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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 universities (community service) and regional development needs with specific reference to poverty reduction as the underlying issue for all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 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. Traditionally, however, the third mission is underdeveloped in universities. To revitalize this mission the proposal will link with a global network, PASCAL, and its own third mission project, PASCAL, Universities and Regional Engagement (PURE), 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 proposal will build on and adapt that framework so it more effectively addresses the MDGs and African contexts. The Implementing the Third Mission of Universities in Africa (ITMUA) project consists of an African partnership network of four universities. The ITMUA project will address four questions: 1. How is the universitys third mission being developed and implemented? 2. What role do the Millennium Development Goals play in influencing the universitys 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 MDG priorities in their region? The ITMUA 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 to 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 include the Africanisation of the curriculum, widening participation initiatives through open and distance learning, engagement with civil society

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organizations in poverty reduction and related health improvements through non-formal education strategies to facilitate greater community dialogue. The particular contributions to national and 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. The methodology will be a three-stage, action research process leading to new university-policy relationships for national development. The operational objectives include: (i) Self assessment/ mapping exercise by each university to benchmark existing activities against the PURE framework, and making recommendations for adaptation to address the MDGs and African socio-economic, cultural and linguistic contexts. (ii) A needs analysis and assessment of how university activities could address the 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 relevance 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 universitys third mission in relation to the MDGs and national development priorities. Total Amount Approved: 86,280. Lead Institution: National University of Lesotho, Lesotho. Project Leader: Professor Julia Preece.

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Partners: University of Calabar, Nigeria: Prof Idowu Biao; idowubao@yahoo.com University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana: Dr. Wapula N Raditloaneng: raditloa@mopipi.ub.bw University of Malawi, Chancellor College, Zomba: Dr D Nampota: dnampota@chanco.unima.mw;dn ampota02@yahoo.co.uk

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ProjectContractAgreement:Attached.

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INCEPTIONPHASEREPORT

Titleofresearchprogramme Referencenumber Periodcoveredbyreport Nameofleadinstitution Director

ImplementingtheThirdMissionof UniversitiesinAfrica MRCI304 March2010 Sept2011 NationalUniversityofLesotho ProfJuliaPreece

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Keypartners

UniversityofBotswanaUniversityof Calabar NationalUniversityofLesotho UniversityofMalawi

Countriestobecoveredbythe research LISTOFCONTENTS

Botswana,Lesotho,Malawi,Nigeria

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Backgroundinformation Logframefortheworkplan Projectbudget Managementstructure

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Briefintroduction

Theoverallthemeoftheprojectisthelinkbetweenthethirdmissionofuniversities(communityservice)and regionaldevelopmentneedswithspecificreferencetopovertyreductionastheunderlyingissueforallthe MillenniumDevelopmentGoals(MDGs). Traditionallyuniversitieshavesupportedthreestrandstotheirmission:research,teachingandcommunity service.Itcanbearguedthatthethirdmissionisthepotentialbridgebetweentheuniversityasanivorytower andthecommunitieswhosedevelopmentneedsitshouldbeprioritizing. However,universitieshavealsobeentraditionallyelitisttheaveragepopulationpercentageofstudent enrolmentintertiaryeducationislessthan5percentinmanyAfricancountriesthelowestintheworldand compareswith50%andaboveforthoseinNorthAmericaandEuropeancountries.Womenarestillunder represented(Okebukola2004,UISFactSheet2009).Universitiesareoftencriticizedfortheirivorytowerimage withlimitedimpactonthesocioeconomicenvironment(Lulat2005)andemployershaveincreasinglyvoiced theirconcernsaboutinadequategraduateskillsforjobs AkeychallengeforAfricanuniversitiesishowtomatchglobaldemandsforhighereducationasacommodityfor knowledgeproductionwhilstpreservingindigenousqualitiesofpedagogy,identityandrelevancetoregionaland localdevelopmentneeds.Thischallengemustovercometwoissues:thehistoricalexperienceofcolonialismand itsimpactonuniversitycurricula;andtheimplicationsofinternationalcurriculumandresearchtransferfrom

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thosehighlyindustrializedcountriesthatarenowengaging,throughtheirtertiaryinstitutions,witheconomically poorcountriesintheprocessofknowledgecommodification. Thethirdmissionofuniversitiescommunityserviceprovidesthespacetoaddresssuchachallengeinaway thatcanrefocusitsresearchandteachingmissionstotransformandrevitalizetherelationshipbetweenhigher educationandnationaldevelopmentneeds.However,thethirdmissionisusuallyunderdevelopedin universities.Torevitalizethismissiontheprojectwilllinkwithaglobalnetwork[PASCAL]anditsownthird missionproject,[PURE 1 ],whichhasdevisedabenchmarkingframeworkagainstwhichhighereducation institutionscanbegintomeasurethemselvesataninternationallevelinrelationtoimplementingtheirthird mission.ThisprojectwillbuildonandadaptthatframeworksoitmoreeffectivelyaddressestheMDGsand Africancontexts. TheITMUAprojectconsistsofanAfricanpartnershipnetworkoffouruniversities.Thenetworkwasrecently fundedbytheBritishAcademyAfricanPartnerships(BAAP)programme.Thenetworkconductedsmallscalecase studies,inassociationwiththeUniversityofGlasgow,intotheeffectivenessofnonformaleducation(NFE)for povertyreduction 2 .ThisprojectbuildsonthosefindingstoexplorethepotentialroleofNFE(asakeyaspectof communityservice)inhighereducationonawiderscale.

Goals
Thisprojectspecificallyaimstoaddresstheuniversitythirdmissionasakeystrategytowardslinkinghigher educationtoAfricandevelopmentneedswithafocusontheMDGs,particularly1,2and6(Eradicateextreme povertyandhunger,Achieveuniversalprimaryeducation,CombatHIV/AIDS,malariaandotherdiseases).

PURE stands for PASCAL, Universities and Regional Engagement. The PASCAL Observatory is a global network that is developing the PURE project with universities across the world. Currently only two universities from Africa are involved in an unfunded 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. For further information about the BAAP project see website http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/cradall/BAAPwebsite/BAAPhome.htm
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Theprojectwillexplorehowhighereducationcansupportregionalandsustainabledevelopmentinrelationto theMDGsthrough: BenchmarkingitscommunityservicepracticesusingPASCALBenchmarkingframeworkasastartingpoint. Needsanalysiswithcommunitystakeholdersandassessmentofhowcurrentuniversityactivitiescould addressthedevelopmentneedsoftheirconstituencies. Actionplanningforcommunityengagementandcurriculumdevelopmentofselectedprogrammes,drawing onnonformaleducationexpertiseineachinstitution. Increasedlevelofinvolvementincommunityserviceparticularlythroughcivicengagement. Smallscalecasestudyanalysisofwhatworks,where,howandwhy. EducationexchangesSouthSouthpartnershipsandinteractionwithuniversitiesintheNorth(primarily throughaconferenceinBotswanainDecember2010,andthroughdevelopmentofawebsiteusingthe PASCALInternationalObservatory).

TheITMUAprojectwilladdressfourquestions: 1. Howistheuniversitysthirdmissionbeingdevelopedandimplemented? 2. WhatroledotheMillenniumDevelopmentGoalsplayininfluencingtheuniversitysthirdmission? 3. Towhatextentandinwhatwaysarenationalandregionalpoliciesonpovertyreductionhavinganimpacton universityregionalactivitiestorelateteachingandresearchtocommunityservice? 4. Towhatextentandinwhatwayscanuniversitiesenhanceandintegratetheirexistingactivities(researchand teachinglinkedtocommunityservice)toaccommodateMDGprioritiesintheirregion? TheprojectwillshareinformationandgoodpracticeacrossrelevantnetworksinAfricaandthroughthewider, global,PASCALnetworkinrelationtoitsPUREproject.Workpackagesaddressingregionalneedsanalysesand actionplanningforchangewillleadtopolicybriefsthathighlightnewwaysinwhichuniversitiescancontributeto nationalandregionaldevelopmentneedsthroughanintegratedapproachtoteaching,policyorientedresearch andcommunityservice.ResultingpolicyframeworksforaddressingkeyschemesrelatedtotheMDGswillinclude theAfricanisationofthecurriculum,wideningparticipationinitiativesthroughopenanddistancelearning, engagementwithcivilsocietyorganizationsinpovertyreductionandrelatedhealthimprovementsthroughnon formaleducationstrategiestofacilitategreatercommunitydialogue.Theparticularcontributionstonationaland regionaldevelopmentswillbespecifictoeachinstitutionanditsregion,buttheoverallfocuswillbeonnon formaleducationandpovertyreductionlinkingtorelatedissuesofhealth,civilsocietyengagement,andsocial inclusion(MDGs1,2and6,butalsoaddressingMDGs3,4,5,7and8). Networkinformationsharingwillbeongoingthroughelectronicexchangesbutwillincludenationaldissemination workshopsandaninternationalconferenceinBotswanainDecember2010.

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Purpose
TheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals(MDGs),ratifiedin2000andsigneduptobyallcountrymembersofthe UnitedNationshaveprovidedanaddedimpetustorefocusandrealignuniversityworkwithnational developmentneedsaroundtheMDGtargetsforpovertyreduction,genderequity,universalprimaryeducation, reductionofchildmortalityandimprovementofmaternalhealth,reductionofdeathsfromAIDS,environmental sustainabilityandenhancedpartnershipsfordevelopment. ThisprojectproposalwillfocusonMDG1reductionofpoverty,linkingtoMDG2Education,andMDG6HIV andAIDS.ButtheseMDGsareinterlinkedwiththeothergoals,particularlyinrelationtosustainable development,goodgovernanceandgenderparity. ItwilllinktoPASCALInternationalObservatorywhichisconductingaworldwide(mostlyOECDcountries)peer reviewstudyofhowissuesrelatingtoHEandtheirregionalengagementareaddressed.OnlytwoAfrican universities(UniversityofBotswanaandNationalUniversityofLesotho)wereoriginallyassociatedwithPASCAL (anunfundedrelationship).ThisprojectwillwidenandstrengthenthatlinkinSubSaharanAfrica.

Majorexpectedoutputs
*WP=workpackage
No. Outputname WP No. 2 Activities Delivery date Month2

Self assessment reports

Reviewbyseniorstaffofhoweachinstitutionis operationalisingitsthirdmission,mappedagainstPURE benchmarkingframework;analysisofhowtheframework mightbeadaptedforMDGfocus,draftreportsidentifying prioritydevelopmentareas,underthesupervisionand

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supportofLeadpartner3,LP3toprovidesynthesisreport 2 Needsanalyses 3 Researchquestionsaskedtofocusgroupsandinterviewsof thefourstakeholdercohorts;electronicdiscussions betweenpartnerstoensuresharedunderstandingof methods,samplingandanalysisunderthesupervisionand supportofLeadpartner1 Month5

ActionPlans

Eachpartnertoprovidedetailedactionplanandtimeframe Month6 forimplementingactionsandprojectsthataddressoneor moreMDGsunderthesupervisionandsupportofLead partner3 Identificationofcasestudies,electronicexchanges regardingresearchquestionsandsubsidiaryquestionsof whatworkswhere,howandwhy,developmentof consensussetofquestions,methodsandanalysis,under thesupervisionandsupportofLeadpartner4 Electronicexchangesandguidelinesforworkshopsaiming for35peoplefromthestakeholdercohortsinrelationto researchquestions,followedbymetaanalysisofoutputs1, 2,3and4,underthesupervisionandsupportofLead partner2 Month10

Casestudies

Stakeholder workshops

Month13

Conference

Month10 Organizationalactivitiesofaccommodation,publicityvia mailbasesandwebsites;guidelinesonpresentation strategiesfordelegates,sponsorship,Underthesupervision andsupportofLeadpartner2.Conferencevenuewillbe locationforfacetofacepartnershipmeetinginpreparation forWP8,9,10 SenioracademicstaffreviewpreviousWPoutputsinorder towriterevisedactionplanfortheuniversitythirdmission inrelationtoMDGsundersupervisionandsupportofLead partner4 Month14

Revisedaction plans

Policybriefing papersand frameworks

Networkmeetingtodiscusswritingofpolicybriefingdrafts, Month18 includingrevisedbenchmarkingframework,followedby electroniccommunicationduringinstitutionalproductionof policydraftsforwaysinwhichuniversitiescanusetheir thirdmissiontocontributetonationaldevelopmentand

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MDGs,underguidanceandsupervisionofLeadpartner1 9 Electronic dissemination 10 Followingemaildiscussiononpresentationstyle,Lead Month18 partner1willsubmitreportsandbriefingpaperstoPASCAL networkforuploadingontoPUREwebsite,allpartnerswill advertisereportsthroughregionalandnationalnetworksin Africa.LP1willcoordinateebookmanuscript.

Challengefundoutputs Informationsharingongoodpracticein relationtoinnovationandreform Policyorientedresearchleadingtopolicy briefsthathighlightnewwaysinwhich universitiescancontributetonational programmesforreachingtheMDGs Policyframeworksforaddressingkeyissues affectinghighereducation Projectoutputs Electronicdissemination,conference,stakeholder workshops Casestudiesleadingtopolicybriefingpapersonhow universitiescanapplytheirthirdmissiontocontributeto nationaldevelopmentprioritiesforMDGs

Benchmarkingframeworkforuniversitiesandthe developmentoftheirthirdmissioninrelationtotheMDGs, Policybriefingpapers Stakeholderworkshops,needsanalyses,casestudiesand revisedactionplans

Contributionstoregionalandnational development

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Partner1 NUL Lead coordinator

Partner2 UB WPs 6 7
WPNo 1 Workpackagetitle Coordinationandproject management Selfassessment Needsanalysis Actionplanning

Partner3 UNICAL WPs 2 4

Partner4 UNIMA WPs 5 8

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Casestudyimplementationand 4 evaluation Nationalstakeholder workshops Conference 2

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8 9 10 Revisedactionplans Policybriefings Electronicdissemination 4 1 1 14 12 2 14 18 18

Workpackagesindetail
TheleaddepartmentineachinstitutionwillbetheAdult,ContinuingEducationorLifelongLearningdepartment thatformedtheBritishAcademyfundedAfricanPartnershipnetwork.Eachleaddepartmentwillliaisewith interesteddepartmentsacrosstheirinstitutiontoensureamultidisciplinaryandmultidimensionalapproachto theresearchquestion.(SeesectionXI.1fordetaileddescriptionofthemanagementstructureandcompositionof theteam).Eachpartnerwilltakeresponsibilityforleadingoneormoreworkpackages. 1.3.iiWorkpackage1.Coordinationprojectmanagement. This WP will ensure shared understanding of the overall monitoring and management of the project. It will also ensure each university provides names of their institutional steering group of senior staff, stakeholder and post graduaterepresentatives.Itwillbeanallelectronicdiscussioninmonth1,organisedbyleadpartner1inLesotho and will set the ground rules for communication, financial, reporting and organising measures as well as ensure shared understanding of proposed methodology. Outputs 1 9 will be collected by lead WP partner and sent to lead network partner at the designated timelines. Financial and progress reports will be collected by the lead networkpartnerduringmonths6,12and18. Workpackage 2. selfassessment benchmarking activity for third mission. This WP responds to operational objective 1, resulting in the first output of a collated report that synthesises contributions from all four universities. It will be led by partner 3 in Calabar, Nigeria and include a review of how each university is

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operationalising its third mission in relation to MDGs and a commentary on how the benchmarking framework mightbeadaptedforthisfocus.Itwillbedeliveredinmonth2.(Thebenchmarkingframeworkwillberevisited inworkpackage9). Each partner will identify priority development areas in country reports such as poverty reduction strategy papers, national Education Sector Strategic Plans, University Strategic Plans, Government Vision or development literature and assess the responsiveness of their university mission statement in relation to teaching, research and community service and identify potential areas with which the university could engage. The main sources of information will be the databases and documents in the different nation states. The comparative dimension will provide an opportunity to learn from different contexts, borrowing and sharing ideas that might enable reform andbothinformthedatacollectionphaseaswellasprovideacontextualbackdroptofuturepolicydecisions. Workpackage3.Needsanalysisandassessmentofhowuniversitiescandeveloptheirthirdmission. The WP responds to operational objective 2, with output 2 being a needs analysis assessment for each partner, representing an initial synthesis of findings across the following three different phases, drawn from focus groups and/or interviews around the following key questions: 1) How is the universitys third mission being developed and implemented? 2) What role do the Millennium Development Goals play in influencing the universitys 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 communityservice)toaccommodateMDGprioritiesintheirregion? Lead partner 1 for this WP will organise electronic discussions to ensure shared understanding of, and provide guidelinesformethods,samplingandinitialanalysis.Eachpartnerwillundertakefieldwork, liaisingelectronically throughout the data collection and analysis phase, submitting their reports to lead partner 1 by months 3 and 4 sotoensuretimelyproductionofthesynthesisreportinmonth5.Theseworkingpapersandsynthesisreportwill be primarily descriptive but provide meaningful analysis of the main attitudes and experiences that have led to currentuniversitypracticesandresponsestoMDGs. Workpackage4.Actionplanningfor3rdmissioninnovationsthataddressMDGsincontextofnationalpriorities This WP responds to operational objective 3 and will be led by partner 3 in Ngeria as a follow up to WP3. It provides output 3 action plans and implementation activities that will be developed in consultation with national stakeholders and academic staff. Each partner will provide a detailed action plan and time frame for

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implementingactionsandprojectsthatengagewiththeircommunityinaddressingoneormoreMDGs.Output3 willbeasynthesisoftheseactionplans.Itwillbedeliveredinmonth6. Workpackage5:Casestudyimplementationandevaluations This WP responds to operational objective 4 and will be implemented during months 7 to 10 resulting in one or more implemented innovations that have been analysed in relation to their effectiveness in engaging the university in its regional priorities in relation to one or more MDGs. It will be led by partner 4 from Malawi and willentailelectronicexchangesregardingthefourresearchquestionsandthesubsidiaryquestionsofwhatworks, where, how and why? It will require development of a consensus set of questions for the interviews, observations and quantitative profile of participants in each case study, including agreed thematic coding and style of write up. WP 5 will consist of reports from each partner which will be compiled in output 4, a synthesis reportthatwillformthebasisforthepolicybriefingsinWP7. Workpackage6:Nationalstakeholderworkshops This WP responds to operational objectives 5, 6, 7 and 8 and will be implemented during months 11 to 13, resulting in output 5 a working paper from each country in month 13. It represents our main interim dissemination and stakeholder involvement strategy and offers a common space to foster dialogue between the university and stakeholder communities. Lead partner 2 from Botswana will provide guidelines for conducting the workshops via an electronic conference with all partners. Each partner will organise a stakeholder workshop inresponsetooperationalobjectives2,3and4.Thiswillentailametaanalysisatcountrylevelofoutputs1,2,3 and 4. Workshops will aim for 30 participants: ten academics, ten civil society/employer representatives, five senior Ministry staff and five post graduate students. This combination will meet the ethical goals of a participatory approach as well as enable wider contributions across the stakeholder communities. The questions each workshop will be asked to address are: 1) What are the national/regional development priorities in relation to the MDGs? 2) How have the case studies addressed those priorities in the context of the university third mission? 3) To what extent can universities enhance and integrate the case studies to accommodate MDG priorities in their region? Each partner will produce a working paper that synthesises the discussion and recommendationsfromtheircountryworkshop.TheseworkshopswillinformthepolicybriefingpapersofWP9 Workpackage7:Conference ThisWPrespondstooperationalobjective6andaimstoachieveoutput6bymonth10.Itoffersacommonspace to foster dialogue between policymakers, members of the academic community and researchers about the main results of previous WPs. The resulting discussions will be the basis for electronic dissemination (WP 10). Lead partner 2 will implement the organisational activities including accommodation arrangements, publicity, communication strategies across relevant mailbases and websites in order to ensure a cross section of

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stakeholder participation in the conference. Partner 2 will provide guidelines, in electronic consultation with network members, on presentation strategies for the findings. The conference venue will also be used as an opportunityforafacetofacepartnershipmeetinginpreparationforthefinalWPs. Workpackage8:Revisedactionplans This WP responds to operational objective 7 whereby senior academic staff will revise their action and implementation plans in the light of comparative case study findings that were discussed in the conference and local workshops. The revised action plans will be led by partner 4 in Malawi. They will be produced in month 14 as output 7. They will provide details of strategies for new actions that will be implemented as part of the universitystrategicplansandinrelationtopolicybriefingsofWP9. Workpackage9:Policybriefings ThisandsubsequentWPsrespondtooperationalobjectives7,8and9disseminationstrategiesthatcontributeto strengthening the higher education knowledge bases for policies to improve contribution of university third missionstonationaldevelopmentinrelationtoMDGs.TheobjectiveofWP8istoprovideasynthesisedreportof policy briefings (output 8) to highlight new ways in which universities can contribute to national development, andagreeactionsfortheremainingWPs.Leadpartner1willorganiseafacetofacemeetinginmonth12,witha view to delivering the final report (output 8) in month 18. This will include a revised benchmarking framework relevant to African contexts and the MDGs. At the meeting ITMUA project partners will harmonise their understanding from the findings, their interpretations of working papers and reports as well as other feedback received during the period of the project. While all partners will submit national drafts for the final report Lead partner 1 will produce a final synthesis of all the contributions and consortium partners will communicate electronicallytofinetunethefinaldrafttocompleteoutput8. Workpackage10:electronicdissemination This WP represents the ongoing contribution to all operational objectives. It will be started in month 2 and will be completed in month 18 (output 9). Lead partner 1 will provide the PURE project based in Glasgow with relevant reports that can be uploaded onto the PURE website to ensure global access to the project outcomes. Partners will discuss and agree which materials will be used. Special attention will be paid to quality of presentation and content and uniformity of style. Partners may also choose to develop these papers into papers that may be used locally for nonelectronic dissemination. A final book manuscript of the case studies will be producedforepublicationandprintondemand.

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Logframefortheworkplanentiredurationoftheproject
Activities Startdateand duration Month1:18 monthsduration Budget Expectedinput Expected output Managed project Expectedoutcomes Objectivelyverifiable performanceindicators Steeringgroupsineach institution,project managementand reportingsystemsin place

Establishgroundrulesfor maintenanceandmanagementof project,recruitsteeringgroupsof seniorstaff,externalstakeholders andpostgraduaterepresentatives foreachinstitutionLedbyP1 Reviewbyseniorstaffofhoweach institutionisoperationalisingits thirdmission,mappedagainstPURE benchmarkingframework;analysis ofhowtheframeworkmightbe adaptedforMDGfocus,draft reportsidentifyingpriority developmentareas,underthe supervisionandsupportofLP3.LP3 toprovidesynthesisreport

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Coordinatedactions takenbyallpartners

Month2:one monthduration

Salaries:4112 Selfassessment ofwhatisbeing Stationery& doneinrelation printing:140 tocommunity servicemission TOTAL:4252

Selfassessment Enhanced synthesisreport understandingofthe notionofcommunity serviceandtherole thateachuniversityis currentlyplaying

Minutesofmeetings; draftselfassessment reports

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3 Month2:three Researchquestionsaskedtofocus monthsduration groupswiththefourstakeholder (deliverymonth5) cohorts;electronicdiscussions betweenpartnerstoensureshared understandingofmethods,sampling andanalysisundersupervisionand supportofLP1.LP1toproduce needsanalysissynthesisreport Salaries: 12331 Stat/print: 424 Roomhire: 440 TOTAL:13195 4 Eachpartnertoprovidedetailed actionplanandtimeframefor implementingactionsandprojects thataddressoneormoreMDGs undersupervisionandsupportof LP3. Month6:one monthduration Salaries:4111 Actionplanning forcommunity Stat/print: service 141 engagement TOTAL:4252 5 Identificationofcasestudies, electronicexchangesregarding researchquestionsandsubsidiary questionsofwhatworkswhere, Month6:four monthsduration Salaries: 16442 Stat/print: Casestudy implementation andevaluation Synthesisreport Wellevaluatedcase ofcasestudies studiesofcommunity serviceinitiativesin relationtowhatworks Recordsofelectronic exchanges; methodology guidelines;draftcase Synthesisreport Newmultidisciplinary collaborationsacross ofactionand implementation eachinstitution plans Actionplanreportsand implementationplans fromeachpartner,with specificreferenceto MDGs Needsanalysis withrelevant community stakeholders stakeholder workshops Needsanalysis Enhanced synthesisreport understandingof stakeholderneeds regardingtherolethat universitiescanplayin developmentgoals. Identificationof potentialcasestudy projects. Stakeholderworkshops; Transcriptsoffocus groupdiscussions; needsanalysisreports fromeachpartner

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howandwhy,developmentof consensussetofquestions, methodsandanalysis,under supervisionandsupportofLP4.LP4 toproducesynthesisreportofcase studies. 562 Travel:550 Materials: 680 TOTAL:18234 6 Electronicexchangesandguidelines forworkshopsaimingfor30people fromthestakeholdercohortsin relationtoresearchquestions, followedbymetaanalysisof outputs1,2,3and4,underthe supervisionandsupportofLP2 Month11:two monthsduration (deliverymonth 13) Salaries:8221 Organisationof national Stat/print: stakeholder 280 workshops; presentationof Room preliminarycase hire:440 studyanalysis TOTAL:8941 Institutional workingpapers synthesizing presentations andworkshop responses Enhanced understandingofhow todevelopuniversity corebusinesssothatit contributestonational prioritiesinrelationto MDGs;amorefocused workingrelationto developingevidenced basedpolicy Stakeholderworkshops; guidelinesfor conductingworkshops; institutionalreportsof stakeholderworkshop outcomes well,where,howand why studyreportsinrelation toMDGs

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7 Organizationalactivitiesof accommodation,publicityvia mailbasesandwebsites,guidelines onpresentationstrategiesfor delegates,sponsorship,underthe supervisionandsupportofLP2 Month1:10 monthsduration Salaries:2000 Conference preparation Travel:3300 Fees:4800 TOTAL:10100 8 Senioracademicstaffreview previousWPoutputsinorderto writerevisedactionplanforthe universitythirdmissioninrelation toMDGsundersupervisionand supportofLP4 Month13:one monthduration Salaries:4111 Preparationof revisedaction Stat/print: plans 141 TOTAL:4252 Revisedaction plans Conferencein Botswana Enhanced international understandingofthe rolethatuniversities canplayinintegrating theirthirdmissionof communityservice withteachingand researchactivities Examplesofgood practicethatcanbe duplicatedor improvedacrosseach institution;enhanced multidisciplinary collaborationsand relationships Usefulpolicybriefings &benchmarking frameworkfor addressingkeyissues Conference proceedings; conferenceevaluations; minuteofnetwork meeting

Strategyreportsfor neworrevisedactions

Networkmeetingtodiscusswriting ofpolicybriefingdrafts,including revisedbenchmarkingframework, followedbyelectronic

Month10:five monthsduration (deliverymonth 18)

Salaries: 20552 Stat/print:

Preparationof policybriefings

Synthesized policybriefing paper;revised benchmarking

Guidelinesforpolicy briefingpapers; draftpolicybriefing papersfromeach

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communicationduringinstitutional productionofpolicydraftsforways inwhichuniversitiescanusetheir thirdmissiontocontributeto nationaldevelopmentandMDGs, underguidanceandsupervisionof LP1 10 Followingemaildiscussionon presentationstyleLP1willsubmit reportsandbriefingpapersto PASCALnetworkforuploadinginto PUREwebsite,allpartnerswill advertisereportsthroughregional andnationalnetworksinAfrica.A finalebookpublicationwillalsobe preparedunderguidanceand supervisionofLP1 Activities Month10:six monthsduration [deliverymonths 1418] 702 TOTAL:21254 framework inHEinrelationto MDGsandother development priorities,thatcanbe appliedbyuniversities inotherAfrican contexts Examplesofgood practice&reports whichwillultimately impactoncapacity building,more relevantcurricula,& revitalizedHEsystem inrelationto developmentneedsin Africancontexts Expectedoutcomes institution;revised benchmarking frameworkinrelation toMDGs

Book:1800

Preparationof reportsfor electronic TOTAL:1800 dissemination

Electronic dissemination viaemailand website;ebook

Website; Pdfreportsofcase studiesandpolicy framework; benchmarking framework;book manuscript

Startdateand duration

Budgettotal 86280

Expectedinput

Expected output

Objectivelyverifiable performanceindicators

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BUDGET(BritishPounds)
Budgetitem Researchassistant BasedonWP allocations Administration Lesotho 17300 @50aday 346days 4510 @30aday 150days TraveltoBotswana 200ppx3 conference Conferencefees Botswana conference administration support Roomhirefor stakeholder workshops Localcasestudy travel Casestudycosts Stationery, telephone, postage 400ppx3 Botswana 18480 @56aday 330days 2490 @30aday 82days Calabar 12052 @46aday 262days 2000 @26aday 76days 500ppx3 Malawi 11048 @42aday 263days 2000 @26aday 76days 400ppx3

400ppx3 2,000

400ppx3

400ppx3

150x2

200x2

50x2

40x2

150

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200 50

150 25

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Photocopying, printing Bookpublication TOTALS GRANDTOTAL 800 1000 300 150

1800 26910 86280

25970

17427

15973

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Managementstructure
Intheimplementationofthisactionresearchprojectthemanagementstructurewillbecontained withinthepartnernetworkmembers,whereeachinstitutionwillestablishaprojectsteeringgroup, eachhavingtheinstitutionsleadcontactactingassteeringgroupcoordinator. ThestructureofITMUAisbothverticalandhorizontal.Verticalstructureisasfollows:withinthe networkeachuniversityhasitsownleadcoordinator.Howeverallleadcoordinatorsareaccountableto thenetworkcoordinatorwhoisresponsibleforqualitycontrol. Horizontalstructureisasfollows:withinthenetworkpartnershipeachuniversitypartnertakes responsibilityformanagingoneormoreworkpackages(WP)whichentailscoordinatingallpartner activitiesforthatparticularWP. Therearetwodimensionstomanagement:oneisfinancialandadministrative,thesecondistheproject implementationandresearch.Theaboveverticalandhorizontaldivisionsapplytobothdimensions. Moreoverthisnetworkfollowsvaluesthatincludecooperation,coordinationofefforts,orientationto aninclusivesociety,sharingofideasandcohesivesustainabledevelopment.Therefore,whilstthe projectadherestothenormalscientificresearchprinciplesofmethodologicalrigour,thestrategy throughouttheprojectistoshareandcapitalizeonexpertisedrawnfromthewiderstakeholder community. Overallmanagementactivitieswillbeconductedelectronicallywithonefacetofacemeetingduringthe projectlifetime. Disseminationisalsoattwolevels.Atonelevelthisincludesthosethatarebuiltintotheoutputsand WPs.Atthesecondlevelnetworkpartnersbelongtowidernetworksandprofessionalassociationsthat enablethemtoinformallyexploitadditionaldisseminationoutletssuchasconferences,seminars,

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teachingprogrammes,invitedpresentations,journalarticlesetcandafinalbookpublicationwhichwill alsobeavailableasanebook. Decisionmakingmechanisms:DecisionsareagreedbyconsensusatthebeginningofeachWP.Dayto daydecisionsaretakenatinstitutionallevel. Incaseofunanticipatedchangesinstaffingtheworkpackagecoordinatortakesresponsibilityfor ensuringcompletionofoutputsinconsultationwiththeleadinstitutionandAAU. IncaseofdisagreementthefinaldecisionlieswiththeleadingpartnerfortherelevantWP.Incaseof potentialproblemsconcerningachievementofoutputs,consensuswillbesoughtacrossthenetwork partners.Ifconsensusisnotreachedthefinaldecisionlieswiththeleadcoordinator.

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