ESSA improves education using evidence and data from Africa in research, advocacy and programme design.
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How can research help improve children's health, nutrition and wellbeing in Africa?
Join ESSA and @REAL_Centre on 5 November as researchers from Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania share ECD findings and discuss implications for policy and practice.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Day 3 of the HERI Africa Mentorship, Supervision & Coaching Co-Creation Framework workshop in Naivasha. University leaders & supervisors are designing how mentorship will work in practice, who does what, & how to track progress, to strengthen education research in Africa.
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HERI Africa partners are meeting in Naivasha to co-create a practical framework for mentorship, supervision, & coaching for graduate students, supervisors, & early-career researchers. The framework is intended to help African universities strengthen evidence generation.
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This week, #IamAPHRC and @Heri_Africa partners met in Naivasha to design a mentorship, supervision, and coaching framework for early-career researchers, students, and research supervisors.
📢 Consultancy Opportunity!
ESSA is seeking a consultant or team to document achievements and lessons from our Early Childhood Development (ECD) research programme.
🌍 Africa-based applicants
⏰ Deadline: 30 Oct 2026, 9 AM GMT
Learn more and apply: essa-africa.org/node/2131
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At BE², we value opportunities to collaborate with partners like @ESSA_Africa to strengthen education research and ensure evidence informs policy and practice.
African researchers are playing a greater role in education research, but how much say do they have in setting priorities?
Our CEO, Dr Pauline Essah, explored this at a @BE2Global discussion in Oxford & shared examples from 4 African countries.
Read more building-evidence-in-educati…
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The opportunity is still open for eligible universities & research institutions to apply to host 2 Research Chairs:
🔹 Gender, Equity & Social Inclusion in Education: lnkd.in/dDCWFE5Y
🔹 African Perspectives & Theories for Education: lnkd.in/dS3HefFv
How can African knowledge and experiences shape research on school leadership?
On 6 October, @ACSLAfrica launched its Research Community of Learning, bringing researchers, policymakers and practitioners together to explore this question.
Read more: africancentreforschoolleader…
African researchers are playing a greater role in education research, but how much say do they have in setting priorities?
Our CEO, Dr Pauline Essah, explored this at a @BE2Global discussion in Oxford & shared examples from 4 African countries.
Read more building-evidence-in-educati…
How can traditional folktales make early learning more relevant to children?
As part of ESSA & @REAL_Centre's ECD grantee spotlight series, we feature Dr Ijang Bih Ngyah-Etchutambe, who developed animated stories that reflect children's lives & cultural heritage in Cameroon.
Are you using technology to improve learning?
Apply for the MIT Solve 2027 Global Learning Challenge for a chance to receive $10,000 and global support.
ESSA CEO Dr Pauline Essah is part of the Challenge Leadership Group.
⏰ Deadline: 2 Nov
🔗 solve.mit.edu/challenges/202…
Since 2022, ESSA and @REAL_Centre, with support from @hiltonfound, have helped strengthen Early Childhood Development evidence in Africa.
🎥 Dr @AsareEduc reflects on Phase 2, which supported researchers across 10 African countries with grants of up to $15,000.
The future of school leadership research in Africa should be shaped by the people who understand its education systems, schools and communities.
Add your voice to the conversation. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
📅 6 October | 12:00–1:30 PM GMT
Join @ACSLAfrica for its first Research Community of Learning webinar on school leadership.
🗓️ 6 Oct 2026
🕐 12:00H GMT
👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
We will explore:
✨ African philosophies of leadership
🤝 Research collaboration
🔗 Linking research to policy & practice
Research Highlight: Cognitive & non-cognitive skills effect on labour market outcomes: a systematic review + implications for the African labour market.
Read via the African Education Research Database (AERD), developed in partnership with @REAL_Centre: essa-africa.org/node/501?i=d…
Good research deserves to be seen, shared and used. We are working with HERI Africa as a communications partner to increase visibility for African researchers and their work.
The first HERI Africa Newsletter is out.
It explores the initiative in which African researchers lead evidence generation to shape better education decisions in Africa.
Read the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/e65cd5ac266b/heri…
This is part of a bigger journey to transform how education research is generated, supported, communicated, and used across Africa. Read the first newsletter from the initiative here: mailchi.mp/e65cd5ac266b/heri…
Si vous cherchez à rassembler des données susceptibles de contribuer à faire le lien entre la recherche, les politiques et la pratique en matière de leadership scolaire, cette opportunité pourrait vous intéresser.
Détails de la candidature ici: essa-africa.org/node/2128
Our latest newsletter is here, and this edition brings together what we have been learning, sharing and working on across ESSA.
Take a few minutes to catch up, explore opportunities relevant to you, and find evidence that could inform your work.
📩 Read the newsletter: mailchi.mp/essa-africa/augus…
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Applications are now OPEN!
HERI Africa is expanding its Research Chair portfolio with two new areas: Gender, Equity and Social Inclusion in Education & African Perspectives and Theories for Education.
Read more: heriafrica.org/call-for-appl…
#EducationResearch #GISE #APT
