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PARTNERSHIP DEPARTMENT
LINKAGE OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMME AND PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME
The partnership concept, which the University promotes, aims at collaboration between communities, service providers, privates sectors and the training institutions, and is based on strengths and mutual benefits, not on needs. The partnership should cover comprehensively all areas of health and development in order to break the vicious circle of poverty and ill-health. GLUK’s contribution to the partnership is capacity building not providing donations.
Defining partnership
Partnership is understood as working together (by both individuals and institutions)
in sharing of resources, ideas and experience to support and enrich the
work of each other, allowing the achievement of a higher level of outcome
for all parties involved.
Principles of partnership
In partnership building, partners recognize skills and contributions of
all parties are valued equally, fostering relationships of mutual trust
and confidence. Partners engage in joint action focusing on areas of
their own influence, not simply areas of concern or need. It is in the
areas of influence where effort and time investment reap maximum
returns, ensuring partners contribute value and also reap results
(positive or negative) according to their contribution. Partners may
benefit in areas of need but partnership building should not be
based on needs.
Through such partnership, effective and sustainable community development action can be sustained, provided all partners are willing to commit their strengths, capacities, and experience. Partnership brings the element of joint initiative, recognizing the ideas, the skills, the resources, and the experiences of all the stakeholders (particularly the communities) are necessary for an effective joint action. Through partnerships, each partner recognizes more gain in working together rather than working alone.
The Partnership’s approach to teaching/learning
TICH courses are oriented towards community-based approaches to Health
and Development. Students take responsibility in TICH partner
communities or agencies to manage programme activities determined and
driven by the partners themselves. They are encouraged to use evidence
based methods in facilitating effective action for change at the agency
or community level to promote improvement in the state of well-being for
all. The Partners engage in policy analysis, advocacy and negotiation
as well as political/socio-economic action to address underlying causes
of ill-health.
All partners (supervisors, students, communities, service providers and all other stakeholders involved) are learners and teachers at the same time. Implied in this learning attitude for all partners is the need for timely feedback whether negative or positive.
Self directed learning is complemented by targeted classroom teaching closely linked to the partnership programme development. In the context of programme operations, students receive technical and professional coaching, guidance and support within, or as close as possible to, the partner communities or agencies in which they are assigned.. Teaching methods are based on adult learning techniques and consist of: