SARUA - Southern African Regional Universities Association

On the 22nd of November, SARUA hosted a webinar for its Programme on Climate Change. Programme Manager, Prof Rene Pellissier, discussed the processes and outcomes of the development of the master’s curriculum on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

To revisit the lively discussion in this webinar, please follow the link below.

https://sarua.africa/gcca-climate-change-and-sustainable-development-project-pccsdsarua-programme-update-to-the-sadc-community-designing-the-southern-african-masters-curriculum-in-climate-change-and-sustainable-develo/

On the 22nd of November, SARUA's IQA CoP held a webinar "Successful approaches to establish an institutional quality culture".

If you missed the opportunity to attend the webinar, you can rewatch it on the link below. You can also view and download the presentations that was presented during the webinar.

https://sarua.africa/iqa-community-of-practice-webinar-successful-approaches-to-establish-an-institutional-quality-culture/

Cutting-edge climate change curriculum enters phase two.

The SARUA - Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) Climate Change Steering Group recently endorsed the finalised version of a climate change and sustainable development curriculum and digital ecosystem, which SARUA revised and which will be updated, under phase two, in 2023.

The curriculum was finalised by a high-level climate change curriculum development group of climate change experts across the Southern African Development Community (SADC), who had been working with SARUA during the curriculum revision and updating processes.

To read the full article, follow the link below:

Cutting-edge climate change curriculum enters phase two The Southern African Regional Universities Association Climate Change Steering Group recently endorsed the finalised version of a climate change and s...

The Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) is pleased to announce the release of its 2023 Annual Programme titled: "The Power of the Network". We will work with the members of our network to strengthen their capacity to make a meaningful impact on our region and to be responsive to the challenges of a new era for higher education. Together we will make a difference.

Full programme can be viewed on our website:
https://sarua.africa/annual-programme/

REMINDER:

Dear Friend of SARUA,

We are absolutely delighted to invite you to attend the attached webinar in regard to our work on the SARUA CLIMATE CHANGE programme. We have now completed the development of the master’s curriculum on Climate Change and Sustainable Development and would like to engage with you on our process and outcomes.

Your presence will be highly appreciated.

Please join us by completing the registration form: https://lnkd.in/dM6Azjsr

Best wishes
Prof René Pellissier

We are looking forward to the first webinar of SARUA’s Community of Practice for Institutional Quality Management today.

Building responsive institutional quality management systems stands at the heart of ensuring that our SADC Higher Education Institutions equip our students with the knowledge and skills that they need to make a contribution to creating a better future for our region.

You are invited to a SADC Side Event “Best practices and lesson learnt on Intra-ACP Global Climate Change Alliance in the SADC Region“ at COP27.

COP27 is now underway in Egypt. Given the significant population increase and changes in Climate we are experiencing, global leaders are joining forces to establish mitigation and adaptation strategies.

The daily themes can be found here:

COP27 Official Description

WEBINAR INVITE: COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE: INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE (IQA) IN THE SADC

On the 3rd of November 2022 SARUA hosted a webinar where the report on the: State of play of IQA in the SADC was discussed and it was agreed that a community of practice (CoP) for internal quality assurance (IQA) would be established. It was also agreed that the first webinar meeting of the CoP would be held on the 22nd of November 2022.

The topic for the CoP’s first webinar is: Successful approaches to establish an institutional quality culture and will be facilitated by Prof. Mark Hay.

As discussed previously, the CoP requires active participation from QA practitioners in the SADC. Therefore, we invite you to complete the Expression of interest form if you are interested in making a presentation at the webinar to share your own practices and experiences in establishing and promoting an institutional quality culture. The closing date for the submission of the Expression of interest form is the 11th of November. This will allow us sufficient time to contact the relevant presenters and to finalise the webinar programme.

The details for the CoP webinar are as follows:
Date: 22nd November 2022
Time: 13:00 to 14:30 (SAST)
Topic: Successful approaches to establish an institutional quality culture
Facilitator: Prof Mark Hay

Please click on the link below to register for the webinar:
https://sarua-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsf-yhrTwuH9cxFHVkXc5oZ73bVkxpLwQx

Please click on the link below to complete the Expression of interest form if you are also interested in making a presentation at the webinar:
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAO__RMfBPJUMjJWMlE0TEMxQjlWN0JWODI4WEI3SkxWWS4u

The deadline for applications for the next DAAD Train IQA course has been extended to 18 November.

30 colleagues from SADC higher educations will be selected to participate. Do not miss this opportunity to apply for this internationally recognised capacity development programme.

You can find the link to the homepage with all the information here: https://sadc-qa.org/blog/posts/314/-/1/en.html

WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE: The State of Climate Action 2022 provides a comprehensive assessment of the global gap in climate action across the world’s highest-emitting systems, highlighting where recent progress made in reducing GHG emissions, scaling up carbon removal, and increasing climate finance must accelerate over the next decade to keep the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit warming to 1.5°C within reach.

The report indicates worrisome trends pointing to the global nations’ inability to keep the 1.5°C temperature limit within reach.

See full report at https://www.wri.org/research/state-climate-action-2022

State of Climate Action 2022 The State of Climate Action 2022 measures the global gap in climate action, highlighting where progress must accelerate to keep the 1.5°C temperature limit within reach.

SARUA is pleased to announce its webinar on the State of Play of IQA in the SADC on 3 November. At the webinar we will discuss our report on the State of Play of IQA, and will launch our Community of Practice on IQA.

Join us at our webinar, and become part of a process of collective capacity development for internal quality assurance.

Please visit our website to register for the webinar: https://sarua.africa/events/