by Felicia Kuagbedzi | Nov 13, 2015 | University in Focus
The University of Mauritius (UoM) is a full member of the Association of African Universities and is located in Reduit, Mauritius. UoM dates back to the 1830’s but was formally constituted in 1965. This year UoM celebrated 50 years of existence. It boasts of the...
by Felicia Kuagbedzi | Nov 5, 2015 | University in Focus
The National University of Science & Technology (NUST) was established on the the 8th of April 1991, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The NUST Motto is “Think in Other Terms” – with a vision to be a world-class center of excellence in teaching, research,...
by Felicia Kuagbedzi | Nov 5, 2015 | Opportunities from the Secretariat
Quality Assurance Project Officer (P2-P3): Terms of Reference The Association of African Universities (AAU), an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with headquarters in Accra, Ghana, was set up in November 1967 by universities in Africa to promote...
by Felicia Kuagbedzi | Oct 29, 2015 | University in Focus
The African Virtual University (AVU) is a Pan African Intergovernmental Organization established by a charter with the mandate of significantly increasing access to quality higher education and training through the innovative use of information communication...
by Felicia Kuagbedzi | Oct 22, 2015 | AAU Workshops
Positioning your digital institutional repository for visibility: A workshop not to be missed by librarians and IT staff supporting libraries The Association of African Universities (AAU) championed the development of DATAD (Database of African Theses and...
by Felicia Kuagbedzi | Oct 22, 2015 | Centers of Excellence, Featured Articles
The 2010 batch of students from the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, Legon have returned to the Centre upon completion of their research work in their home institutions to complete theses for submission. This research component of...
by Felicia Kuagbedzi | Oct 22, 2015 | Press Release
The Association of African Universities (AAU) is calling on all higher educational institutions in Africa to adopt innovative strategies to improve educational outcomes on the continent, as it joins other stakeholders to commemorate the annual African University Day...
by Felicia Kuagbedzi | Oct 22, 2015 | University in Focus
Plasma University was started as a small institute initially called Plasma Institute of Medical Lab-Science on the 15th of May 2005. On the 2nd of July 2009 Plasma was upgraded into a fully flagged university and re-named Plasma University. Plasma University is a full...
by Felicia Kuagbedzi | Oct 22, 2015 | Featured Articles
The immediate past Secretary General of the Association of African Universities, Prof. Olugbemiro Jegede, has been awarded the Prize of Excellence by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), for his lifelong contribution to Open and Distance...
by Felicia Kuagbedzi | Oct 22, 2015 | AAU Workshops
Overview AAU believes that affordable bandwidth and related internet infrastructure are very key for the success and effectiveness of academic and research institutions. In line with this, we have been partnering with various Regional Research and Education Networks,...