What are the motives for engaging in Higher education development courses? This question is of interest for educational developers, teachers, university managers and policy makers in order to design courses and to meet stakeholder´s expectations. Previous research has mainly focused the impact of higher education development courses on teacher practice and student learning. Few studies has investigated the motives behind these courses or addressed how the result is used by higher education institutions. In this paper the motives and perceived result is investigated among students, teachers, university management and the government. Preliminary result indicate a variety of motives among stakeholders.