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2020: The year that taught us

Published on 15 December 2020 Read this article

Theme: Global challenges International collaboration Access and inclusion Supporting research Strengthening universities

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International collaboration – a fairer future?

Published on 09 December 2020 How can international collaborations be fair, and enable universities in low and middle income countries (LMICs) to have a more equal footing? Read this article

Theme: Global challenges International collaboration Access and inclusion Strengthening universities

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Name and face – living with the past in the present

Published on 03 December 2020 Universities across the world are reflecting on what the the statues and the building names on their campuses mean in today’s world. Read this article

Theme: Global challenges International collaboration Access and inclusion Strengthening universities Supporting research

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What’s the place for reparations at universities?

Published on 26 November 2020 Some may question why universities need to be involved in reparations at all, but universities played a role in providing a cloak of respectability and legitimacy for the colonial project. Read this article

Theme: Access and inclusion Strengthening universities Tagged with: PEBL SDGs International collaboration Africa Strengthening universities

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Making digital higher education a reality for all

Published on 18 November 2020 If we are to reduce the digital divide on the road to achieving higher education for all by 2030, a truly global effort is needed to shape a common roadmap to equity. Read this article

Theme: Access and inclusion Strengthening universities Global challenges

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Belonging at university – an equal future?

Published on 12 November 2020 In recent decades, more students from indigenous and minority backgrounds have entered higher education. But what is their experience of being at university like? Read this article

Theme: Global challenges Strengthening universities International collaboration Access and inclusion

How can the curriculum be authentic to where it's taught?

Published on 04 November 2020 Curricula tend to be modelled on templates of learning that have usually originated in the so-called West. However, there are growing calls to make the curriculum more authentic to where it's taught. Read this article

Theme: Global challenges Tagged with: Climate and the environment Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network CIRCLE

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Transforming universities for a changing climate

Published on 02 November 2020 The ACU is pleased to be a partner in the Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate (Climate U) project. Read this article

Theme: Global challenges International collaboration Access and inclusion Strengthening universities

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Does decolonising higher education matter?

Published on 29 October 2020 Protests against racial injustice and demands to address historical wrongs are often accompanied by calls for decolonisation. But what does decolonisation mean for higher education? Read this article

Theme: International collaboration Tagged with: ACU Summer School

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ACU Summer School 2020: Student Q&A

Published on 19 October 2020 ACU Summer School unites students from across the Commonwealth to discuss multidisciplinary issues of global importance. Baimba Osman Sheriff talks to us about his ACU Summer School experience. Read this article

Theme: Global challenges International collaboration

Antigua and Barbuda to establish Centre of Excellence for Oceanography and the Blue Economy

Published on 16 October 2020 The Government of Antigua and Barbuda is supporting the establishment of a Centre of Excellence for Oceanography and the Blue Economy at the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus Read this article

Theme: Supporting research Strengthening universities Tagged with: Early Career Academics Supporting Research Community

Developing the next generation of researchers: international perspectives

Published on 15 October 2020 Experts weigh in on supporting early-career researchers and creating enabling environments for quality research to thrive. Read this article

Chair of ACU Council receives Knighthood

Published on 15 October 2020 Professor Edward Byrne, Chair of the ACU Council and President & Principal of King’s College London has been awarded a Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020. Read this article

Theme: Global challenges International collaboration Tagged with: Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network Global challenges

New Challenge Grants to support ACU members tackling global challenges

Published on 13 October 2020 The ACU announces the first of three new Challenge Grant schemes, open exclusively to academic and professional staff at ACU member universities. Read this article

Coventry University to host two Fellowships in 2020

Published on 09 October 2020 We are pleased to announce that ACU member, Coventry University, UK, will host two fellowships. Read this article

Theme: Global challenges Tagged with: ACU Summer School

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Health: A critical step towards migrant empowerment

Published on 07 October 2020 ACU Summer School students discuss the complex intersections of migration and health across Mauritius, Cameroon, Ghana, the northern Rakhine state of Myanmar, and India. Read this article

Theme: Global challenges Tagged with: ACU Summer School

Migration as an adaptation strategy to climate change

Published on 07 October 2020 ACU Summer School delegates address the relationship between migration and climate change with a call to explore migration as an adaptation strategy. Read this article

Theme: Global challenges Tagged with: ACU Summer School

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The migration generation: Gender-based violence and access to employment

Published on 05 October 2020 ACU Summer School delegates examine the impact of migration on gender-based violence and access to employment. Read this article

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Universities in a changing world: Sharing best practice from across the Commonwealth

Published on 05 October 2020 Across the Commonwealth and beyond, universities have rapidly adapted to a changing landscape in higher education. Here are just some of the ways that HR professionals have responded to COVID-19. Read this article

Theme: Global challenges

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A closer look at child trafficking in Africa: The case of Victoria Climbié

Published on 29 September 2020 ACU Summer School 2020 speaker, Dr Veronica Fynn Bruey writes for us on the topic of gender, migration and marginalised communities. Read this article