Responsible engagement with developing countries: what can publishers do?
We’ve put together some key principles to guide publishers wanting to ensure they engage responsibly with our partner countries, and...
Why the usual figures for knowledge production are just the tip of the iceberg
This is a joint post written by Jonathan Harle (INASP Senior Programme Manager, Research Access and Availability) and Sioux Cumming...
Universities must think about improving all stages of the research cycle
This post was originally published on the ACU’s ‘The world beyond 2015 – Is higher education ready?’ campaign website on 19 November....
In one of the world’s poorest countries, should research and higher education be a priority?
I was lucky enough to spend a week in Sierra Leone at the beginning of September, and it was a...
What does ‘Capacity Building’ really mean?
Jonathan Harle is Programmes Manager (Research Capacity) at the Association of Commonwealth Universities A few weeks back, Jonathan Tanner of...
Are centres of excellence or strong networks the key to capacity building?
Most of us reading and writing (and in my case at least, indulging in some ‘thinking out loud’) on this...