Research
Our activity include networking workshops (conferences), information sharing and engagement in collaborative policy research.
Advancing Research, Policy and Excellence in Higher Education.
Connecting researchers, administrators and policymakers across Africa to drive evidence-based higher education transformation.
About HERPNET
Pioneering Higher Education Research Across Africa
The Higher Education Research and Policy Network (HERPNET) is an initiative of the Association of African Universities (AAU), established in 2000 following a regional consultation in Pretoria, South Africa.
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Our Objectives
What We Do
Six core pillars that define HERPNET's work and impact across African higher education.
Higher Education
To make research results on higher education conducted under the AAU study programme available to policy makers in Nigeria and other African countries. AAU
Policy Making
To influence policies on higher education along directions suggested by proven scientific theories and evidences of sound practices.
Publication
Publishing peer-reviewed journals, monographs, and academic publications that disseminate cutting-edge research across the continent.
Leadership
Developing visionary leadership and governance capacity to strengthen institutional excellence across African universities.
Networking
The Network is dedicated to creating, harvesting, preserving, propagating and promoting scientific knowledge that would help in transforming institutions of higher education in Africa, to internationally recognized ones in a knowledge-based society.