Annual Report 2008 - 2009 - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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EDUCATION & TRAINING Staff and Educational Development Association recognition In July 2009, LSTM achieved institutional recognition by the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) for our ability to provide courses in educational development. SEDA is an internationally recognised, professional association which promotes innovation and good practice in higher education. The expert team from SEDA who visited LSTM were particularly impressed by the close co-operation between HR staff and those involved in developing teaching, and with the way in which the Staff Development Advisory Group facilitated the embedding of teaching development processes within the institution. Professional Diploma in Learning, Teaching and Assessing This year we have developed our first formal educational development programme – a Professional Diploma in Learning, Teaching and Assessing (LTA) – which has been officially recognised by SEDA. The LTA programme has been developed in Ghana, predominantly but not exclusively for tutors teaching the LSTM off-site Diploma in Project Design and Management. The programme has been designed to meet the needs of the Ghanaian tutors for formal recognition of their teaching experience and to enhance their educational skills. SEDA commended the programme for being genuinely student-led, for using sound principles of adult learning, and for the organic development of the programme in harmony with the Ghanaian context. To complete the programme, participants collect evidence of their personal teaching experiences and justify how this evidence demonstrates they have met the programme outcomes. In response to the demands of our own tutors in Liverpool, we are planning to adapt the programme in 2009/10 for Liverpool, an excellent but unusual example of an initiative transferred from South to North. 34 LSTM ANNUAL REPORT
DIPLOMA IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN AFRICA Sustainable solutions to the problems of disasters and development can only be achieved when people have local access to training in regions that are most affected by humanitarian emergencies. LSTM is pioneering ‘Fair Training’ in Africa by providing the DHA in collaboration with local partners with a view to long-term sustainability. Just as Fair Trade promotes equitable trading standards that offer poor people direct access to markets and the means to develop sustainable livelihoods, Fair Training aims to promote justice and empowerment by offering direct access to quality assured education and training. This is delivered through partnerships targeting local priorities and facilitates sustainable human resource development in countries that are affected by poverty and vulnerable to humanitarian disasters. Located at Wits Rural Facility in South Africa, DHA Africa attracted over 130 applications, resulting in enrolment of 43 participants from 16 different countries. Of these, 79% were African nationals, including participants from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Senegal, with others from the US, Australia, Italy, France, Sweden and the UK. The intensive, multidisciplinary, residential programme was delivered by faculty from LSTM, MSF, Wits P&DM and experts from leading humanitarian organisations within the region. The experience of participants enabled a high level of critical discussion and analysis covering a wide range of humanitarian challenges. On the basis of this success, we are exploring a five year project in which we will work with local counterparts and train approximately 250 professionals. Initially, the DHA will be awarded by LSTM and quality assured through our QA framework. In the medium term, we intend to offer the award jointly with P&DM, Wits. It is anticipated that, over the 5-year period as local capacity increases, LSTM’s input will diminish and P&DM will become the principal local academic provider for the Diploma. In the fifth year P&DM also plans to launch a Masters in the Management of Humanitarian Programmes. DIPLOMA IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN AFRICA LSTM, in association with The Graduate School of Public & Development Management (P&DM) at The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and Médecins Sans Frontières has provided a six-week intensive training programme in humanitarian assistance leading to the award of a Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (DHA). LSTM ANNUAL REPORT 35
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