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Supporting Higher Education in Developing Countries - Steven Davis, Academics without Borders, Canada

Start: Jan 14 2014 17:30

Timezone: Europe/London

Yudowitz Lecture Theatre, Wolfson Medical School Building

University of Glasgow

Glasgow

In September 2000, 189 governments signed the United Nations Millennium Declaration committing themselves to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, “the central objective of which is to improve levels of human development throughout the developing world, including improved nutrition, universal primary education, gender equity, health, and the environment.”

To achieve these goals, developing countries will require major increases in skilled personnel in medicine, governance, agronomy, education, engineering, public administration, science, policy analysis and formulation, communications, architecture, etcetera. This is a task for universities, and other centres of tertiary education.

Steven Davis’ talk will be about how Academics without Borders Canada assists academic institutions in developing countries in building capacity in higher education so that they can train their own experts and conduct research to assist in their development.

The talk will be followed by a wine reception. The event is free and everyone is welcome to attend.

To register, please visit: http://gcidevents.eventbrite.co.uk/

GCID Lecture Series 2013/14

Steven Davis, Executive Director, Academics Without Borders Canada

Tuesday 14^th January 2014, 5.30pm

Yudowitz Lecture Theatre, Wolfson Medical School Building