Join the ACU's Roster of Experts

Are you passionate about your subject, and interested in opportunities to advance your career and contribute to new and exciting projects and programmes? 

We regularly develop innovative programmes with academic and professional services staff from our network of over 400 member universities across more than 40 countries. Join our Roster of Experts and highlight your particular skills and expertise to gain access to opportunities to make a difference. 

The types of activity that you could get involved in could include: 

• Providing knowledge to policymakers through consultancy services.
• Mentoring, supervising or training early career researchers.
• Creating learning products or helping to design academic programmes.
• Supporting the ACU’s contribution to key policy engagements such as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) or the Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (CCEM)
• Involvement in projects and programmes that support capacity strengthening in global higher education and research.

You can work on a wide range of topics, including subject areas such as agriculture and food security, climate change, global public health, and more. You could also help to improve university services, such as research support management, admissions, or human resources. 

Not sure if your university is a member of the ACU? Read about how they can become a member.  

Get involved: the ACU’s Roster of Experts 

To sign up, complete our form, which allows you to:

• Specify your research expertise in a wide range of subject areas, or your area of interest within university professional services.
• Express your interest in undertaking various activities with external partners and on behalf of the ACU.

For full information on this opportunity, please read the Roster of Experts terms of reference. 

Recent examples of opportunities for experts across the ACU’s membership include: 

• Participating as training providers in our early career researcher development programmes. 
• Serving as consultants on the ACU’s contribution to the design of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and Canada International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) programme. 
• Contributing to the development of practical resources such as the ACU Equitable Research Partnerships Toolkit. 

If you have any questions, please contact experts@acu.ac.uk