Creating Postgraduate Collaborations is an EU funded initiative to nurture research-rich environments necessary for quality postgraduate education. The project partners are five African and four European universities working together towards this goal. We’re all passionate about the role of postgraduate education in society and we love working together to develop the kinds of environments needed for this crucial pedagogy.

The focus of this project on creating postgraduate collaborations through fostering necessary research-rich environments emerges from various drivers. The pivotal role played by universities in responding to community needs through research requires continuous improvement in the level of postgraduate education. For the CPC project, the national priority of EACEA’s CBHE programme (KA2) with regard to South Africa (Region 10) and Kenya (Region 11) concerns “the development of research and innovation capacities”.

The Creating Postgraduate Collaborations project builds on previous projects focused on developing postgraduate education. The EU funded Enhancing Postgraduate Environments project resulted in the development of a range of open access materials for researchers, supervisors, and postgraduate students. The NUFFIC and DHET funded Strengthening Postgraduate Supervision project led to the development of a supervision development course offered more than 60 times in 22 South African universities.

Maseno University Project Team
Dr. Lillian Omondi- Project Coordinator
Prof. George M. Onyango Component Lead
Dr. Patrick Onyango Component Lead
Dr. Mary Aswan Ochieng Component Lead
Ms. Bernice Ogonda QA and Admin

Project Partners

Vrije University Amsterdam
Rhodes University
Bogazici University
Maseno University
Moi University
South Eastern Kenya University
University of Venda
University of Antwerp
International Institute of Social Studies