PhD capacity-building, from aid to innovation: the SANPAD-SANTRUST experience

The article illustrates how the South Africa-Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD), a doctoral research preparation programme for candidates on the African continent, evolved from an aid programme to an exemplary model of innovation, namely SANTRUST, an ownership-dri...

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Published in:Studies in higher education (Dorchester-on-Thames) 2013-04, Vol.38 (3), p.441-455
Main Authors: Smit, Brigitte, Williamson, Charmaine, Padayachee, Anshumali
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aid
Capacity Building
Case Studies
Colleges & universities
Content Analysis
Data collection
Doctoral Programs
Educational partnerships
Foreign Countries
Globalization
Higher education
Innovation
Innovations
International Cooperation
Internationalization
Interviews
Knowledge Management
knowledge networks
Medicine
Netherlands
Networks
Observation
partnerships
Partnerships in Education
Program Descriptions
Program Development
Research Projects
Research Universities
SANPAD/SANTRUST
South Africa
Technical Assistance
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Summary:The article illustrates how the South Africa-Netherlands Research Programme on Alternatives in Development (SANPAD), a doctoral research preparation programme for candidates on the African continent, evolved from an aid programme to an exemplary model of innovation, namely SANTRUST, an ownership-driven partnership within the framework of internationalization. This model of innovation includes a programme with a novel approach to focus on redress in South Africa, particularly for Black women researchers. The research design for this inquiry used an intrinsic case study, with interviews, observations and document analysis as data collection strategies. The case study revealed how SANTRUST, the innovation model, which is now the fully-fledged South-owned programme, sustained the SANPAD aid programme. The key finding revealed that SANTRUST in its relationship with research universities has matured into an example of sustainable national and international cooperation within a knowledge network paradigm.
ISSN:0307-5079
1470-174X
DOI:10.1080/03075079.2013.773218