project 11_mrci 304

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/project-11mrci-304 1/28

IMPLEMENTING the THIRD MISSION of UNIVERSITIES inAFRICA

PROJECT 11 (MRCI 304): Implementing the Third Mission of Universities in Africa:Contributing to the Millennium Development Goals.

Summary of Project:

The overall theme of the project is the link between the third mission of universitie

(community service) and regional development needs – with specific reference to povert

reduction as the underlying issue for all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The third mission of universities – community service – provides the space to address suc

a challenge in a way that can refocus its research and teaching missions to transform an

revitalize the relationship between higher education and national development needTraditionally, however, the third mission is underdeveloped in universities. To revitaliz

this mission the proposal will link with a global network, PASCAL, and its own third missio

project, PASCAL, Universities and Regional Engagement (PURE), which has devised

benchmarking framework against which higher education institutions can begin to measur

themselves at an international level in relation to implementing their third mission. Th

proposal will build on and adapt that framework so it more effectively addresses th

MDGs and African contexts.

The Implementing the Third Mission of Universities in Africa (ITMUA) project consists o

an African partnership network of four universities. The ITMUA project will address fouquestions:

1. How is the university’s third mission being developed and implemented?

2. What role do the Millennium Development Goals play in influencing the university’s third

mission?

3. To what extent and in what ways are national and regional policies on poverty reduction

having an impact on university regional activities to relate teaching and research to

community service?

4. To what extent and in what ways can universities enhance and integrate their existing

activities (research and teaching linked to community service) to accommodate MDGpriorities in their region?

The ITMUA project will share information and good practice across relevant networks

Africa and through the wider, global, PASCAL network in relation to its PURE projec

Work packages addressing regional needs analyses and action planning for change will lea

to policy briefs that highlight new ways in which universities can contribute to national an

regional development needs through an integrated approach to teaching, policy oriente

research and community service. Resulting policy frameworks for addressing key scheme

related to the MDGs will include the Africanisation of the curriculum, widenin

participation initiatives through open and distance learning, engagement with civil societ

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



organizations in poverty reduction and related health improvements through non-formeducation strategies to facilitate greater community dialogue. The particular contribution

to national and regional developments will be specific to each institution and its region, bu

the overall focus will be on non-formal education and poverty reduction linking to relate

issues of health, civil society engagement, and social inclusion. The methodology will be

three-stage, action research process leading to new university-policy relationships fo

national development. The operational objectives include:

(i) Self assessment/ mapping exercise by each university – to benchmark existin

activities

against the PURE framework, and making recommendations for adaptation to address theMDGs and African socio-economic, cultural and linguistic contexts.

(ii) A needs analysis and assessment of how university activities could address th

development

needs of their constituencies. This will be a participatory, consultative process in each

country between the university, local civil society / employer organizations and relevant

ministries that are addressing Millennium Development Goals in the context of national

development priorities.

(iii) Action planning by each university to identify and implement innovations in curriculum

development, or research and community dialogue that address one or more of the MDGs,but with an underlying focus on poverty reduction.

(iv) Stakeholder workshops to disseminate case study findings and consult over relevanc

of

activities to the MDGs and national priorities.

(v) Policy briefings to highlight new ways in which universities in African contexts can

contribute to national programmes for reaching the MDGs, with an underlying focus on

poverty reduction.

(vi) Construction of university policy frameworks (by adapting the PURE benchmarking

framework) for addressing the development of the university’s third mission in relation tthe

MDGs and national development priorities.

Total Amount Approved: £86,280.

Lead Institution: National University of Lesotho, Lesotho.

Project Leader: Professor Julia Preece.

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



Partners: University of Calabar, Nigeria: Prof Idowu Biao; [email protected] of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana: Dr. Wapula N Raditloaneng:

[email protected]

University of Malawi, Chancellor College, Zomba: Dr D Nampota:

[email protected];dn

[email protected]

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



Project Contract Agreement: Attached.

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



INCEPTION PHASE REPORT

Title of research programme Implementing the Third Mission of

Universities in Africa

Reference number MRCI 304

Period covered by report March 2010 – Sept 2011

Name of lead institution

Director

National University of Lesotho

Prof Julia Preece

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



Key partners

University

of

Botswana

University

of

Calabar

National University of Lesotho

University of Malawi

Countries to be covered by the

research

Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria

LIST OF CONTENTS

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



Background information

Brief introduction 3

Goals 4

Purpose

5

Major expected outputs 5

Major division of project on basis of activities 7

Log frame for the work plan 11

Project budget 15

Management structure 16

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



Brief introduction

The overall theme of the project is the link between the third mission of universities (community service) and

regional development needs – with specific reference to poverty reduction as the underlying issue for all the

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Traditionally universities have supported three strands to their mission: research, teaching and community

service. It can be argued that the third mission is the potential bridge between the university as an ivory tower

and the communities whose development needs it should be prioritizing.

However, universities have also been traditionally elitist – the average population percentage of student

enrolment in tertiary education is less than 5 per cent in many African countries – the lowest in the world ‐ and

compares

with

50%

and

above

for

those

in

North

America

and

European

countries.

Women

are

still

under‐

represented (Okebukola 2004, UIS Fact Sheet 2009). Universities are often criticized for their ivory tower image

with limited impact on the socio‐economic environment (Lulat 2005) and employers have increasingly voiced

their concerns about inadequate graduate skills for jobs

A key challenge for African universities is how to match global demands for higher education as a commodity for

knowledge production whilst preserving indigenous qualities of pedagogy, identity and relevance to regional and

local development needs. This challenge must overcome two issues: the historical experience of colonialism and

its impact on university curricula; and the implications of international curriculum and research transfer from

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



those highly industrialized countries that are now engaging, through their tertiary institutions, with economically

poor countries in the process of knowledge commodification.

The third mission of universities – community service – provides the space to address such a challenge in a way

that can refocus its research and teaching missions to transform and revitalize the relationship between higher

education and national development needs. However, the third mission is usually underdeveloped in

universities. To revitalize this mission the project will link with a global network [PASCAL] and its own third

mission project, [PURE1

], which has devised a benchmarking framework against which higher education

institutions can begin to measure themselves at an international level in relation to implementing their third

mission.

This project

will

build

on

and

adapt

that

framework

so

it

more

effectively

addresses

the

MDGs

and

African contexts.

The ITMUA project consists of an African partnership network of four universities. The network was recently

funded by the British Academy African Partnerships (BAAP) programme. The network conducted small scale case

studies, in association with the University of Glasgow, into the effectiveness of non‐formal education (NFE) for

poverty reduction2

. This project builds on those findings to explore the potential role of NFE (as a key aspect of

community service) in higher education on a wider scale.

Goals

This project

specifically

aims

to

address

the

university

third

mission

as

a key

strategy

towards

linking

higher

education to African development needs with a focus on the MDGs, particularly 1, 2 and 6 (Eradicate extreme

poverty and hunger, Achieve universal primary education, Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases).

1 PURE stands for PASCAL, Universities and Regional Engagement. The PASCAL Observatory is a global network that isdeveloping the PURE project with universities across the world. Currently only two universities from Africa are involved in aunfunded capacity. Those universities are both members of the proposed ITMUA project.2 The four universities are Calabar in Nigeria, and the government funded universities of Botswana, Lesotho and Malawi. Forfurther information about the BAAP project see websitehttp://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/cradall/BAAPwebsite/BAAPhome.htm

http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/cradall/BAAPwebsite/BAAPhome.htm

http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/cradall/BAAPwebsite/BAAPhome.htm

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



The project will explore how higher education can support regional and sustainable development in relation to

the MDGs – through:

• Benchmarking its community service practices – using PASCAL Benchmarking framework as a starting point.

• Needs analysis with community stakeholders and assessment of how current university activities could

address the development needs of their constituencies.

• Action planning for community engagement and curriculum development of selected programmes, drawing

on non‐formal education expertise in each institution.

• Increased level of involvement in community service – particularly through civic engagement.

• Small

scale

case

study

analysis

of

what

works,

where,

how

and

why.

• Education exchanges – South‐South partnerships and interaction with universities in the North (primarily

through a conference in Botswana in December 2010, and through development of a website using the

PASCAL International Observatory).

The ITMUA project will address four questions:

1. How is the university’s third mission being developed and implemented?

2. What role do the Millennium Development Goals play in influencing the university’s third mission?

3. To what

extent

and

in

what

ways

are

national

and

regional

policies

on

poverty

reduction

having

an

impact

o

university regional activities to relate teaching and research to community service?

4. To what extent and in what ways can universities enhance and integrate their existing activities (research an

teaching linked to community service) to accommodate MDG priorities in their region?

The project will share information and good practice across relevant networks in Africa and through the wider,

global, PASCAL network in relation to its PURE project. Work packages addressing regional needs analyses and

action planning for change will lead to policy briefs that highlight new ways in which universities can contribute t

national and regional development needs through an integrated approach to teaching, policy oriented research

and

community

service.

Resulting

policy

frameworks

for

addressing

key

schemes

related

to

the

MDGs

will

includthe Africanisation of the curriculum, widening participation initiatives through open and distance learning,

engagement with civil society organizations in poverty reduction and related health improvements through non‐

formal education strategies to facilitate greater community dialogue. The particular contributions to national an

regional developments will be specific to each institution and its region, but the overall focus will be on non‐

formal education and poverty reduction linking to related issues of health, civil society engagement, and social

inclusion (MDGs 1, 2 and 6, but also addressing MDGs 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8).

Network information sharing will be ongoing through electronic exchanges but will include national disseminatio

workshops and an international conference in Botswana in December 2010.

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



Purpose

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ratified in 2000 and signed up to by all country members of the

United Nations have provided an added impetus to refocus and re‐align university work with national

development needs around the MDG targets for poverty reduction, gender equity, universal primary education,

reduction of child mortality and improvement of maternal health, reduction of deaths from AIDS, environmenta

sustainability and

enhanced

partnerships

for

development.

This project proposal will focus on MDG 1 – reduction of poverty, linking to MDG 2 – Education, and MDG 6 ‐ HIV

and AIDS. But these MDGs are interlinked with the other goals, particularly in relation to sustainable

development, good governance and gender parity.

It will link to PASCAL International Observatory which is conducting a world wide (mostly OECD countries) peer

review

study

of

how

issues

relating

to

HE

and

their

regional

engagement

are

addressed.

Only

two

African

universities (University of Botswana and National University of Lesotho) were originally associated with PASCAL

(an unfunded relationship). This project will widen and strengthen that link in Sub Saharan Africa.

Major expected outputs

*WP = workpackage

No. Output name WP

No.

Activities Delivery

date

1 Self

assessment

reports

2 Review by senior staff of how each institution is

operationalising its third mission, mapped against PURE

benchmarking framework; analysis of how the framework

might be adapted for MDG focus, draft reports identifying

priority development

areas,

under

the

supervision

and

Month 2

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



support of Lead partner 3, LP3 to provide synthesis report

2 Needs analyses 3 Research questions asked to focus groups and interviews of

the four stakeholder cohorts; electronic discussions

between partners to ensure shared understanding of

methods, sampling and analysis under the supervision and

support of Lead partner 1

Month 5

3 Action Plans 4 Each partner to provide detailed action plan and time frame

for implementing actions and projects that address one or

more MDGs under the supervision and support of Lead

partner 3

Month 6

4 Case studies 5 Identification of case studies, electronic exchanges

regarding research questions and subsidiary questions of

what works where, how and why, development of

consensus set of questions, methods and analysis, under

the supervision and support of Lead partner 4

Month 10

5 Stakeholder

workshops

6 Electronic exchanges and guidelines for workshops aiming

for 35 people from the stakeholder cohorts in relation to

research questions,

followed

by

meta

analysis

of

outputs

1,

2, 3 and 4, under the supervision and support of Lead

partner 2

Month 13

6 Conference 7 Organizational activities of accommodation, publicity via

mailbases and websites; guidelines on presentation

strategies for delegates, sponsorship, Under the supervision

and support of Lead partner 2. Conference venue will be

location for face to face partnership meeting in preparation

for WP 8, 9, 10

Month 10

7 Revised action

plans

8 Senior academic staff review previous WP outputs in order

to write revised action plan for the university third mission

in relation to MDGs under supervision and support of Lead

partner 4

Month 14

8 Policy briefing

papers and

frameworks

9 Network meeting to discuss writing of policy briefing drafts,

including revised benchmarking framework, followed by

electronic communication during institutional production of

policy drafts for ways in which universities can use their

third mission

to

contribute

to

national

development

and

Month 18

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



MDGs, under guidance and supervision of Lead partner 1

9 Electronic

dissemination

10 Following e‐mail discussion on presentation style, Lead

partner 1 will submit reports and briefing papers to PASCAL

network for uploading onto PURE website, all partners will

advertise reports through regional and national networks in

Africa. LP 1 will coordinate e‐book manuscript.

Month 18

Challenge fund outputs Project outputs

Information sharing on good practice in

relation to innovation and reform

Electronic dissemination, conference, stakeholder

workshops

Policy oriented research leading to policy

briefs that highlight new ways in which

universities can contribute to national

programmes for reaching the MDGs

Case studies leading to policy briefing papers on how

universities can apply their third mission to contribute to

national development priorities for MDGs

Policy frameworks for addressing key issues

affecting higher

education

Benchmarking framework for universities and the

development of

their

third

mission

in

relation

to

the

MDGs,

Policy briefing papers

Contributions to regional and national

development

Stakeholder workshops, needs analyses, case studies and

revised action plans

Major division of the project on the basis of activities

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



Partner 1

NUL

Partner 2

UB

Partner 3

UNICAL

Partner 4

UNIMA

WP No Work package title Lead participant No. Start month End month

1 Coordination and project

management

1 1 18

2 Self assessment 3 2 2

3

Needs

analysis

1

3

5

4 Action planning 3 6 6

5 Case study implementation and

evaluation

4 7 10

6 National stakeholder

workshops

2 11 13

7 Conference 2 1 10

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



8 Revised action plans 4 14 14

9 Policy briefings 1 12 18

10 Electronic dissemination 1 2 18

Workpackages in detail

The

lead

department

in

each

institution

will

be

the

Adult,

Continuing

Education

or

Lifelong

Learning

departmentthat formed the British Academy funded African Partnership network. Each lead department will liaise with

interested departments across their institution to ensure a multidisciplinary and multi‐dimensional approach to

the research question. (See section XI.1 for detailed description of the management structure and composition

the team). Each partner will take responsibility for leading one or more workpackages.

1.3. ii Workpackage 1. Coordination project management.

This WP will ensure shared understanding of the overall monitoring and management of the project. It will al

ensure each

university

provides

names

of

their

institutional

steering

group

of

senior

staff,

stakeholder

and

po

graduate representatives. It will be an all electronic discussion in month 1, organised by lead partner 1 in Lesoth

and will set the ground rules for communication, financial, reporting and organising measures as well as ensu

shared understanding of proposed methodology. Outputs 1 – 9 will be collected by lead WP partner and sent

lead network partner at the designated timelines. Financial and progress reports will be collected by the lea

network partner during months 6, 12 and 18.

Workpackage 2. self ‐assessment benchmarking activity for third mission. This WP responds to operation

objective 1, resulting in the first output of a collated report that synthesises contributions from all fo

universities. It will be led by partner 3 in Calabar, Nigeria and include a review of how each university

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



operationalising its third mission in relation to MDGs and a commentary on how the benchmarking framewo

might be adapted for this focus. It will be delivered in month 2. (The benchmarking framework will be re‐visite

in workpackage 9).

Each partner will identify priority development areas in country reports such as poverty reduction strate

papers, national Education Sector Strategic Plans, University Strategic Plans, Government Vision or developme

literature and assess the responsiveness of their university mission statement in relation to teaching, resear

and community service and identify potential areas with which the university could engage. The main sources

information will be the databases and documents in the different nation states. The comparative dimension w

provide an

opportunity

to

learn

from

different

contexts,

borrowing

and

sharing

ideas

that

might

enable

refor

and both inform the data collection phase as well as provide a contextual backdrop to future policy decisions.

Workpackage 3. Needs analysis and assessment of how universities can develop their third mission.

The WP responds to operational objective 2, with output 2 being a needs analysis assessment for each partne

representing an initial synthesis of findings across the following three different phases, drawn from focus grou

and/or interviews around the following key questions: 1) How is the university’s third mission being develope

and implemented? 2) What role do the Millennium Development Goals play in influencing the university’s thi

mission? 3) To what extent and in what ways are national and regional policies on poverty reduction having a

impact on university regional activities to relate teaching and research to community service? 4) To what exte

and in what ways can universities enhance and integrate their existing activities (research and teaching linked

community service) to accommodate MDG priorities in their region?

Lead partner 1 for this WP will organise electronic discussions to ensure shared understanding of, and provid

guidelines for methods, sampling and initial analysis. Each partner will undertake fieldwork, liaising electronica

throughout the data collection and analysis phase, submitting their reports to lead partner 1 by months 3 and

so to

ensure

timely

production

of

the

synthesis

report

in

month

5.

These

working

papers

and

synthesis

report

w

be primarily descriptive but provide meaningful analysis of the main attitudes and experiences that have led

current university practices and responses to MDGs.

Workpackage 4. Action planning for 3rd mission innovations that address MDGs in context of national priorities

This WP responds to operational objective 3 and will be led by partner 3 in Ngeria as a follow up to WP3.

provides output 3 action plans and implementation activities that will be developed in consultation with nation

stakeholders and academic staff. Each partner will provide a detailed action plan and time frame f

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



implementing actions and projects that engage with their community in addressing one or more MDGs. Output

will be a synthesis of these action plans. It will be delivered in month 6.

Workpackage 5: Case study implementation and evaluations

This WP responds to operational objective 4 and will be implemented during months 7 to 10 resulting in one

more implemented innovations that have been analysed in relation to their effectiveness in engaging th

university in its regional priorities in relation to one or more MDGs. It will be led by partner 4 from Malawi an

will entail electronic exchanges regarding the four research questions and the subsidiary questions of what work

where,

how

and

why?

It

will

require

development

of

a

consensus

set

of

questions

for

the

interviewobservations and quantitative profile of participants in each case study, including agreed thematic coding an

style of write up. WP 5 will consist of reports from each partner which will be compiled in output 4, a synthes

report that will form the basis for the policy briefings in WP 7.

Workpackage 6: National stakeholder workshops

This WP responds to operational objectives 5, 6, 7 and 8 and will be implemented during months 11 to 1

resulting in output 5 ‐ a working paper from each country in month 13. It represents our main interi

dissemination and

stakeholder

involvement

strategy

and

offers

a common

space

to

foster

dialogue

between

th

university and stakeholder communities. Lead partner 2 from Botswana will provide guidelines for conductin

the workshops via an electronic conference with all partners. Each partner will organise a stakeholder worksho

in response to operational objectives 2, 3 and 4. This will entail a meta‐analysis at country level of outputs 1, 2,

and 4. Workshops will aim for 30 participants: ten academics, ten civil society/employer representatives, fiv

senior Ministry staff and five post graduate students. This combination will meet the ethical goals of

participatory approach as well as enable wider contributions across the stakeholder communities. The questio

each workshop will be asked to address are: 1) What are the national/regional development priorities in relatio

to the MDGs? 2) How have the case studies addressed those priorities in the context of the university thi

mission? 3) To what extent can universities enhance and integrate the case studies to accommodate MD

priorities in their region? Each partner will produce a working paper that synthesises the discussion an

recommendations from their country workshop. These workshops will inform the policy briefing papers of WP 9

Workpackage 7: Conference

This WP responds to operational objective 6 and aims to achieve output 6 by month 10. It offers a common spa

to foster dialogue between policy‐makers, members of the academic community and researchers about the ma

results of previous WPs. The resulting discussions will be the basis for electronic dissemination (WP 10). Lea

partner

2

will

implement

the

organisational

activities

including

accommodation

arrangements,

publicitcommunication strategies across relevant mailbases and websites in order to ensure a cross section

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



stakeholder participation in the conference. Partner 2 will provide guidelines, in electronic consultation wi

network members, on presentation strategies for the findings. The conference venue will also be used as a

opportunity for a face to face partnership meeting in preparation for the final WPs.

Workpackage 8: Revised action plans

This WP responds to operational objective 7 whereby senior academic staff will revise their action an

implementation plans in the light of comparative case study findings that were discussed in the conference an

local workshops. The revised action plans will be led by partner 4 in Malawi. They will be produced in month 1

as

output

7.

They

will

provide

details

of

strategies

for

new

actions

that

will

be

implemented

as

part

of

thuniversity strategic plans and in relation to policy briefings of WP 9.

Workpackage 9: Policy briefings

This and subsequent WPs respond to operational objectives 7, 8 and 9 dissemination strategies that contribute

strengthening the higher education knowledge bases for policies to improve contribution of university thi

missions to national development in relation to MDGs. The objective of WP8 is to provide a synthesised report

policy briefings (output 8) to highlight new ways in which universities can contribute to national developmen

and agree

actions

for

the

remaining

WPs.

Lead

partner

1 will

organise

a face

to

face

meeting

in

month

12,

with

view to delivering the final report (output 8) in month 18. This will include a revised benchmarking framewo

relevant to African contexts and the MDGs. At the meeting ITMUA project partners will harmonise the

understanding from the findings, their interpretations of working papers and reports as well as other feedba

received during the period of the project. While all partners will submit national drafts for the final report Lea

partner 1 will produce a final synthesis of all the contributions and consortium partners will communica

electronically to fine tune the final draft to complete output 8.

Workpackage 10:

electronic

dissemination

This WP represents the ongoing contribution to all operational objectives. It will be started in month 2 and w

be completed in month 18 (output 9). Lead partner 1 will provide the PURE project based in Glasgow wi

relevant reports that can be uploaded onto the PURE website to ensure global access to the project outcome

Partners will discuss and agree which materials will be used. Special attention will be paid to quality

presentation and content and uniformity of style. Partners may also choose to develop these papers into pape

that may be used locally for non‐electronic dissemination. A final book manuscript of the case studies will b

produced for e‐publication and print‐on‐demand.

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304


IMPLEMENTING the THIRD MISSION of UNIVERSITIEAFRICA

This project is funded from the Association of African Universities M

Log frame for the work plan ‐ entire duration of the project

Activities Start date and

duration

Budget Expected input Expected

output

1 Establish ground rules for

maintenance and management of

project, recruit steering groups of

senior staff, external stakeholders

and postgraduate

representatives

for each institution Led by P1

Month 1: 18

months duration

N/A Project

management

Managed

project

2 Review by senior staff of how each

institution is operationalising its

third mission, mapped against PURE

benchmarking framework; analysis

of how the framework might be

adapted for MDG focus, draft

reports identifying priority

development areas,

under

the

supervision and support of LP3. LP3

to provide synthesis report

Month 2: one

month duration

Salaries: 4112

Stationery &

printing: 140

TOTAL: 4252

Self assessment

of what is being

done in relation

to community

service mission

Self assessmen

synthesis repo

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304




3 Research questions asked to focus

groups with the four stakeholder

cohorts; electronic discussions

between partners to ensure shared

understanding of methods, sampling

and analysis under supervision and

support of LP1. LP 1 to produce

needs analysis synthesis report

Month 2: three

months duration

(delivery month 5)

Salaries:

12331

Stat/print:

424

Room hire:

440

TOTAL: 13195

Needs analysis

with relevant

community

stakeholders –

stakeholder

workshops

Needs analysis

synthesis repo

4 Each partner to provide detailed

action plan and time frame for

implementing actions and projects

that address one or more MDGs

under supervision and support of

LP3.

Month 6: one

month duration

Salaries: 4111

Stat/print:

141

TOTAL: 4252

Action planning

for community

service

engagement

Synthesis repo

of action and

implementatio

plans

5 Identification of case studies,

electronic exchanges regarding

research questions and subsidiary

questions of what works where,

Month 6: four

months duration

Salaries:

16442

Stat/print:

Case study

implementation

and evaluation

Synthesis repo

of case studies

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304




how and why, development of

consensus set of questions,

methods and analysis, under

supervision and support of LP4. LP4

to produce synthesis report of case

studies.

562

Travel: 550

Materials:

680

TOTAL: 18234

6 Electronic exchanges and guidelines

for workshops aiming for 30 people

from the stakeholder cohorts in

relation to research questions,

followed by meta analysis of

outputs 1,2,3 and 4, under the

supervision and support of LP 2

Month 11: two

months duration

(delivery month

13)

Salaries: 8221

Stat/print:

280

Room

hire:440

TOTAL:

8941

Organisation of

national

stakeholder

workshops;

presentation of

preliminary case

study analysis

Institutional

working paper

synthesizing

presentations

and workshop

responses

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304




7 Organizational activities of

accommodation, publicity via

mailbases and websites, guidelines

on presentation strategies for

delegates, sponsorship, under the

supervision and support of LP 2

Month 1: 10

months duration

Salaries: 2000

Travel: 3300

Fees: 4800

TOTAL: 10100

Conference

preparation

Conference in

Botswana

8 Senior academic staff review

previous WP outputs in order to

write revised action plan for the

university third mission in relation

to MDGs under supervision and

support of LP4

Month 13: one

month duration

Salaries: 4111

Stat/print:

141

TOTAL: 4252

Preparation of

revised action

plans

Revised action

plans

9 Network meeting to discuss writing

of policy briefing drafts, including

revised benchmarking framework,

followed by electronic

Month 10: five

months duration

(delivery month

18)

Salaries:

20552

Stat/print:

Preparation of

policy briefings

Synthesized

policy briefing

paper; revised

benchmarking

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304




communication during institutional

production of policy drafts for ways

in which universities can use their

third mission to contribute to

national development and MDGs,

under guidance and supervision of

LP1

702

TOTAL: 21254

framework

10 Following e‐mail discussion on

presentation style

LP1

will

submit

reports and briefing papers to

PASCAL network for uploading into

PURE website, all partners will

advertise reports through regional

and national networks in Africa. A

final e‐book publication will also be

prepared under guidance and

supervision of LP1

Month 10: six

months duration

[delivery months

14‐18]

Book: 1800

TOTAL: 1800

Preparation of

reports for

electronic

dissemination

Electronic

dissemination

via e‐mail and

website; e‐boo

Activities

Start date

and

duration

Budget total

86280

Expected input

Expected

output

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



This project is funded from the Association of African

BUDGET (British

Pounds)

Budget item Lesotho Botswana Calabar Malawi

Research assistant

Based on WP

allocations

17300

@ 50 a day

346 days

18480

@ 56 a day

330 days

12052

@ 46 a day

262 days

11048

@ 42 a day

263 days

Administration 4510

@ 30 a day

150 days

2490

@ 30 a day

82 days

2000

@ 26 a day

76 days

2000

@ 26 a day

76 days

Travel to Botswana

conference

200 pp x 3 500 pp x 3 400pp x 3

Conference fees 400 pp x 3 400 pp x 3 400 pp x 3 400 pp x 3

Botswana

conference –

administration

support

2,000

Room hire for

stakeholder

workshops

150 x 2 200 x 2 50 x 2 40 x 2

Local case study

travel

150 150 100 150

Case study costs 200 200 150 130

Stationery,

telephone,

postage

50 50 25 15

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



This project is funded from the Association of African

Photocopying,

printing

800 1000 300 150

Book publication 1800

TOTALS 26910 25970 17427 15973

GRAND TOTAL 86280

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



This project is funded from the Association of African Universities MRCI Cycle 3Grant

Management structure

In the implementation of this action research project the management structure will be contained

within the partner network members, where each institution will establish a project steering group,

each having the institution’s lead contact acting as steering group coordinator.

The structure of ITMUA is both vertical and horizontal. Vertical structure is as follows: within the

network each university has its own lead coordinator. However all lead coordinators are accountable to

the network

coordinator

who

is

responsible

for

quality

control.

Horizontal structure is as follows: within the network partnership each university partner takes

responsibility for managing one or more workpackages (WP) which entails coordinating all partner

activities for that particular WP.

There are two dimensions to management: one is financial and administrative, the second is the project

implementation

and

research.

The

above

vertical

and

horizontal

divisions

apply

to

both

dimensions.

Moreover this network follows values that include cooperation, coordination of efforts, orientation to

an inclusive society, sharing of ideas and cohesive sustainable development. Therefore, whilst the

project adheres to the normal scientific research principles of methodological rigour, the strategy

throughout the project is to share and capitalize on expertise drawn from the wider stakeholder

community.

Overall management activities will be conducted electronically with one face to face meeting during the

project lifetime.

Dissemination is also at two levels. At one level this includes those that are built into the outputs and

WPs. At the second level network partners belong to wider networks and professional associations that

enable them to informally exploit additional dissemination outlets such as conferences, seminars,

7/29/2019 Project 11_mrci 304



This project is funded from the Association of African Universities MRCI Cycle 3

teaching programmes, invited presentations, journal articles etc and a final book publication which will

also be

available

as

an

e‐book.

Decision making mechanisms: Decisions are agreed by consensus at the beginning of each WP. Day‐to‐

day decisions are taken at institutional level.

In case of unanticipated changes in staffing the workpackage coordinator takes responsibility for

ensuring completion of outputs in consultation with the lead institution and AAU.

In case of disagreement the final decision lies with the leading partner for the relevant WP. In case of

potential problems concerning achievement of outputs, consensus will be sought across the network

partners. If consensus is not reached the final decision lies with the lead coordinator.

project 11_mrci 304

Documents