Browsing Staff Publications by Issue Date
Now showing items 41-56 of 56
-
An exploration of the ‘African (Union Commission’s) perspective’ of quality and quality assurance in higher education: Latent voices in the African Quality Rating Mechanism (AQRM)
(Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2019-04-19)Quality assurance of African higher education is at the top of the region’s development agenda. Prompted by the imperative to enhance the quality of higher education, the Africa Union Commission is implementing the African ... -
Food insecurity as a supply chain problem. Evidence and lessons from the production and supply of bananas in Uganda
(Scientific African journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/sciaf, 2019-04-29)Despite agriculture being the main economic activity in Uganda, increasing food prices within the country point to the growing challenge of food insecurity. In 2016, food ... -
Battling Academic Corruption in Higher Education: Does External Quality Assurance Offer a Ray of Hope
(Higher Learning Research Communications, 2019-06-17)The post-1980s changes in the global higher education landscape have triggered a burgeoning of incidents of academic corruption in higher education institutions. Since 2000, the discourse on how to combat academic ... -
An evaluation of critical success factors in a multinational partnership
(Ugandan Journal of Management and Public Policy Studies, 2019-11)This paper discusses critical success factors in a partnership of educational institutions from different countries, institutions, cultures, and regulatory frameworks since 2007. The project was a partnership between ... -
Health remedy fallacies strike social media: what is the role of development education?
(African Journal of Governance and Development, 2019-12)The advent of social media has resulted in unequalled excitement but also risks, especially when postings are health-related and not supported by scientific evidence. Unfortunately, the majority of social media users tend ... -
A comparative analysis of quality of health care delivered in low and high task shifting environments in Uganda: Implications for policy.
(Journal of Human Resource Management, 2020-01-08)With the increasing global health workers shortage, developing countries like Uganda are embracing task shifting as a form of availing health care amidst the growing population and increasing disease burden. This study ... -
Public Private Partnerships
(The 5th Annual International Conference on Public Administration and Development Alternatives, 2020-10-07)Given the constraints of governments to deliver health care, engaging private investment in the form of public-private partnership (PPP) is gaining popularity. The aim of present study is to review the rationale and types ... -
Collegial cooperation turns toxic: Its depth and breadth: What are the implications for higher education institutions (HEIs)?
(Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 2021-02)Collegiality has been glorified as the strongest governance pillar for higher education institutions, especially in promoting independence of thought, impartial decisions on leadership, mutual respect, and providing peer ... -
Establishing the viability of an institution ethnography inquiry to diagnose university culture
(Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 2021-05)This article proposes an ‘institution ethnography inquiry’ to establish dominant university culture to unravel hidden censures which have led to a divisive, deceptive and uncivil culture that has disrupted the normative ... -
Differentiation of higher education institutions in Uganda and their philosophies: Is it diversion or inclusion?
(Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 2021-09)This article discusses university diversions from their original purposes in order to achieve economic independence and sustainability. While these institutions are social systems that reconcile contradictory functions, ... -
The invisible accomplishments of faculty in Ugandan Universities: An ‘Iceberg Tip Metaphor’
(Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, 2021-10)The evaluation of faculty accomplishments has remained unresolved and contentious, threatening the quality of all university functions. Whereas performance evaluation of faculty is derived from their mandate of ... -
Public-Private Partnerships in the transport sector
(2021-10-06)The need for more efficient and effective public private partnerships (PPP) projects in transport is gaining momentum and will not rescind as population of persons and cars takes upward shifts. This paper seeks to identify ... -
Local governments
(2021-10-08)Governments across the world have given local authorities more freedom and power to meet the needs of their citizens and communities. Establishing local authorities has been in line with the quest for self-governance in ... -
A paradox in the supervision of doctoral candidates in Ugandan higher education institutions (HEIs)
(International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2021-12)The paper examines the dynamics and complex dimensions in doctoral supervision in different disciplinary contexts in higher education institutions (HEIs), given that institutional success and reputation depends on ‘research ... -
The role of the university and institutional support for climate change education interventions at two African Universities
(Higher Education Journal, 2022-02-22)This paper presents findings on the role of the university and institutional support for climate change education interventions at two universities in East Africa. The findings were part of a larger study on opportunities ... -
Co-teaching and co-research in contexts of inequality
(Vernon Press, 2023-05)There has been a recent surge of interest in the concept of co-teaching across institutions of HE, globally and locally, as a response to limited international mobility due to COVID-19. Traditionally, co-teaching emerged ...