Higher education and action research

Higher education in agriculture is often criticised for its "ivory tower" approach, and graduates who are not fitted to work in the modern world of teamwork, partnerships, and agribusiness. We believe that these problems stem from the relative isolation of university teaching and research from other stakeholders in the agricultural sector.

We therefore specialise in strengthening the linkages between teaching, research and outreach, and between higher education, relevant rural communities and other targeted development stakeholders more generally. These activities engage individual staff members (lecturers, managers), the organisation, and the targeted stakeholders. They include curriculum development, development and supervision of internships, integration of disciplinary research with action-research, the establishment of business incubators, and networking with outside stakeholders.

ICRA's activities in higher education and action research

For ICRA's activities in higher education and action research, see our involvement in:

- South Africa, (Capacity strengthening in teaching and facilitated experiential collective innovation at three previously disadvantaged universities
- Ghana, partnership with KNUST
- Uganda
- Kenya
- Ethiopia, University Leadership & Management Capacity Development
- Ethiopia, ATVET Holeta: Developing Holeta A-TVET’s capacity to provide outcome-based and practical-oriented training in agribusiness

- Cuba

ICRA course on higher education and action research

Interactive Learning Competency for Rural Innovation in Higher Education

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ICRA Strategy
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Announcements on Higher Education

Tuning Africa, African Higher Education Harmonisation and Tuning Project:
Call for participation; deadline 24 November 2011