Access and Benefit Sharing – Sustainable Use of Biodiversity (ABSbio) (2019 – 2022) The joint project seeks to introduce entrepreneurship promotion as a cross-cutting issue into existing sustainability and biodiversity programmes at our partner universities in Uganda and Benin. The project partners are Leipzig University (Germany), Makerere University (Uganda) and IRGIB
We are currently in the process to finalize a course on biodiversity based business development on Atingi. This course will serve lecturers at any university as a basis for their coursework with students in BA modules that seek to link entrepreneurial training to their knowledge about biodiversity resources. In the
The two (2) modules of the AGEA training on Entrepreneurship Promotion and Education at African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) was successfully completed for the first batch of participants. The AGEA training sessions were held as follows: Module 1 (Developing Entrepreneurial Courses at HEIs) – 28 April and 05 May 2021;
The top 3 winners of the Grand Final of the 1st PAU Innovation Challenge has been announced. Under the patronage of H.E. Prof Sarah Anyang Agbor, AUC Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (ESTI), the Grand Final of the 1st PAU Innovation Challenge (www.pau-au.africa) went on successfully. The event
Dear participants and interested parties of the Ideas Competition, The deadline for this year’s Ideas Competition “University of Ideas 2021” has been postponed until 22.08.2021. This means that the ideas already submitted can be further developed. Additionally, we hope that interested teachers who have not yet had the chance to
ACCESS: Call for PhD Applications We are happy to announce our second round of five PhD grants within the ACCESS project. The programme, which is financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), will analyse the employability of university graduates within the African context. The programme aims to research how
GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY IDEAS COMPETITION 2021 To all our friends and colleagues in #Benin, #Ghana, #Kenya, #Nigeria, #Rwanda and #Tunisia we cordially invite you to participate in our ACCESS Ideas Competition “University of Ideas” 2021 for and by lecturers from May 5 2021 at 15:00 (GMT +0) The Idea competition “University
During this conference, the topics of graduate unemployment, skills development and employability promotion will be addressed within the broader framework of the diverse aspects of economic futures and future shaping in Africa and will also be examined from a German perspective. Two key note speakers will address relevant topics related
We are pleased to announce that the first candidates for the ACCESS project have arrived, from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Rwanda and Benin. The topics of their work range from digital marketing and the influence of social networks to the development of internationalization in relation to employability. We are looking
On November 2, 2020, the kick-off event took place as part of the ACCESS Idea Competition, which deals with innovative ideas on the question “How can employability be developed and implemented in a future university curriculum?”. Until November 15, different approaches from teaching ideas and methods to inclusion and creating
The second ACCESS Summer School and Research Conference in 2024 will be hosted by the Tunis University and will take place from 01st – 05th