University World News: RISE Postgraduate Training Initiative Looks to Future

The Regional Initiative in Science and Education, or RISE, a programme aimed at boosting higher education in Africa in the sciences and engineering through postgraduate training, is likely to continue as the major donor has indicated the possibility of renewing its support that ends next year...

There are five RISE networks involving 13 universities and two research institutes in nine African countries, and they have grown over the past five years to involve not only academics but also civil society and industry. The networks select and train students, arrange conferences and exchanges and engage in research.

“The challenge for all of the networks, and for RISE as a whole, will be to raise sufficient funds to continue after grant funding from Carnegie Corporation is no longer available,” RISE Executive Director Arlen Hastings told University World News.

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