They discussed with Prof. Dr Jens Kolb, Vice President for Transfer and Continuing Education at HNU, how effective transfer strategies and activities can be designed and implemented. They learned from Prof. Dr. Elmar Steurer, representative for internationalisation, what role targeted internationalisation can play in this. And they experienced transfer orientation in teaching live at a half-day English-language project seminar "Design Thinking for Social Entrepreneurship" in the HNU Master's programme "Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development", which Prof. Dr. Antje Wild and Prof. Dr. Thomas Bayer conducted jointly in the Innovation Space.
Exchange with international Master's students
The participants in the delegation from Africa also had the opportunity to exchange ideas with the international Master's students on this degree programme. Under the direction of Prof Dr Thomas Bayer, the guests then outlined initial solutions for effective transfer for their very country-specific challenges in the Innovation Space in a workshop format.
Exchange with start-ups from the HNU Founders Space
In the Founders Space, they got to know two of the start-up teams supported there - Campus Ready and Sea2Fresh - and discussed with them how they can develop and realise their innovation ideas.
Feedback from Prof Dr Thomas Bayer
"The visit and the experiences gained by the participants were consistently rated as very valuable and the numerous impulses and discussions provided important suggestions for the further work of colleagues at their universities," says Prof Dr Thomas Bayer, Director of the Africa Institute.
(*) Liste der afrikanischen Universitäten im UPLIFT-Ag Projekt:
- Kenyatta University, Kenia (Projektleitung)
- University of Burundi, Burundi
- University of Ngozi, Burundi
- Chuka University, Kenia
- Taita Taveta University, Kenia
- University of Rwanda, Ruanda
- University of Lay Adventists of Kigali, Ruanda
- Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe
