Building equitable knowledge ecosystems: A year in review
This year’s INASP annual review looks at the theme of equity within research & knowledge: a cross-cutting aim and principle in everything that we do.
This year’s INASP annual review looks at the theme of equity within research & knowledge: a cross-cutting aim and principle in everything that we do.
As an introduction to INASP’s annual review 2018-19, Executive Director John Young reflects on programme work over the past year and what we have learnt from it as an organization to feed into future plans.
A comprehensive approach to research uptake is needed for researchers, research donors and other stakeholders to maximize the usefulness and use of research, writes John Young
Andy Nobes reflects on the online journal clubs that started this year and build on the potential of social learning and peer collaboration that we have already seen with AuthorAID.
Learning systematically about what works is fundamental to putting research and knowledge at the heart of development. Working with other organizations has provided an opportunity for us not only to share our MEL expertise but also to reflect on and learn from what makes a successful MEL project. In this post Femi Nzegwu shares some emergent thinking from work we have been involved in over recent years, within INASP and beyond.
Over the course of late 2018 and early 2019, INASP and national partners convened a series of dialogue events to...
David Monk of Gulu University in Uganda reports on a meal that brought together university staff and students with employers and members of the community to help forge closer links between university studies and employability
Jon Harle shares six suggestions for how we can approach capacity development more equitably, and more effectively.
‘Fake news’ is threatening public discourse and, by extension, undermining trust in academic research. But the current atmosphere of suspicion highlights the need for critical thinking and research evaluation skills. Siân Harris shares some of the things she spoke about at a recent panel discussion on ‘academic publishing in the era of fake news’ at the London Book Fair in March.
Significant change often seems hard to achieve in higher education – but in the last year, Transforming Employability for Social Change in East Africa (TESCEA) – a partnership of East African organizations and INASP – have had some real successes. Jon Harle reflects on the key elements of the partnership