Achievements of Higher Education Revolution in the Period of 1989 - 2009.

2009  19  Arabic  pdf

Institutional Source: Minstry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Sudan

Beyond ‘Brain Drain’

This study by six universities, and supported by the MasterCard Foundation, has found African university alumni who have studied overseas do continue to contribute to their communities regardless of if they return to Africa.


2016  47  English  Pdf

Institutional Source: MasterCard Foundation

Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology. A Review of Scholarship. 1995-2010

Summary of CREST's research output during a 15 year period and the impact of this work.

2010  67  English  pdf

Institutional Source: Centre or Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST)

Challenges to Doctoral Education in Africa

Fareeda Khodabocus writes in the spring edition 2016 in International Higher Education about challenges in Africa

2016  3  English  pdf

Institutional Source: International Higher Education

Doctoral Education in Africa - A review of Doctoral students needsand existing initiatives to support doctoral training andresearch development

Jonathan Harle gives an overview about Doctoral Education in Africa. 

2013  47  English  pdf

Institutional Source: DocLinks

Doctoral Education in South Africa - Policy, Discourse and Data

Nico Cloete, Johann Mouton and Charles Sheppard

This book draws on a large number of studies conducted by the Centre for Higher Education Trust (CHET) and the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) over the past decade. In addition to these historical studies, primary research was also undertaken specifically to produce the evidence base for the statistical data referred to in the book. The historical studies focused on a range of issues that affect the growth, efficiency, quality and ransformation of the doctorate in South Africa, doctoral supervision, and doctoral tracer studies as well as drawing on studies from the rest of Africa and the world.

2015  296  English  pdf

Institutional Source: Nico Cloete, Johann Mouton and Charles Sheppard

From Doctoral Citizen to World Citizen: The Chance for Innovative Doctoral Eduation.

Maresi Nerad's Miegunyah Lecture given at the University of Melbourne, Australia on Feb. 16, 2005 addressing the preparation of PhD students to be responsible world citizens and leaders.

2005  24  English  pdf

Institutional Source: Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE)

History of Policy Debates about Doctoral Education 

The current Note outlines the presentations and discussions thattook place at the first UNIKE workshop held at the Department of Education, Aarhus University on 14‐18 October 2013. The focus was on the history of policy debates about doctoral education in the EU and the U.S., and offered an opportunity to compare and contrast the flagship models used in these two geo‐political regions.

2014  16  English  pdf

Institutional Source: UNIKE- Universities in the Knowledge Economy

IAU project 2009-2010 on The Changing Nature of Doctoral Programmes. Initial Conclusions.

Outcomes of IAU's Study and Research Seminar at University of Illorin in Illorin, Nigeria.

2009 / 2010  1  English  pdf

Institutional Source: International Association of Universities (IAU)

Internationalisation of Higher Education in Africa: An Updated Perspective on Benefits, Risks and Opportunities.

Article assessing internationalization strategy in light of the publication of Higher Education in Africa: The International Dimension by the African Association of Uniuversities (AAU) and The Center for International Higher Education (CIHE).

2008  3  English  pdf

Institutional Source: The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education

Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education

Edited by Nico Cloete, Peter Maassen and Tracy Bailey

So, while the research focus of this book consists of the eight African universities, the theoretical underpinnings are global and, we think, many of the implications are far wider than the universities studied. The HERANA project is focused on contributing to a better understanding of the (positive and negative) factors that affect African flagship universities in their knowledge production function. A better understanding of these factors, including from a cross- African comparative

2015  312  English  pdf

Institutional Source: African Minds

Management and Leadership Training Project. Phase One. African Higher Education in a Globalizing World

Module for university managers to familarize themselves with the challenges and opportunities of globalization, internationalization, and corss border education.

2011  48  English  pdf

Institutional Source: National Council for Higher Education, Uganda

South Africa as A PhD Hub In Africa?

This is an article in the book "Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education". It explores South Africa's situation in the continents PhD production.

2015  34  English  pdf

Institutional Source: CHET

Synthèse des travaux. Colloque – Le doctorat scientifique dans l’espace francophone: enjeux et compétences.

Présentation de CIRUISEF et synthèse de travaux menés dans le cadre du colloque sur le doctorat scientifique qui a eu lieu du 24 au 27 novembre 2009 à l’Université Cheik Anta Diop de Dakar, Sénégal.

2009  19  French  pdf

Institutional Source: Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)

The Role of Research and Post Graduate Studies in African Higher Education

This policy brief is produced by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) for the Summit on Higher Education on Revitalizing Higher Education for Africa’s future (Dakar, Senegal, March 10-12, 2015)

2015  8  English  pdf

Institutional Source: Association for the Development of Education in Africa

Working with Africa: Human and Social Science Research in Action

Highlights the humanities and social science research that is going on in the United Kingdom related to Africa.

2011  32  English  pdf

Institutional Source: The British Academy