This project is a qualitative study, with an interdisciplinary scope, led by, co-designed by and with the participation of female Global North and South scholars. It aims give voice and develop the skills of a small group of female STEM lecturers in Ghanian technical universities who work in different STEM disciplines and who have experienced difficulties in securing a leadership position due to their limited research output.
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Building on the success of the 2019 British Academy (BA) writing workshop, Professor Juliet Thondhlana, Professor Evelyn Garwe, senior academic mentors and journal editors, in partnership with the Association of African University (AAU) and the British Council Ghana, ran an additional three-day BA sponsored writing workshop in Accra, Ghana in March 2024.
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In 2019 the Chairholder, Professor Juliet Thondhlana and partners, Professor Evelyn Garwe and the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education ran a successful BA writing workshop for 12 Early Career Researchers (ECRs) selected from six Sub-Saharan Africa countries: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Between 2017 and 2020, the Chairholder, Professor Juliet Thondhlana and partner, Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) embarked on an initiative to develop a national IHE Policy for Zimbabwe, working under the auspices of the University of Nottingham-ZIMCHE partnership supported through the university's ESRC IAA fund. The policy provides targets/milestones for key stakeholders and universities to attain by 2023.
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