Seminar: Internationalisation and Higher Education – Perspectives and Challenge, May 29 2012 @ BIEA

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The BIEA invites you to their May 2012 seminar titled ‘Internationalisation and Higher Education – Perspectives and Challenges’. The presentation is scheduled for 29 Tuesday, May 2012 at 11.00am to 12.00pm.

The presentation will be given by Professor Nick Foskett, the Vice Chancellor of Keele University, UK. Prior to his appointment at Keele, Professor Foskett had been Dean of the Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Professor Nick Foskett academic specialism lies in educational leadership and management, with a particular focus on the interaction of policy and practice. His main research contributions have been in the fields of education markets, student choice, the management of institutional partnerships, and processes of internationalisation, particularly in the 14-19 sector and in universities. He has a long standing interest in curriculum design and development in 14-19 and university sectors and in all of these fields, has provided consultancy to institutions and governments both in the UK and internationally.

Professor Foskett was until recently, the joint editor of the Commonwealth’s journal, International Studies in Educational Administration.

The seminar will be chaired by Dr Ambreena Manji, the Director of the British Institute in Eastern Africa.

Kindly RSVP if you plan on attending by sending an email to kerry.kyaa@biea.ac.uk

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Conference: A new entrepreneurship as a bridge between Italy and Kenya, Apr. 26 2012 @ Italian Institute of Culture

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The Istituto Italiano di Cultura requests the pleasure of your company at the conference in English

A new entrepreneurship as a bridge between Italy and Kenya

Speaker: Prof. Mario Molteni (Full Professor of Business Administration and Corporate Strategy at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart – Milan)

Date: April 26, 2012
Venue: the Italian Institute of Culture
Time: 7.00pm
Entry: Free

About Mario Molteni
Mario Molteni is Full Professor of Business Administration and Corporate Strategy at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan.
He is Founder and Director of ALTIS (Postgraduate School Business & Society) at the same university, an international research and education center for CSR and entrepreneurship. Mario was born and resides in Italy. He is the author of numerous books and scientific articles on Corporate strategy, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship.

For more info: IIC website

Consultative Workshop on Climate Change and Heritage, Mar. 21 2012 @ National Museum

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The National Museum of Kenya is holding a consultative workshop on Climate change and Heritage. This workshop will be held on the March 21, 2012.
For further information, kindly contact Dr. Ali Adan, Team Leader, NMK Environment, Climate Change and Heritage Policy Group through + 254722961233; Email; aadan@museums.or.ke.
NB: Participation is strictly by invitation only.

For more information and project concept check their website

Seminar: Plots for Sale-The Dynamics of Land Transformation in Periurban Kenya, Mar. 21 2012 @ BIEA /IFRA

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Date: March 21, 2012
Venue: BIEA Seminar Room – Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa
Time: 1.30 – 3.30pm
Entry: RSVP seminars@biea.ac.uk

Presenter: Dr. Patrick Mbataru, Department of Agribusiness Management and Trade, Kenyatta University

This will be followed by a debate on: The Gains and Challenges on Land Reforms in Kenya with Mr. Ibrahim Mwathane (Director of Land Development and Governance Institute)
This discussion will help open latitude for updating knowledge on key achievements and associated challenges to date to the reform.
Chair: Dr. Ambreena Manji, BIEA Director and Prof. Christian Thibon, IFRA Director

Synopsis
Land subdivision is one of the processes whose aim is to release land to the market. It allows development of infrastructure in an area. Formal processing of land subdivision also act as a deterrent to emerging informal land markets which lead to urban sprawls and blights. But the process is informed by many factors, resulting to either efficient or dysfunctional land markets.
The land market in Nairobi is distorted. The accelerated subdivision of hitherto prime agricultural land in a time of key debate on land and in the wake of a new constitution calling for land reforms calls us to interrogate the dynamics of land mutation around the country.

PAWA Salon/Photography Master Class: Veteran Photographer & Trainer Mr. Sam Ouma, Feb. 23 2012 @ Pawa254

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Date: February 23, 2012
Venue: PAWA254 HUB
Time: 4-7pm
Entrance: Free

Veteran Photographer and Trainer Mr. Sam Ouma has a career spanning over 25 years, that saw him get a Pulitzer nomination, and be appointed as Head Trainer- Sub Saharan Africa- for Kodak Professional Mobile Photographic University.

For more info. check their facebook event page

Seminar: Crossing Boundaries-Women and the Quest for Space Justice, Jan. 12 2012 @ BIEA

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Date: January 12, 2011
Venue: British Institute of Eastern Africa (BIEA)
Time: 3 -4.30pm
Entry: Prior Reservation with Kerry (kerry.kyaa@biea.ac.uk)

This presentation will be given by Dr Mary Njeri Kinyanjui, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. Dr Kinyanjui has been a guest scholar at various international institutions such as United Nations Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland and more recently Nordiska African Institute, Uppsala , Sweden. She is also an established author of books such as Social Capital, Micro and Small Enterprise and Poverty Alleviation and Women, Informal Economy and Urban Dynamism, the latter of which she will be drawing her presentation from.

The seminar will be chaired by Professor Patrick Adero Alila, a research professor and the former director of the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi (UoN). Besides his teaching and research engagements at UoN, Professor Alila is also a leading specialist in sustainable development and an advisor to the government and the United Nations organisations.

Download the Thurs 12 January 2012 Seminar programme (pdf)

Kuona Trust Open Day, Dec. 10 2011 @ Kuona Trust

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A series of exciting activities lined up throughout the day including drawing workshops with Patrick Mukabi, writing workshops with Gor Soudan and Zihan Kassam, storytelling with The Theatre Company, portrait sketching, mural painting, face painting for children among others. There will also be the Koroga II exhibition launch which is an innovative combination of photographs and short poems or other text.

There will be plenty of entertainment, food and drink for the whole family.

Open Day 2011
On Saturday 10th December at 12pm to 8pm.
Entry: Adults 200Ksh Children 100Ksh

Where: Likoni Close, Likoni Lane, off Dennis Pritt Road, Hurlingham
Cell: 0721 262326/0733 742752. info@kuonatrust.org. www.kuonatrust.org