http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7399 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:21:52 GMT 2026-04-03T20:21:52Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7406 Title: Transforming Higher Education in Africa through University-Industry Collaboration Authors: Titus, O. Pacho Abstract: University-industry collaboration entails a mutually beneficial and well-defined relationship between a university and an industry to achieve results in partnership. The present study sought to investigate the potential of university-industry collaboration on university education and the preparation of students for the labour market in the context of African higher education. The study’s objectives were to (1) identify the different types of university-industry partnerships, (2) examine the contribution of university-industry linkages, and (3) explore the strategies for promoting and strengthening university-industry cooperation. The study used a case study design and a qualitative research approach. Data were collected through key informant interviews and analysed using thematic analysis. Findings revealed that effective collaboration between the university and industry has the potential of reducing the problem of a mismatch of supply and demand of labour force and skills. University-industry collaborations are key for students’ skills development for the labour market and effective innovation systems. The study recommends organised and formalised collaboration between the university and the industrial sector to achieve success in partnerships through research, knowledge exchange, and innovation. Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7406 2022-04-28T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7405 Title: The Emerging South African Model of Student Activism: A lesson for the Rest of Africa and Beyond Authors: Mthokozisi Emmanuel Ntuli and Damtew Teferra Abstract: Student activism has been prevalent in South Africa to bring about transformative changes at institutional and national levels. That said, the manifestations of student activism have escalated recently and taken on new forms and flavor. These manifestations have previously been typically within the framework of a formal student representation as it has existed in university governance structures. The literature is rich in describing this phenomenon. And yet, recent manifestations have rendered the existing models largely irrelevant as they have failed to encapsulate the emerging traits and practices of student activism. A new and robust conceptual model, called Unbounded Student Activism, developed by these two authors, has been conceived to capture contemporary forms of student activism in the South African context. The paper foregrounds this model to discuss the South African lessons that could be drawn by others in the rest of Africa and beyond in anticipation of steering the student voices and energies to advance African agenda in the global marketplace of competing and complementing agendas and discourses. Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7405 2022-04-28T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7404 Title: Information Technology, Distance Learning and Higher Education in Nigeria: A New Order Authors: Michael OSENI and Mariam Abosede Abstract: Learning in the past had substantially been anchored to classroom setting arrangement where both lecturers and students had physical interactions. Inadequacy in the available space for those yearning for higher education brought about the establishment of distance learning education. Distance learning education which provides access to education to students not accommodated by conventional universities was sited in places outside the catchment areas of the institution that owned them. Although, online teaching was visible in some of the centres, their effectiveness had been undermined with series of problems militating against effective teaching. However, a new twist emerged when information technology was deployed in delivering lectures and notes to students during the recent Covid-19 pandemic as a result of the closure of many institutions for several months. During the shutdown, examinations and convocations were held online by some institutions of higher learning which signals a new order in education delivery. Therefore, this paper examined the importance of information technology in the education delivery in Nigeria and realized that efforts in curtailing Covid-19 pandemic have a great impact on the mode of teaching and made information technology much more relevant in imparting knowledge to students. This is a new order in the world and Nigeria, a developing country, should gear towards leveraging on it. The study recommends that more resources should be devoted to information technology, the existing curriculum should undergo a review to reflect changes in learning mode and electricity power generation and supply should be improved upon. Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7404 2022-04-28T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7403 Title: Patterns of Relationships in North-South Higher Education Partnerships: A Pathway to Mutuality Authors: Kassie, Kitaw Abstract: This study explores the patterns of relationships in the North-South higher education partnerships, focusing on the experiences of the Southern partner in two cases of partnerships between universities of Ethiopia and Norway. The study employed a comparative case study, based on interviews with 40 participants (staff and students) and document reviews. Accordingly, the study maps out the formation and functioning of the partnerships, along which, compares the two cases vis-à-vis the positioning of the Southern partners. Then, it concludes that North-South higher education partnerships could be shaped not only by the structural factors but also by context-embedded factors, which are valued for challenging the problematic consequences of the inherent asymmetries and, thus, for opening up pathways to mutuality. Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7403 2022-04-28T00:00:00Z