Conference Announcement / Call for papers

The mid-term meeting of the Africa Higher Education Collaborative (AHEC) took place in Johannesburg, South Africa October 24-28, 2008. This second face to face meeting of the participating AHEC scholars provided the opportunity to advance individual and collaborative research projects that contribute to the key objectives of the collaborative – to improve equity and access to higher education in Africa.

2nd African Council for Distance Education(ACDE) Conference and General Assembly
8 to 11 July 2008
Lagos, Nigeria
http://www.nou.edu.ng/noun/acde2008

Conference invites participants from all developing nations and beyond; attempts will be made to provide translations for Francophne, Lusophone and Arabic speaking participants.

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Office of International Education Port Elizabeth, South Africa is holding its annual Colloquium on August 21, 2008.

Theme: Measuring Internationalization and its Influence on Rankings of Higher Education Institutions

Papers are invited on the following sub-themes:
Sub-Topic 1: Quality Assurance tools to measure INTERNATIONALISation in HIGHER EDUCATION
Sub-Topic 2: internationalisation and its influence on HIGHER EDUCATION Rankings
This Colloquium will identify best practices in, and obstacles to, measuring internationalisation, and encourage discussions and debate on the above issues.

Deadline: The deadline for the submission of abstracts will be Friday, 30 May 2008. Abstracts and outlines to be submitted to the Colloquium Secretariat via e-mail to: nuala.jansen@nmmu.ac.za