The DAAD-funded African Centre for Skills Enhancement and Career Support (ACCESS) hosted summer school participants from all over Africa (and beyond) at Leipzig University from June 20 to 29, 2025. The programme, which was open to PhD students and advanced Masters’ students from ACCESS partner universities in Africa and the
Most recently, a research publication in the field of employability promotion in the African context has been published by Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger and Dr. Christopher Boafo (SEPT Competence Center, Leipzig University). The topic is about: “University-Business Linkages for Employability Promotion: Practice Cases from Africa”. University-Business Linkages for Employability Promotion: Practice
Are you a scientist, researcher, or postgraduate student with an innovative idea that could change lives? Do you have a research-based innovation that could solve real-world problems and transform industries? If so, this is your chance to bring your idea to life and turn it into a successful start-up. The
The African Centre for Career Enhancement & Skills Support (ACCESS) is pleased to announce a call for applications for five doctoral scholarships. The ACCESS program, financed since 2020 by the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), analyzes the employability of university graduates within the African context. It aims to research how
The African Centre for Career Enhancement & Skills Support (ACCESS), an initiative led by Leipzig University, has been honoured as one of the top EU-AU Research and Innovation (R&I). This accolade was presented during the SEADE R&I Summit held on December 4, 2024, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre
The DAAD, in October 2024, approved the African Centre for Career Enhancement and Skills Support (ACCESS) project at the SEPT Competence Center at Leipzig University for a second funding phase (2025 – 2029). Consequently, the implementation of this second phase of ACCESS was kicked off with a planning workshop held in
The African Centre for Career Enhancement & Skills Support (ACCESS) is pleased to announce a call for applications for three postdoctoral fellowships. The scheme aims to develop successful candidates in research methodologies related to research and teaching in the field of employability research. Participants may approach employability research from a
A few months ago, the ACCESS project was given the great opportunity by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to apply for a second funding phase as one of seven successful exceed networks. During the ACCESS Research Conference and Summer School in Hammamet at the beginning of October, the time
On October 23, 2024, ACCESS, together with the Career Service at Leipzig University, the African Studies Institute, and the Faculty of Anthropology organised an event titled “Creating Change: Career Options in Development Cooperation,” aimed at introducing Leipzig University students to opportunities in the development cooperation sector. The event aims to
The second day of the ACCESS conference in Tunisia started on a high note with a key address from Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger, the director of the ACCESS project. He tackled the topic on competence development for international intrapreneurship. His address highlighted the importance of university-business linkages for competence development