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Ben Prasadam-Halls, Director of Programmes The Association of Commonwealth Universities

Ben Prasadam-Halls, Director of Programmes The Association of Commonwealth Universities. The Nairobi Report (2009). Recommended: Increasing doctorates but protecting quality Mentoring researchers through their early careers

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Ben Prasadam-Halls, Director of Programmes The Association of Commonwealth Universities

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  1. Ben Prasadam-Halls, Director of Programmes The Association of Commonwealth Universities

  2. The Nairobi Report (2009) Recommended: • Increasing doctorates but protecting quality • Mentoring researchers through their early careers • Supporting local research training - including soft skills training • Re-integrating returning scholars • Developing proper career structures for emerging researchers

  3. Objectives of STARS • Build the skills and confidence of early career academics • Offer institutions materials to extend the support they are able to offer

  4. Key principles • Light touchfor busy academics • Blended learning • Breadth of content over depth • All content developed by African based authors • International reference groups for relevance • Published under a Creative Commons license

  5. STARS Participants 30institutions 10 countries 832 researchers Gambia x1 Ghana x2 Kenya x5 Nigeria x6 Cameroon x1 Uganda x2 Tanzania x2 Namibia x2 Zimbabwe x1 South Africa x8

  6. STARS Modules • Identifying your research niche • Finding funding • Managing your research project • Managing your time • Effective collaboration • Writing and publishing • Communicating research to non-academic audiences • Ethics in academic life • Supervision STARS tutorial at UCT

  7. Openly available Materials openly available: www.acu.ac.uk/stars

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