Sharon crouching on the wooden walkway above the water of the wetland.

Sharon Gubamwoyo: Illuminating the Power of Wetlands in Combating Climate Change – The AuthorAID Connection

At the intersection of academic pursuit and environmental dedication lies the remarkable journey of Sharon Gubamwoyo, a passionate Ugandan researcher...

A woman smiling and standing among fruit trees.

Cultivating Change: Aulath Mustafa’s Journey to Transform Agriculture in Tanzania – The AuthorAID Connection

In Tanzania, where agriculture plays a vital role in the lives of its people, Aulath Mustafa’s research holds tremendous potential....

Empowering Early-Career Researchers to Combat Non-Communicable Diseases in Nepal: The AuthorAID Connection

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have firmly entrenched themselves in Nepal’s public health landscape, contributing to an alarming 66% of national deaths,...

Two scientist women smiling into the camera. They are wearing headscarves and glasses and one of them is holding a pipette.

Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance: Dr Sherifat Balogun-Raji’s journal towards research impact in Nigeria with AuthorAID

In Sokoto, in Nigeria’s far northwest, Dr Sherifat Balogun-Raji, is tirelessly working to tackle a global health challenge with far-reaching...

An artist’s illustration of artificial intelligence (AI). This illustration depicts language models which generate text.

Artificial intelligence is here – we need to understand how to use it

Whether we like it or not, AI – and particularly generative AI – has arrived in higher education and in...

Cover of policy paper "Research Publishing Is an Under-Recognised Global Challenge"

Research Publishing Is an Under-Recognised Global Challenge: Opportunities for the G20 to Act

Global systems for disseminating new research continue to restrict access to significant amounts of new research and many cannot afford...

In Uganda, education students are bringing new ideas about learning into local schools

18 months on, the change seeded by the TESCEA programme – a partnership to transform the relevance and quality of learning and improve the prospects for young people in East Africa – continues to grow. We recently talked to Albert from Uganda Martyrs University, a TESCEA partner university.

Want to learn more about facilitating online events and courses? Take our updated self-study course!

In 2020 we developed and released an online course, ”Facilitating Events and Courses in an Online World’, as a resource...

Using digital learning in capacity development – how do you do it well?

As our earlier blogs on technology and connectivity, interaction and participation, and gender have shown – and as we explore...

Postgraduate students working with Drosophila melanogaster at the Centre for Advanced Medical Research and Training, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

Digital learning isn’t good for equity – or is it?

Joanna Wild & Jon Harle – Photo: Kamaldeen Olal There is a consensus that digital learning isn’t equally accessible to...