Welcome to the Africa Unit
Welcome to the Africa Unit website. The Africa Unit is based at the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) in the UK. It is funded by the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), previously the Department of Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS), and the Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland (DELNI). It aims to promote, facilitate and enhance partnerships between African and UK Higher and Further education institutions (HE/FE). The purpose of this website is to help educational institutions both in Africa and the UK create new partnerships and strengthen existing partnerships by providing information, advice and support.
The Africa Unit website currently includes:
- An updatable searchable Database of Existing UK and African HE/FE partnerships;
for institutions to provide information about their current partnerships to be added to the Existing Partnerships Database; - An updatable searchable database of Funding Schemes relevant to UK-Africa partnerships;
- A 'Search for a Partner' facility allowing UK and African institutions to provide information about their institutions and future projects for which they need a UK or African HE/FE partner institution.
To learn more about the Africa Unit please visit about us.
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Education Partnerships in Africa (EPA)
Education Partnerships in Africa (EPA) is a programme launched by the UK Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), formerly the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills (DIUS). The main aim of the scheme is to encourage English FE and HE institutions to engage in partnership with sub-Saharan African universities and education and training institutions to build institutional capacity to deliver employability skills, in collaboration with local employers and social enterprises. DIUS will be investing £4.5 million in this new partnership programme between 2008-2011. EPA is managed by the British Council.
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Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE)
The Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE) is a programme funded by the UK government's Department for International Development (DFID). DelPHE will run for a 7 year period, from June 2006 to March 2013. £3 million a year is being invested in the programme. DelPHE aims to provide funding to support partnerships between Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) working on collaborative activity linked to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It is anticipated that around 200 partnerships will be funded during the lifetime of the scheme. HEIs will be eligible to apply for funding from DFID’s 22 bilateral focus countries which includes some of the world's lowest income countries. DelPHE is also managed by the British Council. The deadline for applications for round five vary in each country, with the earliest in January 2010. There is a full list of round five local deadline dates available on the DelPHE website.
