In November 2025, the Building Stronger Universities (BSU) programme launched at Gulu University a new book titled Transforming Higher Education for Community Transformation. The book was published in June 2025 by Brill. Lead editor
The Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health in Northern Uganda (CONSCOV), a very exciting project, officially closed on January 28, 2026. It was described by many as impactful given
The Executive Committee of Adjumani Elders’ Forum (ADEFO), accompanied by the BSU IV Coordination Team, on January 29, 2026, visited the National Memory and Peace Documentation Centre in Kitgum town on a bench-marking mission
BSU at Gulu held its first meeting of 2026 for Work Package Leads on January 23, bringing together team leaders to review 2025 activities and align plans for the year ahead. BSU currently operates
In October 2025, BSU hosted a qualitative data analysis workshop focused on recently collected data on refugees and transitional juatice (TJ) by teams under the Gulu University Centre of Excellence in Transitional Justice and Refugee
The gliding dances, the pulsating drums, the hunter’s leaps, and the warrior’s jumps—dust rose gently with every footstep. Seated guests, shaded under tents, watched intently. Some captured the moments on their phones. It was
Marie Gry Torup Idvedsen is only half a year into her new role of managing BSU IV for Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC). On February 24, 2025, she walked into Gulu University’s New Library with
Building and strengthening partnerships is key to helping African universities grow and impact society. The first annual meeting of the Building Stronger Universities (BSU) Project Phase IV closed on Thursday, June 6, 2024, at
CONSCOV has expanded its territory. A CONSCOV team spent the whole of Monday (November 21, 2023) in Obongi district, West Nile sub-region, conducting research and addressing primary and secondary school learners on issues of
Transparency, accountability, flexibility: Lessons from Dr. Agatha Alidri on how to successfully manage a university capacity building project On a warm morning in September 2022, Dr. Agatha Alidri walked into the Building Stronger Universities
