http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Munyaradzi Makoni. The new academic collaboration strategy of the German Academic Exchange Service, or DAAD, aims to train more students to become university lecturers, build university capacity, and strengthen research and graduate training. Launched in Germany on 25 June, the strategy will run from 2015 to 2020.
Both existing DAAD programmes and new models of cooperation will be used in the new plan to achieve success in qualifying many more university lecturers – through scholarships in Germany and at well-performing universities in Africa – according to Academic Collaboration with the Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa: Strategy paper. Read more...