This message is an announcement of an extension of the deadline for submissions to the Transform 2015 Research Colloquium which will take place from 6 – 10 April 2015 with the theme of  “Transforming Pedagogical Practices  in African Higher Education with blended and online learning”.

We will consider papers of up to 5000 words which are submitted online by 12 February 2015 by 1) emerging researchers based in Africa and from the African diaspora (as sole or first author) with research experience of at most five years post PhD on 31st December 2014; and 2) established researchers based in Africa and from the African diaspora.

Approximately two thirds of the papers in the colloquium will be from emerging researchers. In selecting presentations we will consider the relevance to the colloquium call, the quality of the proposal, the originality of the research and relevance to African contexts.