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Application Deadline: 25 May, 2015

Through financial assistance from the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), the AAU has secured some funds to offer small grants of up to US$1,000 per person for graduate internships for its member universities.

Applicants should note that the grants are for training purposes only and not meant for the completion of theses or dissertations.

Conditions for the Award of the Grant

Grant applicants should be students pursuing post-graduate degree programmes.Applicants should note that the grants are for training purposes only and not meant for the completion of theses or dissertations.
Applicants shall commit to undertake an internship programme for a period between twelve (12) and twenty-four (24 weeks).
Applications should be supported with an authorisation note from the Head of Department of the applicant’s university as well as an official acceptance letter from the establishment wishing to host the intern.
All applicants should submit a detailed curriculum vitae.
A detailed but confidential supervisory report would be required from the host institution on the progression of the applicant during the period of internship, and from the university of the applicant on academic progress after the period of internship.
Consideration would be given to applicants who have no practical work experience.

Selection Criteria

Selection of successful applications would be based on a quota system revolving around gender (at least 40% of beneficiaries should be females);
country (not more than 10 applicants per country) and language (at least 30% from Francophone institutions).
All grantees would be from AAU member institutions in good standing

Deadline for Submission of Applications

Interested applicants should submit their applications and supported documents in soft copy to the undersigned to reach him not later than Monday 25 May, 2015:

The Directorate of Research and Academic Planning

Association of African Universities

P. O. Box AN 5744

Accra–North Ghana.

E-mail:[email protected]

cc: [email protected]

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Application Deadline: July 25 2014

The Association of African Universities(AAU), UNESCO, the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES), jointly provide technical support to African countries and universities. In this regard, these institutions are inviting applications for the recruitment five (05) consultants to develop innovative models for the funding of higher education in five individual African countries namely: Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya.

ask of the Consultant

The consultant shall develop and present the proposed innovative funding model of the country in question,such as the GETFUND in Ghana or the Performance Contract inSenegal as a case in point. The consultant must propose the objectives, the various implementation stages, results and the impacts of the proposed model.

The proposal should provide answers to some key questions, such as:

What the challenges of the new approach are?
Who the various stakeholders are and what their levels of commitment are?
What the priority issues are?
How to promote innovative funding?
Which the limitations are and what the prerequisites are?

The Use of the Expected Results

The results of these five case studies shall be presented during a regional conference in Lomé, Togo in September 2014 to representatives of Ministries in charge of Higher Education and Research, Finance, as well as universities and research institutions, the private sector, the civil society, parliamentarians and development partners, among others.

Duration and Expected Output of the Study

The study shall have a duration of 20 days at the end of which the successful consultant shall produce a final report and a PowerPoint format for the purpose of presentation.

Remuneration

An amount of USD 3,500.00 will be awarded to each country case study payable upon submission of the study report.

In additional the consultant will be invited to make a presentation on his/her study during the conference.

Documents to be submitted

Applicants must submit an updated CV, a letter of motivation and a schematic proposal of the study. The complete application should be sent to the General Secretary of the Association of African Universities via the following E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]

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2015 Association of African Universities Graduate Internship Grant (US$1,000 per person)

Association of African Universities call for Consultants/Experts