The State of higher education and training in Egypt post the Arab Spring ^☆

An earlier version of this chapter was presented as a paper at the 2012 European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) Conference, Bergen, Norway, September 5–8, 2012.

Abstract

Purpose

This chapter examines the ways in which the provision of training and development for leaders and managers in Cairo underwent profound change during the Arab Spring. It provides an important insight into the capacity of higher education institutes (HEIs) to respond to social and political movements and to the ways in which we might frame education and training.

Design

The chapter draws directly on the experience of the author and her colleagues as they responded to the explicit and implicit needs of the social movements on the streets of Cairo during the Arab Spring of 2011.

Findings

The chapter illustrates the extent to which HEIs can be responsive to expressed needs and it offers insights and understandings of the professional relationships between colleagues and participants as they seek to co-construct a new curriculum.

Implications/originality

The chapter examines important social change through the perspective of an HEI whose values are ones of promoting learning and professional development in a context where such ideas and concepts are being explicitly challenged and rewritten.

Citation

Wafa, D. (2013), "The State of higher education and training in Egypt post the Arab Spring ^☆

An earlier version of this chapter was presented as a paper at the 2012 European Group for Public Administration (EGPA) Conference, Bergen, Norway, September 5–8, 2012.

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