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Cross-continental collaboration as Unisa, Ethiopian HEIs strengthen existing relations

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On 29 August, Unisa will enter into a collaborative agreement with Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa University (AAU) and the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) with a view to advancing scholarship exchange, cooperation and interaction for the promotion of education, science and research, and the African Union Agenda 2063.

The collaborative agreement will take the form of a memorandum of understanding which will serve to formalise and strengthen existing relations and collaboration between the institutions.

The signing ceremony will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, and acting as signatories will be Unisa’s Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Puleng LenkaBula, the institution’s Vice-Principal: Research, Postgraduate Studies, Innovation and Commercialisation, Prof Thenjiwe Meyiwa, AAU’s President, Prof Tassew WoldeHanna, and AASTU’s Vice-President, Dr Abraham Debebe.

The three universities will consider priority areas for immediate implementation and will agree to develop the following collaborative activities in academic areas of mutual interest, on a basis of equality and reciprocity:

  • Exchanging faculty, professional staff, researchers and students
  • Conducting collaborative multidisciplinary research projects, joint publications and joint academic meetings, joint conferences and symposia producing conference proceedings
  • Exchanging resources, including academic information and materials for academic purposes
  • Formalising co-supervision of postgraduate students and joint supervision
  • Collaborating in the areas of marine, ocean/water studies, and the automotive field and industry
  • Researching development and enhancement of programmes in gender and feminist studies
  • Working with African institutions like CODESRIA on social science research and related issues
  • Professionalising co-curricular activities
  • Technology and innovation collaboration, advancing patents and collaborative research
  • Building capacity in agreed-upon areas, including theses supervision and other academic areas
  • Sharing resources in the open distance learning model, e-learning model and administrative model of Unisa
  • Collaborating in biomedical engineering and transport economy
  • Collaborating in peace studies

* Compiled by Philip van der Merwe, Editor, Department of Institutional Advancement

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Publish date: 2022/08/26

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