How do you do capacity development well?
Jon Harle shares six suggestions for how we can approach capacity development more equitably, and more effectively.
Reflecting on a year of partnership to boost higher education in East Africa
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
Transforming Employability for Social Change in East Africa: the first eight months
Jon Harle reflects on what we have learnt about strengthening partnerships over the first eight months of the TESCEA project in East Africa
How can we create more effective and equitable systems of research and higher education?
Jon Harle reflects on experiences shared at a recent informal roundtable event to meet member of Africa Oxford Initiative's Visiting Fellowships scheme
Getting beyond principles: partnerships are about people
Partnership is probably one of the most used – and most abused – terms in the ‘development’ world. It is also one of the core pillars of our work at INASP and something we strive to get right. In this post, Jon Harle offers his personal reflections.
Critical thinking skills connect classroom learning to the world beyond
Stronger connections need to be forged between universities, communities, industries and nations. Jon Harle discusses how the Transforming Employability for Social Change in East Africa project aims to address this challenge in East Africa