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[Completed] Preparing for Collaborative PhD Programs

Written on 21st December 2020. Posted in News, Vacancies.

Invitation to Consultants

The consultancy is being commissioned by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to engage two consultants to review and advise on how best to achieve ARUA goals and objectives with globally competitive collaborative PhD programs. One consultant will be engaged for the (1) Natural Sciences, and the other for the (2) Humanities and Social Science disciplines.

Vaccine inequities expose fault lines in North-South collaboration

Written on 12th December 2020. Posted in News, Publications.

Ernest Aryeetey, Eivind Engebretsen, Åse Gornitzka, Peter Maassen and Svein Stølen

The gigantic global scientific efforts to develop a vaccine to mitigate the devastating impact of COVID-19 on societies have reached a point where the mass production and use of effective vaccines are a reality.

ACEIR launches Inequality Diagnostics Report for Ghana

Written on 7th December 2020. Posted in News.

ARUA’s African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) (hosted by University of Cape Town) has launched an Inequalities Diagnostics Report for Ghana. The launch event took place on 27th November 2020. The report, which is the second to be published on inequality trends by AECEIR, was the result of a partnership between the ACEIR Ghana node, (based at ISSER, University of Ghana) and Agence Francaise de Développement (AFD).

ARUA launches Vaccine Development Research Hubs

Written on 2nd December 2020. Posted in News.

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) has held a virtual launch of its Vaccine Development Research Hubs. This took place on Tuesday, December 1, 2020.

[POSITION FILLED] Vacancy Announcement

Written on 4th November 2020. Posted in News, Vacancies.

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) (www.arua.org.za) has a vacancy at its Accra Office for Office Manager/Personal Assistant to the Secretary-General.

You’re invited to a TSITICA webinar

Written on 4th November 2020. Posted in News.

The ARUA Centre of Excellence in Climate & Development (ARUA-CD) and the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) are hosting a webinar as part of their joint project on Transforming Social Inequalities through Inclusive Climate Action (TSITICA).

ARUA Establishes Vaccine Development Research Hubs

Written on 4th November 2020. Posted in News.

The Executive Committee of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) has approved the establishment of three vaccine development research hubs for western, eastern and southern Africa.

World Food Day: African Action for Zero Hunger

Written on 5th October 2020. Posted in News.

Webinar 16 October 14h00

New international partnership to support world-class research across Africa and beyond

Written on 27th September 2020. Posted in News.

In a new partnership aimed at boosting research across Africa and beyond, the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) have signed an agreement to support higher education and coordinate efforts to address the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).

New Director for ARUA Centre of Excellence in Food Security

Written on 9th September 2020. Posted in News.

The University of Pretoria (UP) is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Lindiwe Majele Sibanda as Director of the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Food Security, hosted at UP in collaboration with the Universities of Nairobi, Kenya and Ghana, Legon. Professor Sibanda will be supported by two co-Directors at UP – Professors Hettie Schönfeldt and Frans Swanepoel.