BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:736@ukfiet.org DTSTART:20250318T120000Z DTEND:20250318T130000Z DTSTAMP:20250227T143039Z URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/quality-assurance-in-doctoral-programmes -in-uganda-fitness-for-purpose-versus-excellence/ SUMMARY:Quality assurance in doctoral programmes in Uganda: Fitness-for-pur pose versus excellence DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 18 March\, 12:00-13:00 GMT. GS5 and online\n REGISTER HERE\n Speaker: Dr Irene Etomaru\, Makerere University\, Uganda – Colle ge of Education and External Studies\, East African School of Higher Educa tion Studies and Development\, and Department of Higher Education Studies and Development.\n Join us for a seminar jointly organised by the Researc h for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the Faculty of Educat ion\, and the British Association for International &\; Comparative Edu cation (BAICE). This is an in-person event at the Faculty of Education\, C ambridge\, with the option to join online.\nSummary\nThere is unprecedente d expansion of doctoral education and training worldwide\, triggered by co untries’ ambitions to establish themselves as knowledge societies throug h research and innovations. Concerns about quality assurance in doctoral p rogrammes have become eminent. This seminar discusses a paper examining me chanisms for quality assurance of inputs\, processes and outputs in doctor al programmes in Uganda. Using qualitative\, exploratory multiple case stu dy research design\, data was collected through in-depth interviews\, focu s group discussions and documents to review at systems and institutional l evels. Thematic analysis of data reveals a fitness-for-purpose versus exce llence conundrum demonstrated by the narrow focus of the quality assurance mechanisms. The findings raise questions about the relevance and competit iveness of the doctorates and their research outputs considering the imper atives of the 21st century.\nThe seminar makes policy and practice recomme ndations to enhance quality assurance in doctoral education in Uganda\, wh ich can be of relevance to developing countries operating in similar conte xts.\n \;\n  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.ukfiet.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/1 0/REAL-and-BAICE.jpg CATEGORIES:Seminar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR