Africa: Professor John Briggs
Professor John Briggs is the University of Glasgow’s International Dean for Africa.
My work as an International Dean for Africa
I have a strong commitment to poverty reduction and the improvement of living standards in Africa, and believe that this can only be achieved through raising educational standards at all levels. I am particularly committed to capacity-building in the HE sector because it is only through the development of this sector that African countries have a chance of delivering to the MDG targets by 2015.
I work at the University as Professor of Geography and also Chair of the Glasgow Centre for International Development, which is an interdisciplinary research centre drawing together the University of Glasgow’s research expertise and experience in international development issues, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. My main research interests are in environment and development issues in Africa, and I've published widely in this area. I am a member of the Department for International Development’s (DFID) Research Advisory Group, and is Chair of the Universities Scotland Rwanda-Scotland Higher Education Steering Group.
If you have any questions about internationalisation in Africa please contact:
Professor John Briggs
International Dean for Africa
+44 (0)141 330 5704
john.briggs@glasgow.ac.uk
Personal website: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/staff/johnbriggs
For more information on International Office work in the region:
Alumni and student links
We have significant collaborative work with colleagues in Ghana, Kenya, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, South Africa, Mozambique and Rwanda. Our key institutional African partnerships are currently with:
- Makerere University in Uganda,
- the University of Dar es Salaam and the University of Dodoma (both in Tanzania).