Capacity building training on the Nature UASs offered

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Capacity building training on the Nature UASs offered

Wallaga University, in collaboration with GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and the Ethiopian Academy of Science, has provided a capacity-building five-day training (March 25–29, 2024) about the nature and characteristics of universities of applied sciences (UASs) for its middle level academic leaders. The main focus of the training is to produce principled, mission and institutional values oriented strategic academic or higher professional education leadership team for a re-missioned and re-focused university in line with a new attention and focus based Ethiopian higher education institutions differentiation strategy and transformation goal.

Participants are likely to learn about applied sciences university strategic leadership principles, key issues and major characteristics of the UASs, stakeholders’ management, university-industry linkage, practice oriented teaching and learning, applied research& innovation, collaboration and internationalization, quality enhancements and assurance mechanisms, digitalization, fostering students' career development, growth & development centers/centers of excellences, startups, innovative and entrepreneurial applied sciences university, and sustainability, among others. These issues and skills are crucial for navigating complex challenges and driving positive change within educational institutions within a new reform framework. This training initiative reflects a proactive and forward-thinking approach by Wallaga University and its partners to equip academic leaders at all levels with the necessary knowledge and skills to navigate the complexities of contemporary higher education and also to drive positive change within the institution.

With the aim of seeing the potential of Wallaga university as a university of applied sciences, capacity building of its leadership and academic staff through delivering of several trainings on essential topics such as change management or change academic or higher professional education leadership in applied sciences universities; academic or higher professional education leadership and governance in applied science universities; applied sciences and higher professional programs curriculum standards framework; innovative hands on or practice oriented teaching and learning methodologies/pedagogies for applied science university; applied sciences university’s academics/professionals, research and innovation staff development and promotion standard framework; applied research, innovations, startups, entrepreneurship development standard framework or guideline; WU's three years transitional time special strategic plan and etc..., will continue in the coming three months.