MKU hosted 4th summer school 2023

Mount Kenya University hosted ACCESS Summer School 2023 where delegates from Germany, Tunisia, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Rwanda and Kenya joined together for the 4^th summer school under the theme “Beyond Classroom Experience in the Lenses of University–Industry Interaction”. The program which has started on 22^nd May 2023 and end on 26^th May 2023. Previous Summer Schools were held in Ghana, Tunisia and Benin.

“We welcome you to the ACCESS  Summer School Kenya, 2023, We are happy to host you. ACCESS is a strong network initiated by the University of Leipzig and the six African partner universities in 2020 to identify and develop new approaches to the labor market needs in Africa a move that we all need to embrace to enhance graduates employability” Prof. JAGANYI Mount Kenya University Vice-Chancellor.

ACCESS is therefore an initiative to empower African graduates, connects Africa’s students, universities and businesses to create new opportunities in the labour market.

“I want to acknowledge and appreciate the industries represented today. It is by strengthening relationships between universities and industry, that we can expand cooperation and knowledge exchange between stakeholders, thus growing new professional opportunities for African students as envisaged by ACCESS Project.” Prof. Dickson Andala, CEO, National Research Fund

The ACCESS summer school is part of the ACCESS programs which are funded by Germany based institutions that is DAAD, EXCEED (Excellence Centres for Exchange and Development) and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Other programs include Idea Business Competition.

Graduate Centre for Career Enhancement and Skill Support

Mount Kenya University has approved through the University Council the establishment of Graduate Centre for Career Enhancement and Skill Support to foster the Service-Learning strategy with the industries. This is an offshoot unit of the Kenya ACCESS Team, led by the ACCESS Coordinator, Dr. Yatich. We are hopeful that by leveraging the problems faced by industry, our postgraduate students will provide “service” to the industry by solving their challenges as part of their research projects, while utilizing the same study to fulfil their “research” academic requirement.

ACCESS PArtner Universities comprises of :

1. Universität Leipzig (Leipzig University), Germany
2. IRGIB Africa University, Benin
3. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
4. Mount Kenya University, Kenya
5. University of Ibadan, Nigeria
6. Institut d’Enseignement Superieur (INES) de Ruhengeri , Rwanda
7. University of Tunis, Tunisia