[STS-Africa] FW: ANIE 6th Conference Call

Fri Jun 12 01:46:56 SAST 2015

Colleagues –

You may be interested in the forthcoming annual conference of the Africa Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE), to be held in Tanzania from 7-9 October.

The theme is: From the MDGs to SDGs:   The contributions of international higher education, and there are four sub-themes.

Abstracts of 200 words can be sent to sec at anienetwork.org<mailto:sec at anienetwork.org> and are due by 30th June 2015.

Regards
  Karen

Dr Karen Barker  |  Senior International Relations Advisor
International Relations Office  |  External Relations
T: +61 3 8344 7396  M: 0478 403 957  E: kareneb at unimelb.edu.au

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Subject: ANIE 6th Conference Call

6th ANIE Annual Conference

7th – 9th October 2015

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

(in collaboration with Open University of Tanzania)

From the MDGs to SDGs:   The contributions of international higher education

The year 2015 marks the deadline set for achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). It is time to take stock of the progress made since 2000 when the UN General Assembly adopted the 8 MDGs to respond to gross inequalities in human development worldwide and to plan for the future. The attainment of the MDGs was to lead to the development of a shared future based on a common humanity and its diversity. What did international higher education contribute towards the MDGs? As debates are ongoing on the post 2015 developments, especially on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), what will be the role of higher education especially its international dimension?  The mobilization of both internal and external resources to revitalize African universities to enable them address these challenges is an important agenda. The recently concluded Africa Higher Education summit recognized this and identified the critical issues for the future of higher education in Africa. The international dimension of higher education, especially research partnerships and mobility attained lots of emphasis. The 6th ANIE Annual Conference brings together higher education leaders, opinion shapers, researchers and practitioners to debate on these salient and timely topics. It will discuss the impacts of partnerships on research and innovations, mobility, access, management and governance practices, capacity building and knowledge sharing and their relations to the MDGs and to their role in the debates and formulations of the new SDGs. ANIE will host the conference in collaboration with the Open University of Tanzania (OUT).

Sub Themes:

Sub Themes:
• University partnerships for research and sustainable development
• Curriculum innovations for the MDGs and the future through SDGs
• Role of African universities and gender equality and women empowerment
• Global partnerships for local impacts
Call for sessions and papers
We invite abstracts of not more than 200 words and related to the main theme and the sub themes outlined above. They should be sent to sec at anienetwork.org<mailto:sec at anienetwork.org> on or before 30th June 2015. Authors of successful abstracts will be informed by 15th July 2015.

Important dates:
Registration opens                 1st May 2015
Submission of abstracts         30th June 2015
Acceptance of abstracts         15th July 2015
Early bird deadline                 30th July 2015
Registration closed                10th September 2015
Conference dates                   7th – 9th October 2015

Conference Fees:
                                                               Early Bird            After 30th July 2015
Students                                                    $150                           $200
ANIE Member                                             $200                           $250
Non-ANIE member (African countries)          $250                           $ 300
Non-ANIE member (Rest of the world)          $ 300                          $ 350

Please note that conference fees will cover the costs of tea/coffee, lunches and conference materials.

Pre- conference workshops- 7th October 2015

There will be two pre-conference workshops on 7th October 2015.  One will be on Professionalization of international offices in African Universities while the other will be on -Internationalization of the Curriculum. Each workshop targets a maximum of 30 participants each cost USD 50 over the conference fees. Participants will receive certificate of participation. The details of these will be posted on the ANIE website shortly.

More Information

The Africa Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE) is a pan-African network and think-tank committed to the advancement of high quality research, capacity building, information sharing and exchange, transnational networking and cooperation, and policy advocacy on internationalization of education. Established in 2008, ANIE has its Secretariat based at Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya. More information on the conference can be obtained from sec at anienetwork.org<mailto:sec at anienetwork.org> or by visiting www.conference.anienetwork.org<http://www.conference.anienetwork.org>.
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