The document summarizes achievements from a 10-year partnership between the Scottish Government and higher education institutions in Malawi. Some key achievements include overhauling medical degree programs at the College of Medicine, increasing annual medical graduates from 16 to over 100, and providing scholarships for 74 Malawians to pursue master's degrees in-country. The partnership approach leverages historic links between Scotland and Malawi to efficiently catalyze development through culturally-specific and sustainable initiatives.

1. Scottish Government
10 Years of HE and FE Links

2. Examples of Achievements
• 10 years of professional engagement with COM and KCN
- Overhaul of M.Med at COM
- Transformation of MBBS undergraduate curriculum
- New IT Suite, modern server, over 1000 e-learning resources, electronic assessments, CPD
- Contributed to annual medical graduates increase from 16 to over 100
• Training of hundreds of Clinical Officers in specialist health provision
• Scholarships for 74 Masters students to study in Malawi
• The first blind women to go to University in Malawi (as part of ‘Making Wonders’)
• Malawi’s first ever..
• M.Phil Renewable Energy
• RNM (Registered Nurse Midwife) qualification
• M.Ed Primary Education
• M.Med Psychiatry
• M.Sc Herbal Medicine

3. Investment..
£3,810,283

4. 1. Scottish Expertise
• 19 universities
• 5 universities in Global Top 200
• FE Colleges in almost every town and city
• Citations per researcher – ranked 3rd in world.
• More funding per head for Research
• HE and FE history of international engagement.

5. University of Livingstonia (2012)

6. 2. Partnership Approach
Harnessing Historic Links to
Catalyse Development

7. Partnership Approach
“It’s an approach that recognises that one of the legacies of
Scotland’s history of global exploration, trade, missionary
work, and inward immigration, is a ready-made network of
links to developing countries, and in particular their health
and education systems. By working through these pre-
existing links, we bring about development outcomes that
achieve significant impact with a modest amount of
money.”
Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform
SMP AGM, 3rd Oct 2015

8. Partnership Approach
Network of links to Malawi Institutional Memory
- Celebration of alumni, previous
cooperation, etc
- Advocacy and promotion
- Leveraging funding
* Universities and Colleges particularly suited to this model of engagement

9. Partnership Approach
How does it make for better and more efficient development?
• Networks and connections that get things done.
• Culturally specific development.
• More personal, and therefore more needs-based.
• More local buy-in, and sustainable.

10. The College of Medicine
Partnership Approach

11. The College of Medicine
Partnership Approach
University of Edinburgh
4 projects (2006-16)
Prof David Dewhurst, Dr Eric Borgstein,
Dr Neil Kennedy
E-learning, Medical Degree Curriculum
University of St Andrews
3 projects (2007-15)
Dr Mwapatsa Mipando, Prof Simon Guild
IT infrastructure, Science Curriculum

12. The College of Medicine
Partnership Approach

13. The College of Medicine
Partnership Approach
The Scotland Malawi Mental Health Education Project

14. The College of Medicine
Partnership Approach
The Scotland Malawi Mental Health Education Project
Project that established Malawi’s first clinical M.Med Psychiatry degree from 2010-13
Involves 2 years’ specialist training in Cape Town
Currently 3 MBBS graduates taking the course

15. The College of Medicine
Partnership Approach – The Results
10 years of professional engagement with COM and KCN
- Overhaul of M.Med at COM
- Now a Department for Mental Health
- Transformation of MBBS undergraduate curriculum
- New IT Suite, modern server, over 1000 e-learning resources (over 100 created
locally), electronic assessments, CPD record
- Contributed to annual medical graduates increase from 16 to over 100

16. Funding Scholarships in Malawi

17. Funding Scholarships in Malawi
• £200,000 funding for 74 students to study for a Masters degree in
Malawi (UNIMA, CCAP, Private)
• A wide variety of Masters subjects
• Why is our policy to fund Scholarships in-country?
1. Cost
2. Builds the capacity of Malawian institutions
3. Avoids the ‘brain drain’ of promising Malawian students

18. Challenges of the Partnership Approach
• Quality Assurance
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Selection of initiatives – harnessing existing links vs
forging new links