Third ARUA Universities Profiles Report Launched
ARUA has launched the third Universities Profiles Report. The online launch dovetailed from the Distinguished Public Lecture held on July 30 2024.
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ARUA 2nd Annual Distinguished Public Lecture held
The Second ARUA Distinguished Public Lecture has been held on July 30, 2024. Over 160 people joined the online lecture delivered by Professor Funmi Olonisakin, Vice-President of International, Engagement & Service at King’s College London (KCL).
ARUA Ushers in New Collaborative PhD Programmes
The ARUA Executive Committee has approved sixteen (16) Collaborative PhD programmes that will begin in January 2026. All the programmes are designed to be four-year programmes that involve 12 months of common course work to be undertaken at all the participating universities, 18 months of immersion in a research project or a period of ‘research apprenticeship’ at another participating institution. The final 18 months will be spent on students’ independent work leading to a thesis under the supervision of a team of both local and international supervisors.
2nd ARUA Annual Distinguished Public Lecture 2024 & Launch of Third ARUA Universities Profiles Report
The ARUA Board is delighted to announce the Second Annual Distinguished Public Lecture, which will be delivered by Professor Funmi Olonisakin. Her lecture will explore the theme, “Collaboration in Higher Education as Service to Society.”
ARUA Holds Capacity Building Workshop for Institutional Research Managers
Over 50 institutional research officers from all 23 ARUA member universities converged in Nairobi, Kenya for the fourth Capacity Building Workshop, which was hosted by the University of Nairobi. The two-day workshop, which took place on June 24-25, 2024, formed part of activities planned under Phase 3 of the ARUA-Carnegie Data-Gathering & Benchmarking Project to allow for peer learning and the establishment of best practices for institutional research at ARUA universities.
First anniversary of the Africa-Europe CoRE initiative
The Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence (CoRE) has launched a new logo to mark the first anniversary since the initiative was established by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities (The Guild).
Ernest Aryeetey: Bold legacy of an African research champion
Professor Ernest Aryeetey, a distinguished academic leader, will be concluding his eight-year tenure as the founding secretary-general of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) at the end of July.
Prof Ernest Aryeetey Awarded Honorary Doctor of Science by University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow today at a special ceremony conferred an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree on Professor Ernest Aryeetey, out-going Secretary-General of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA). Professor Aryeetey was recognized for his transformative leadership and exceptional contributions to academia and research across the African continent.
ARUA and WUN to forge equitable research partnership
ARUA Honours Prof. Ernest Aryeetey for Transformative Leadership
Last Friday, 24 May 2024, ARUA honoured its out-going Secretary-General, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, for exceptional service to the Alliance and African higher education, culminating in a distinguished tenure that began with ARUA’s inception in March 2015. The ceremony, organized by the Future Africa Campus of University of Pretoria, took place at a dinner celebrating both the fifth anniversary of Future Africa and Prof. Aryeetey’s retirement. This followed the conclusion of his final Board meeting.