Blogs – Page 2

October 28, 2020

Following a long and successful partnership with CARTA, the Obafemi Awolowo University’s postgraduate college leadership has expressed interest in increasing the scope of the CARTA curriculum. The Nigerian University is a beneficiary of a project to strengthen the research capacity of doctoral students and supervisors. The project tagged “Intervention towards strengthening Research Training in OAU” has...

Virtual Teaching and Grant Management: Lessons from a CARTA Graduate

by Gloria Chemutai

Blogs

October 28, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen CARTA fellows utilize their programme-acquired skills in grant management and adopting to virtual teaching. We caught up with Dr. Nkosiyazi Dube, a CARTA Graduate, recipient of a CARTA re-entry grant, and lecturer at the Social Work unit at the University of Witwatersrand. He shared his experience and the lessons he...

CARTA fellowship builds collaborative research output between early-career health researchers in Africa

by Dieudonne Uwizeye

Blogs, CARTA at 10

October 12, 2020

Background and methodology In 2008 nine African Universities and four African research institutions, in partnership with non-African institutions started the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) to strengthen doctoral training and research capacity on health in Africa. This was to respond to the need of the African continent to have well trained and networked researchers,...

CARTA at 10

What can be done to better support women pursuing their PhDs in Africa

by Anne khisa

Blogs

September 23, 2020

A Doctor of Philosophy – commonly known as a PhD – is the highest level of academic training. It allows the degree holder to teach the chosen subject at university, conduct research or practise in the specialised area. However, in many African countries like Kenya there are gender gaps when it comes...

Promoting Gender Equity in Doctoral Research in Africa

by Florence Sipalla

Blogs, Special features

September 10, 2020

Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS) Africa supports an African-led research capacity strengthening program geared towards nurturing world-class researchers and scientific leaders. As we celebrate CARTA’s milestones over a decade, #CARTA10, we spoke to Dr. Alphonsus Neba, Deputy Programs Director – Science Support and Systems, The Africa Academy of Sciences (AAS) to get insights on gender equity in doctoral research in Africa. By...

Commendation on the CARTA Institutionalization Project at the OAU by Provost

Virtual Teaching and Grant Management: Lessons from a CARTA Graduate

CARTA fellowship builds collaborative research output between early-career health researchers in Africa

What can be done to better support women pursuing their PhDs in Africa

Promoting Gender Equity in Doctoral Research in Africa

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