Africa

Project insights: How best to support Kenyan higher education institutions  

Africa

Published Franklin Nyairo

This article is a summary of Franklin Nyairo’s educational research in his native Kenya, which he completed with the help of a GINTL travel grant. It discusses the Kenyan education system and how research thereon could help development of education both in Kenya and at HEIs all over the world. The article focuses on Nyairo’s research and its context, but it also hopes to show the value of going returning to one’s native country to do research.

Internationationality in transition: What’s in it for GINTL?

Africa, China, India, Global

Published Hanna Posti-Ahokas (GINTL)

GINTL participated in the annual Spring Forum for Higher Education Institutions to share and learn about current discussions around internationalisation. The coordination teams from University of Helsinki and University of Jyväskylä wish to share a few key takeaways for the future work of GINTL.

University of Jyväskylä GINTL Funding Call 2023 open

Africa, China, India, Global

Published University of Jyväskylä

JYU staff, doctoral researchers and postdoctoral researchers in collaboration with the permanent academic staff of the university are eligible to apply for JYU GINTL Funding. GINTL India is coordinated at the Faculty of Education and Psychology (JYU), but applications from all faculties are welcome. The deadline for the applications is 31.7.2023.

Africa Day 2023: “Spotlighting Africa-related research conducted by doctoral and early career researchers in four Finnish HEIs”

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 | Coalition of Africa Networks | University of Eastern Finland | University of Helsinki | University of Jyväskylä | University of Turku

Main topic: GINTL Network

25 May is Africa Day, and it is celebrated under the theme “The year of AfCFTA: Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area Implementation”. This year, the Universities of Helsinki, Turku, Eastern Finland and Jyväskylä are organising a joint Africa Day celebration event online. The joint online event will take place from 12:00-13:30 and will focus on presentations by doctoral and early career researchers highlighting their ongoing research on Africa-related topics. This is an open event.

GINTL at the Spring Forum for Higher Education Institutions (Kv-kevätpäivät) 2023

Africa, China, India, Global

Main topic: Conferences and workshops

GINTL Africa, China, and India will be present as well as hosting several formats at the Spring Forum for HEIs’ international issues! The Spring Forum 2023 will be held at Aalto University, Otaniemi campus on 3.-5.5.2023. Here you can find more information about the sessions that GINTL is part of.

GINTL Coffee Chat with Tampere University: “Building sustainable Indo-Finnish relationships in the context of education, research, and innovation development”

Africa, China, India, Global

 | Tampere University | GINTL Coordination

Main topics: GINTL Coffee Chats, GINTL Network

Welcome to the second GINTL Coffee Chat of 2023 with guest speaker Mikko Ruohonen from the Tampere University. This session will focus on topics related to Mikko's presentation, “Building sustainable Indo-Finnish relationships in the context of education, research and innovation development”. Join us for an online conversation and opportunities to share about your current work!

International academic partnership: Reflections on GINTL HEIs’ visit to Rwanda

Africa

Published Elizabeth Eta, Hanna-Posti-Ahokas

The land of a thousand hills (Rwanda) meets the land of a hundred thousand lakes (Finland) in the spirit of partnership development for quality education advancement. The Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL)’s partnering higher education institutions (HEIs) recently concluded a ten-day working visit to Rwanda.

Update from CocoEd: “Finland-Ghana collaboration in hybrid teacher education” and research visit blog post

Africa

Published CocoEd team, Laura Pimiä

CocoEd is a GINTL Africa, University of Helsinki-funded research project with the University of Helsinki (coordinating), Åbo Akademi, and the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. This post gives an update on the project progress and includes a research-stay blog post by master's student Laura Pimiä.

Call for abstracts: GINTL Research seminar “International education development and internationalisation in education” (closed)

Africa, China, India, Global

Published

Are you a master’s degree student with an ongoing or finished thesis work? Is your thesis topic related to international education development, educational partnerships, or internationalisation? If yes, you are most welcome to present your research at the GINTL Research seminar! The seminar takes place 27 April 2023 in Jyväskylä and online. It is organised for master’s degree students and other interested people, affiliated with one of the GINTL member institutions. Submit your abstract by 10 March 2023.

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