Critical skills for change: universities, young people and learning

Young people have a vital role to play in their countries’ development. There are now 1.8 billion young people (between...

Research and knowledge systems in difficult places part 3: Somalia and Somaliland

Research and knowledge systems in difficult places part 3: Somalia and Somaliland

In the last few weeks we’ve been exploring what we’re learning about doing research and using evidence in “difficult places”....

Research and knowledge systems in difficult places part 2: Liberia

Research and knowledge systems in difficult places part 2: Liberia

In April, we published a blog post featuring South Sudan, introducing the first of a series of new papers on...

Building capacity of Africa’s library consortia

Building capacity of Africa’s library consortia

Jon Harle reports on the recent library consortia meeting in Addis Ababa about building strong foundations for research to deliver...

Meeting supports publishers and libraries to strengthen Southern academia

Meeting supports publishers and libraries to strengthen Southern academia

INASP and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) work in partnership on the Publishers for Development (PfD) initiative. The annual...

World class universities – or world class systems?

World class universities – or world class systems?

The idea of ‘world class universities’ grips the higher education sector, driven by several big international rankings. It’s an idea...

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