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    A fairer future for higher education
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Newman, Joanna
    The Commonwealth is home to one in three of the world’s youth. This young population has extraordinary potential to build a fairer, greener, and more prosperous future for all if empowered with the knowledge and skills they need to do so. Higher education is the key to unlocking this potential. Yet governments worldwide often focus on basic education reform, leaving higher education struggling to compete for funding and recognition.
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    Advancing research through DataCite’s global access fund : Busitema University, Uganda.
    (DataCite, 2024) Lugya, Fredrick Kiwuwa.
    This article details Busitema University Library's initiative, funded by DataCite’s Global Access Fund, to promote open scholarship in Uganda. A key output was a week-long "train-the-trainer" workshop in May 2024, which equipped 31 participants from 28 university libraries with skills in open access advocacy, institutional repositories, and DataCite’s persistent identifier services. The goal is to establish a national cohort of "Cadres" to drive the adoption of open infrastructure. The project aims for 100% open scholarship and DataCite services within Ugandan universities within five years. Sustained engagement through an online forum, regular training, and a planned academic paper will maintain momentum. This initiative represents a significant collaborative effort to foster a culture of transparency, accessibility, and enhanced research discoverability across Uganda's academic community.
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    AgriScan : empowering farmers with AI-Driven soil health analysis
    (Busitema University, 2025) Ojok, Ayella Patrick; Nyawere, Hedwig
    AgriScan is a mobile application that uses smartphone cameras and artificial intelligence to diagnose soil nutrient deficiencies instantly.
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    Building resilience:
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Kikwete, Jakaya
    The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a massive emergency in global education, threatening the futures of millions of girls and boys. World leaders and international organisations have sounded alarms over steep learning losses, increased dropout rates and children missing out on what is often their only meal of the day because their schools were shut.
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    Can the education sector fiddle while the planet burns?
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Kanwar, Asha
    Four of the top carbon-emitting countries in the world are Commonwealth Member States, and some of the world’s lowest emitters, the Small Island Developing States (SIDS), are also in the Commonwealth. But unprecedented floods, droughts, heatwaves and natural disasters are common to all. However, many small states are the most vulnerable, facing an existential threat. The urgency of the crisis requires urgent action from all stakeholders, including the education sector.
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    Commonwealth disabled people’s forum view of the progress necessary to include all disabled young people in education
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Rieser, Richard
    CDPF supports a Social Model/Human Rights approach to disability and full implementation of inclusive education across the Commonwealth.
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    Commonwealth education report 2023
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Commonwealth business communications
    The Commonwealth, comprising 56 countries and a population of 2.5 billion, is a global network that collaborates to advance prosperity, democracy, and peace. Often referred to as a 'family of nations', it encompasses diverse geographical regions, religions, and cultures. The Commonwealth accounts for over 20 per cent of global trade and represents one-third of the world's population. Consequently, it presents extensive opportunities for commerce and investment, as well as significant challenges for sustainable development on a global scale. Against this backdrop, Commonwealth Business Communications publishes a series of reference books to help foster sustainable economic, social and environmental development across the Commonwealth. We are delighted to bring to you our latest publication: The Commonwealth Education Report 2023. Education serves as the cornerstone of development and progress. Beyond its role as a fundamental human right, it carries the weight of shaping a better society by instilling values and behaviours that promote positive change. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted the most severe disrupt ion to education systems in recent memory. It has exacerbated existing inequalities in accessing educational programmes and hindered the advancement of global development goals. The ramifications of the pandemic have propel led our reliance on digital tools and driven innovation within education systems whilst impacting children’s and educators’ mental health and exposing them to increasing challenges. As a result, individual governments bear a significant responsibility in formulating new strategies to address this unprecedented crisis. In light of these considerations, it is crucial to encourage educators and policymakers to reassess best practices and promote equal opportunities across the Commonwealth. As we reshape education in response to emerging technologies and policies, The Commonwealth Education Report 2023 focuses on solutions that can drive widespread change, equipping young people with the necessary skills to thrive in future crises. This report offers an enlightening perspective on the ongoing educational challenges, featuring contributions from leading experts in the field. Their collective wisdom sheds light on how Commonwealth nations can recover from the pandemic and achieve an inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
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    Connecting with the commonwealth:
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Sherif, Yasmine
    Nations across the Commonwealth are impacted by a number of ongoing conflicts, emergencies and protracted crises that are pushing children out of school, disrupting economies and derailing development gains.
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    Constant and committed leadership:
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Fung, Allison; Williams-Cumberbatch, Helen; Hunter, Bonita; Nkrumah-Young, Kofi
    Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many higher education institutions (HEIs) in the English-speaking Caribbean were already facing funding challenges, in particular those that depend wholly or in part on governments, directly or indirectly. Directly infers that payments are made to the institutions through government subventions, while indirectly reflects payments made through student loan facilities such as the Student Loan Bureau in Jamaica or the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) programme in Trinidad and Tobago. In addition to funding challenges, indigenous Caribbean HEIs have been grappling with the internationalisation of higher education and the concomitant competition from offshore entities, as well as the increasing availability of online programmes made possible by the significant advances in information technologies. Issues such as attracting high-quality academic staff and ensuring ongoing relevance and quality of programmes and courses in a highly globalised operating environment remain a constant consideration of the leadership of all HEIs.
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    DataCite & Open Scholarship Cadres for Uganda (DOSCU) :
    (Busitema University., 2024) Lugya, Fredrick Kiwuwa; Busitema University
    This document served as a planning framework for the DOSCU workshop to identify the milestone for a successful event in May 2024. As we progressed, adjustments and refinements were made to ensure alignment with the agreed-upon schedule and content by the organizing committee.
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    Developing collective leadership to improve education systems
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Kopp, Wendy
    The findings of Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), the 10-year research project looking at education systems in low- and low-middle-income countries, point the way for policymakers interested in promoting large-scale change. The findings make clear that systems do not improve unless a commitment towards ensuring students learn is deeply held throughout the education system, political system, and society.
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    Don’t look up; look forward:
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Schleicher, Andreas
    Globalisation and digitalisation have connected people, cities, countries and continents in ways that vastly increase our individual and collective potential. But the same forces have also made the world more volatile, more complex, more uncertain and more ambiguous. The world has seen a growing disconnect between the infinite growth imperative and the finite resources of our planet; between the financial economy and the real economy; between the wealthy and the poor; between the concept of our gross domestic product and the well-being of people; between technology and social needs; and between governance and the perceived voicelessness of people.
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    Embedding national knowledge infrastructure for STI-Led innovation : positioning Uganda’s libraries, archives & information institutions in the amended UNCST act.
    (Uganda Library and Information Association, 2025) Lugya, Fredrick Kiwuwa.
    The paper advocates for amending the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) Act to formally position libraries, archives, and information institutions as core national knowledge infrastructure. It identifies a critical gap: despite UNCST's mandate to disseminate research, Uganda's outputs are often inaccessible—published behind international paywalls or lost in fragmented, unpublished formats—which stifles innovation and leads to duplicated efforts. The author proposes four key amendments: legally recognizing information institutions as essential STI infrastructure, mandating open-access deposition of publicly funded research in Ugandan repositories, including librarians in STI governance committees, and establishing a unified National STI Digital Knowledge Gateway. These changes aim to transform UNCST from a ceremonial clearinghouse into a functional system that preserves, organizes, and provides access to Ugandan knowledge, thereby fueling local innovation, ensuring research transparency, and maximizing the return on public investment in science and technology.
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    Ensuring accessible and inclusive education for all
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Grima, Clifton
    Malta observes that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected and put unprecedented pressure on education and training systems worldwide. Education is fundamental to wellbeing and is a foundation of collective resilience. The need to rethink and reimagine its role was already acute before the pandemic, in light of technological changes and the need to reskill for the transition to a more sustainable economy.
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    Higher education in the commonwealth:
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Chandramohan, Balasubramanyam
    Should countries focus on Higher Education or School Education? This has long been debated in several countries in the Commonwealth and beyond. In the past debates on development, Higher Education, or the Tertiary sector, was seen as a costly indulgence compared to investment in primary and secondary sectors. The rationale behind this perspective was that investing in early education would provide greater returns on investment in terms of social progress, as well as spin-off effects of having a bigger share of population equipped with essential literacy and numeracy skills. However, the role of Higher Education in achieving economic and social progress has been receiving increasing recognition as countries look to contributing to supply chains in a more integrated and mobile world. Also, notions of lifelong education have gained fresh recognition and prominence, not least in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4), instructional tools, and flexible credentialisation of learning.
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    How to recover learning losses from covid-19 school closures in the pacific
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Gutierrez, Leah C.
    A generation of students faces the risk of lower future incomes and fewer opportunities due to education interruptions caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This generation of students is at risk of having lower productivity for the rest of their lives because of missed schooling. Globally, it is estimated that over 2 trillion hours of face-to-face learning have been lost.
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    Informed readers, empowered communities, speech by the president, ULIA.
    (Uganda Library and Information Association, 2025) Lugya, Fredrick Kiwuwa.
    Informed readers, empowered communities, speech by the president, ULIA.
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    Investments needed to transform education in Africa
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) Nyahunzvi, Vongai
    To reinvent and strengthen our education system, we need to train teachers as innovative leaders, who will find creative ways to maintain student engagement and enable learning even in the most complex circumstances.
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    IR Policy:
    (Busitema University, 2022) Lugya, Fredrick Kiwuwa; Busitema University; Busitema University Library; Busitema University Council
    This document describes in detail BDEARS Policy on Works that can be submitted to and stored in the BDEARS, the criteria for eligibility to deposit material along with the policy on long term preservation of material and quality control. The policy document also highlights the selection, retention and withdrawal procedures relating to research material held in BDEARS. BDEARS is an initiative of the University Library. It contributes to the commitment of the University to support research activities. It provides an open access platform to capture, store, index, and distribute globally a wide range of research outputs, including undergraduate, masters and doctoral theses, produced by the university’s academic staff, researchers, staff in the administrative units, graduate and undergraduate students. The aim of BDEARS is to promote the University’s research profile by exposing Busitema’s research outputs online. This will assist in increasing citation rates and the impact of Busitema research and innovations. BDEARS is a complement to traditional research publishing channels, not a replacement. It provides University researchers and graduate students with secure, stable and long-term storage of their Works in a centralized location.
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    It is so important to keep investing in skills as purse strings tighten
    (Commonwealth business communications, 2023) McGregor-Smith, Baroness Ruby
    The British economy is, like the rest of the world, facing stark economic challenges driven by the surge in inflation and energy costs. This massive headache for businesses has come just as they were adjusting to Brexit and the fallout from COVID-19.