A wide range of cooperation activities between South Africa's Nelson Mandela University and the University of Oldenburg in August and September demonstrates the intensive collaboration between the two institutions within the framework of various projects in the educational sciences. Karsten Speck, who has been in South Africa since the beginning of August as an ambassador for the co-operation with Nelson Mandela University and as part of the official delegation from the University of Oldenburg(https://uol.de/aktuelles/artikel/wie-nach-hause-kommen-11888 ), held a large number of co-operation talks and workshops with colleagues on site. One of the highlights was a teachers' programme in mid-August on the topic of how climate change and gender equality can be integrated into school curricula in a contextualised and locally relevant way. More than 100 teachers, lecturers, students and pupils came together at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha and worked with the German, Tanzanian, Ugandan and Kenyan guests to develop methods and ways in which these topics can be better integrated into individual school subjects and across subjects in schools in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.

Afterwards, the book 'Education Research in African Contexts - Traditions and New Beginnings for Knowledge and Impact'(https://www.africanminds.co.za/education-research/ ), which was produced as part of the CERM-ESA project, was presented in a festive setting. Muki Moeng, Vice President for Academic Affairs, thanked the project leaders, including Susan Kurgat & Anne Kisilu from Moi University, Eugenia Kafanabo, Pius Yanda and Nkuba Shelembi from the University of Dar es Salaam, Paul Webb, Mathabo Khau, Heloise Sathorar and Ayanda Simayi from Nelson Mandela University, Proscovia Namubiru from the Uganda Management Institute, and Karsten Speck, Bernd Siebenhüner and Malve v. Möllendorff from Oldenburg, for their dedicated cooperation at the end of various projects.

At the end of their stay in South Africa, Karsten Speck and Anne Clausen, together with their colleagues from research funding at Nelson Mandela University, organised a two-day training course for early career researchers on acquiring international research projects.

Exciting activities are also taking place in the other direction: from 22 August to 20 September, Dr Belinda du Plooy, senior manager at the Nelson Mandela University Engagement Unit, is visiting the Research Methods Unit and will be giving a workshop on 'Higher Education Engagement - an African Perspective on the Third Mission of Universities', among other things.