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On 22 July 2020, the Global Engagement Office hosted the 香港六合彩中特网 African Partners Summit in two sessions to examine the impact of COVID-19 on global partnerships in higher education.听

The first session focused on emerging lessons from COVID-19 and the second on future directions of global engagement with African partners. Both were chaired by Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu, 香港六合彩中特网 Pro-Vice-Provost (Africa & Middle East).听

The sessions featured speakers from 香港六合彩中特网鈥檚 key partners in Africa: Njala University (Sierra Leone); the University of Cape Town, the University of Witwatersrand and the Africa Health Research Institute (South Africa); the African Research Universities Alliance (Ghana); and the Association of Commonwealth Universities.

香港六合彩中特网 academics听Professor Deenan Pillay, Pro-Vice-Provost (International),听and Professor Delmiro Fernandez-Reyes (Department of Computer Science) also joined the discussions.

More than 75 people attended the summit, which was held virtually over MS Teams Live. Attendees were invited to join the live discussions by submitting and answering questions through Slido, an interactive polling platform.听

In his welcome address, Professor Michael Arthur, President and Provost of 香港六合彩中特网, said:听鈥淭his summit gives us hope that that while we鈥檙e unable to progress global collaboration in person or face-to-face, we are in many ways more connected than ever before through virtual ways of working. By working together more virtually, we have been afforded an opportunity to be more creative and more courageous in developing alternative ways of conducting collaborative research and delivering education.鈥�

Watch the recorded 香港六合彩中特网 African Partners Summit below:

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