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The 2009 conference is hosted by The Science Shop, Queen's University Belfast
Workshop 1.2: Empowerment of local communities through student engagement
Saturday 29th August 2009
9.30 – 10.30
Venue: to be confirmed
Chair:
Mr Gerard Straver, Science Shop, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Ms Ils De Bal, Science Shop Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Presenters:
Lungile “Cookie” Bele and Sewela Mabusela
“WUZULU, Intuthuko: learning case of a Science Shop in South Africa” University of Zululand, South Africa
Paulo Wangoola and Fran Hunt-Jinouchi
“Dialogue and Building Bridges Across Worldviews, Culture and Language in Higher Education: CBR and Higher Education Approaches in British Columbia, Canada and Busoga, Uganda” Mpambo Afrikan Multiversity,Zambia and University of Victoria, Canada
Format:
This workshop has been structured to encourage the involvement of all the participants. The presentations will last for around 7 minutes each and chair will then facilitate discussion between all participants for the remainder of the session.
Questions:
Discussion will focus on the following 4 questions:
- How can we encourage students to participate in local empowerment?
- How can we effectively implement student research projects in local communities?
- How can we increase the societal impact of student research projects in local communities?
- How can we ensure the scientific value of student research projects in local communities?