Key Points  Attracting Regional Students.  Partnerships with regional Universities.  Scholarship to good students  Attract Professors from other Universities  Good learning environment  Develop marketing strategies  International office to handle international students  Sensitization through Website  Three major challenges (Security, accommodation and language barrier)  Revenue Generation  Problem solving collaboration model with the Industries (PPP model)  Grants from Industries/Donor Agencies  Postgraduate Training/Tuition fees / Bench fees  Conferences/workshops/seminars  Short-term training courses

Key Points ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015  Partnerships ( Regional Students, Revenue generation, Internship/Outreach/exchange programmes)  Academic Partnership Build the capacity of academic partners Visiting Professors from partnering institutions Faculty outreach/exchange programmes Faculty/Students exchange to use Labs facilities Joint research and publications in solving developmental problems  Industry Partnership Industry Guest Lecturers input to capacity building and training Enroll Staff of partners in M.Sc./Ph.D programmes Industry outreach/Internships Joint research in solving developmental problems Suggestion: Invite VCs/Heads of Institutions to attend the next ACE workshop

Can ACEs SURVIVE without being INNOVATIVE ?

ACE Project Third Supervision meeting and Workshop, Banjul, the Gambia May 2015