU summit paved the way for the recognition of science collaborations and the need for strengthening the research and innovation capacity of African universities as key priorities in the African-European partnership. Since then, huge progress has been achieved with regard to these two objectives, with particular momentum developing since late 2019.

ARUA and The Guild call for the African Union and the European Union to act as levers for widespread and coordinated support for the African knowledge society

Written on 29th Dec 2021. Posted in News.

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and The Guild emphasise the critical importance of strengthening African research universities in a wholistic way, calling to action the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU), national governments, public science bodies, and Universities and their communities themselves.

Paradigm shift in EU’s collaboration with HE in Africa

Written on 30th Nov 2021. Posted in News.

As policy-makers gear up for a summit on 17-18 February 2022 where a new multi-year strategic agreement (2021-27) between the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) will be introduced, research universities sent a clear message that enhanced African-European university collaboration should be a key component of the agreement.

Researchers across Africa, Europe and beyond endorse The Guild and ARUA initiative

Written on 14th Oct 2021. Posted in News.

Strengthening the African knowledge society: towards more sustainable African-European university partnerships

Written on 5th Oct 2021. Posted in Conferences, Events, News.

22 November 2021 – virtual conference

The African Union’s Agenda 2063 and the EU’s vision for Global Gateways prioritising an AU-EU strategic partnership have both set ambitions to develop an African knowledge society through research and innovation. This is crucial to strengthen a prosperous Africa based on inclusive growth and sustainable development. We need a new approach to tackle the AU’s and EU’s common challenges, from climate change to health to digitalisation.

ERNEST ARYEETEY: African issues must be tackled in Africa itself to create workable solutions

Written on 28th Aug 2021. Posted in News.

We may live in a digital world, but geography still matters.

There’s a simple formula at the heart of development in Africa, although up until now policymakers haven’t quite figured out the balance of the equation. They’re very much focused on the outcome — specified goals defining success — without paying heed to the principles necessary to bring it about. If Africa is to achieve the wellbeing gains associated with the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), policies and investment need to strengthen the base upon which development is built.

Read the full article on Business Day

Launch of the African Academy for Migration Research (AAMR)

Written on 26th Aug 2021. Posted in News.

We are delighted to announce the launch of the African Academy for Migration Research (AAMR) led by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Migration and Mobility at the African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS), Wits University.

Can ARUA lead Africa on the path to research excellence?

Written on 19th Aug 2021. Posted in News.

By Ernest Aryeetey, Emmanuel Abbey, Emmanuel Adu-Danso and Gerald Ouma

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), driven by a need to establish a culture of publishing verifiable data about African universities, has launched a report titled Research Profiles of ARUA Universities: Emerging trends 2015-2017.

The data in the report, released virtually on 18 August, will be updated regularly to show ARUA’s growth and transformation.

Established in 2015, the African Research Universities Alliance is a network of 16 leading research universities from different countries in the region. They come from quite different historical backgrounds but have recently come to share a common vision.

Together, they have articulated a vision to expand and significantly enhance the quality of research done in Africa by African researchers.

A question that many observers around the world ask is whether they can realise their vision in view of the enormity of the task ahead of them.

This article shows the conditions at ARUA universities at the time they came together in 2015 and soon after that. The intention of the ARUA institutions is to change these conditions steadily over time, working together.

Read the full article on University World News

Online launch of the ARUA Universities Research Profiles Report

Written on 26th Jul 2021. Posted in News.

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) invites you to an online launch of the ARUA Universities Research Profiles Report.

The launch will highlight findings from the data-gathering exercise on how ARUA Universities are positioned in terms of academic programs, graduate enrolment, performance, and research management, for the purpose of benchmarking.

To register, click here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ck9QI6ssQ_G9y9er4Rfd6g

Research Profiles of ARUA Universities: Emerging Trends (2015 – 2017)

Written on 19th Jul 2021. Posted in News, Publications.

ARUA is delighted to share the results of the first phase of the Benchmarking Project with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY).

The report provides an analysis of how ARUA member universities are positioned in terms of academic programs, graduate enrolment, performance, and research management over the period, 2015 – 2017.

Download the report

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