University partnerships that let PhD students split their time between two countries and keep jobs at home have many benefits.
Peter Waiswa argues that joint PhD programmes benefit not just African research but also global science.Peter Waiswa was working as an assistant district health officer and a physician for Uganda’s Ministry of Health when he heard about an intriguing opportunity: a chance to earn a PhD in public health through a joint programme sponsored by Makerere University in Kampala and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
Most African universities have plenty of staff with master’s-level qualifications but few with a PhD, says Pauline Essah, director of research and programmes at Education Sub Saharan Africa , a non-profit organization registered in the United Kingdom and Ghana that promotes high-quality education in sub-Saharan Africa.
The institute, Waiswa points out, also benefits from the partnership. Its faculty members are able to bring in extra funding through joint proposals with Makerere colleagues, and Karolinska academics and students can easily collaborate with Makerere scholars and obtain access to field sites in Uganda. “Their professors and students get exposure to real-world issues,” Waiswa says.
Some split-site PhDs result in a joint degree conferred by both partner universities; others award a PhD from one institution. There is no standardized formula for what the programmes themselves entail. Some require equal time to be spent at both institutions, whereas others involve a shorter stint abroad to take a few courses, access resources — such as laboratories, libraries and computational facilities — and analyse results.
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