International training course for higher education managers.

26 members of university management and academic managers from developing countries are currently participating (from August 23rd to  September 3rd 2010) in the course “Training of Trainers in University Development” at the University of Kassel (Witzenhausen) . The International Centre for Research on Higher Education (INCHER- Kassel) is organizer of this course, which is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) under the DIES program (Dialog on Innovative Higher Education Strategies). Topics of the course are Training techniques and methods,   the supportive training environment, Training programs and Development of training plans for different applications.

This Training is the successor of the The University Management training programme UNISTAFF, wich in 2009 celebrated its fifteenth anniversary at the “Institute for socio-cultural Studies” at the University of Kassel. Since 1994 around 20 selected university staff members from developing countries participated yearly from May till Mid of July at the university management training programme UNISTAFF, held at the University of Kassel in Witzenhausen. UNISTAFF was also part of the DIES programme for the improvement of Higher Education Management in developing countries. The success of the former UNISTAFF programme is indisputable: Accordingly, in East Africa, Central America and South East Asia several active alumni networks have already emerged.

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