UniPID successfully organised the second DocLinks Summer School - hosted at the University of Helsinki between 2-5 July 2013 - bringing together African and European doctoral students from various disciplines under the theme of &lsquo ...

Open access to research data will be at the heart of discussions when dignitaries from the European Commission, and the U.S. and Australian governments meet with leaders in the data community at the Research Data Alliance (RDA) Launch and ...

The University of Nairobi recently adopted an open access policy to research articles and other academic material produced by its staff, and simultaneously launched an open access repository. The ACU and

UniPID, in cooperation with the University of Helsinki, will host the second DocLinks Summer School in Helsinki, Finland, on 2-5 July 2013. The Call for Applications for the DocLinks Summer School is now open with the deadline for submission ...

The Partnership for African Social & Governance Research (PASGR), in collaboration with the Think Tank Initiative (TTI), a multi-donor programme implemented by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is undertaking a study ...

The importance of supporting early career researchers when building scientific capacity in developing countries – and the ACU's work in this area – was recognised by a UK Parliamentary committee last week.

In its report

Over 20 university staff working in research management in African and Caribbean countries were in London this week for a series of meetings organised by the ACU and hosted by the Wellcome Trust.

In a series of discussions, ...

A workshop on African-European Research Infrastructures (RI) will be held on October 17 2012 in London. The findings of studies on research collaboration between both continents will be presented.

In the roundtable panel discussion, ...

The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and The Consortia Advancing Standards in Research Administration Information CASRAI ...

The consortium for our new project to establish a unique network for doctoral students and early career researchers in African and European countries – DocLinks – are meeting at the ACU today to discuss the initial stages of ...

Publishers need to coordinate support across their editorial, IT, sales, and marketing teams – and ultimately at board level – to help ensure that developing country researchers are included in the research cycle. ...

A new programme aiming to assist universities in getting research into use has been launched by the ACU, the Centre for Research into Evaluation, Science and Technology (CREST) at the University of Stellenbosch and Organisation ...