Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18849
Title: From extraction to knowledge reproduction: The impact of Australia's development awards on Uganda and Mozambique
Contributor(s): Amazan, Rose  (author); Negin, Joel (author); Howie, Leanne (author); Wood, Julian (author)
Publication Date: 2016
Open Access: Yes
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18849
Open Access Link: http://openjournals.library.usyd.edu.au/index.php/IEJ/article/view/10443Open Access Link
Abstract: With the renewed emphasis on higher education as an agent for development and economic growth, Australia has joined other Western countries in contributing to increasing the intellectual workforce of Africa. While Australia has provided scholarships to Africans for more than three decades, since 2005, the Australian Government has dramatically increased its commitment to invest in Africa's future by providing a series of development awards scholarships for Africans to advance their learning in priority areas including agriculture, food security, water and sanitation, public health, energy and resource management. These scholarships are the largest component of Australia's total aid to Africa. However, very little empirical research has been done to determine the impact of Australia Africa Long Term scholarship awards (AALT). This paper examines this new African intellectual workforce by presenting qualitative data from alumni engaging in this new flow of knowledge mobility. Experiences of public health graduates of Australia scholarship awards from Uganda and Mozambique will be discussed. Overall, we argue that that the Australia Africa scholarships program has a positive impact on alumni and is viewed favourably by alumni's employers and their families. However, there are many challenges and struggles which can impede alumni's success in bringing forth the change they might envisage. Some of these factors include: finding a job at a suitable level, implementing their new knowledge, using their new skills and, generally, reintegrating into their home country (both socially and professionally).
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 15(1), p. 45-65
Publisher: Australia and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANZCIES)
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 2202-493X
1443-1475
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 130302 Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education
130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified
130103 Higher Education
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 390401 Comparative and cross-cultural education
390303 Higher education
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930403 School/Institution Policies and Development
970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education
930501 Education and Training Systems Policies and Development
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160205 Policies and development
280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies
280109 Expanding knowledge in education
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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