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AAU
ANNUAL REPORT
2007-2008
From the Secretary-General
Profile of the AAU
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AAU
ANNUAL REPORT
2007-2008
Summary of 2007/08Activities
a. Institutional Collaboration in Higher Education Leadership
i. The Leadership Development Workshops
ii. Management Training Programme
iii.Leadership and Management Research Programme
iv. Quality Assurance Support Programme
v. Academic Mobility (Staff Exchange/Small Grants
Grants for Dissertation & Theses)
vi.Senior Executive Attachment
vii. Higher Education and HIV & AIDS
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OUR VISION
To maintain the AAU as the representative voice of the African higher education
community
b. Special Issues
i. The Ford Foundation International Fellowships
Programme
ii. Working Group on Higher Education
OUR MISSION
Information Communication and Technologies
a. Supporting ICT Development/Research and Education
Network Unit (RENU)
b. Database of African Theses and Dissertation (DATAD)
c. Communication and Services
Staff Travels and Meetings/Conference Participation
AAU Major Events
a. The Conference of Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Presidents
b. African University Day
c. AAU Receives Visitors
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To raise the quality of higher education in African and strengthen its contribution to
African development by:
• Fostering cooperation and collaboration among member institutions.
• Providing support to the core functions of teaching, learning, research and
community engagement.
• Facilitating critical reflection on, and consensus-building around issues
affecting higher education and the development of Africa.
AAU Staff Matters
Financial Information
Management Information System
Partners
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