Parallel Working Session Abstracts

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POVERTY

HUNGER

HEALTH

GENDER

SUSTAINABILITY

EDUCATION

 

 

 

Poverty

Professor Martin Hall - University of Salford, UK

Knowledge Systems for Pro-Poor Development

 

Professor Jockey Nyakaana - Makerere University, Uganda

Pro-Poor Tourism Research Capacity Building and Knowledge Exchange for East Africa

 

Professor Ben Cousins - University of the Western Cape

Inequality and poverty in post-apartheid South Africa 

 

 

 

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Hunger

 

Dr Guy Poulter - Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK

Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger in Africa: the role of Faculties of Agriculture in African Universities

 

Professor D. Vershima Uza - University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria

The Elimination of Hunger: The University of Agriculture Experience

 

Mad Nasir Shamsudin - Universiti Putra Malaysia

Sustainable agricultural development: conflicting issues and policy responses

 

Professor Jimmy Volmink - Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Addressing food security and hunger - a multi-disciplinary research initiative 

 

 

 

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Health

Engr Muhammad Ismail - National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan

NUST initiatives for clean water in Pakistan 

 

Professor Bhekie Mamba - Department of Chemical Technology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Water Quality and Water Scarcity: Drinking water in South Africa under a microscope.  What can universities contribute?

 

Professor Pamela Gillies - Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

Global Health Development - Glasgow Caledonian University and the Grameen Trust Partnership

 

Professor J. Anitha Menon - University of Zambia

Barriers to involving adolescents in health care and decisions about treatment: Impact of a communications skill workshop with Zambian health professionals

 

Professor David Sanders - University of the Western Cape, South Africa

The role of universities in addressing Africa's health crisis

 

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Gender

Professor Cheryl de la Rey - University of Pretoria, South Africa

Empowerment of Women and Gender Equality: Lessons from South African Higher Education

 

Professor Tamara Shefer - University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Gender, power and HIV/AIDS: Reflecting on the role of higher education in promoting gender equality and women's empowerment  in and through hetrosexual relationships and reproductive health 

 

Professor Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza - Makerere University, Uganda

Institutions of higher learning and the achievement of Gender Equality: A case study of Makerere University

 

 

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Sustainability

 

Professor Dzulkifli Abdul Razak - Universiti Sains Malaysia

Developing a sustainability agenda in Higher Education institutions in developing countries with special reference to Malaysian experiences

Deborah Buszard - College of Sustainability, Dalhousie University, Canada

Transforming the academy to deliver education for sustainability

 

Mark Swilling - Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Sustainability and Transdisciplinary Research: Overcoming Disciplinary Apartheid at Stellenbosch University

 

 

 

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Education

 

Sir John Daniel - Commonwealth of Learning

Challenges of success and failure in the campaign for Universal Primary Education: The secondary surge and the teacher shortage

 

Professor Maureen Robinson - Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

Teacher education and classroom contexts: towards building quality in primary education

 

Dr Mary Goretti Nakabugo - Makerere University, Uganda/Mary Immaculate College, Irish-Arican Partnerships for Research Capacity Building

Building research capacity for global development through North-South relationships in higher education: The Irish African Partnership Model 

 

Dr Achyuta Nanda Samanta - KIIT University, India

KISS Model to be replicateded in all Indian states:  A unique way of addressing all aspects of the MDGs through education

 

Piyushi Kotecha - Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA)

Interogating the role of higher education in the delivery of the MDGs

 

 

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