Dr Pankaj Mittal, Secretary General of the AIU, reflects on her experience of leading the largest network of higher education institutions and confronting a male-dominated world.
Published on 26 April 2021
In this issue - Dialogues of difference - academics from across the Commonwealth consider why and how universities should broaden their intellectual horizons to include a wider range of perspectives.
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Published on 22 April 2021
Dr Pankaj Mittal, Secretary General of the AIU, reflects on her experience of leading the largest network of higher education institutions and confronting a male-dominated world.
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Published on 09 April 2021
The ACU sends its condolences to Her Majesty The Queen, our Patron, and the Royal Family on the passing of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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Published on 14 March 2021
The ACU has partnered with the British Council to establish the Commonwealth Futures Climate Research Cohort, convening 26 talented researchers for COP26.
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Published on 10 March 2021
On International Women’s Day and Commonwealth Day, students, university staff, researchers and our partners reminded us that we have so much to be proud of.
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Published on 09 March 2021
In a bid to help combat sexual-based violence on campus, Mojibur applied for a Martha Farrell Fellowship through which he received training from the Martha Farrell Foundation.
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Published on 02 February 2021
Today we launch our Call to Action on Sustainable Urbanisation across the Commonwealth in partnership with the CAA, CAP and CLGF.
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Published on 19 January 2021
The ACU is partnering with the Government of Antigua and Barbuda and the University of the West Indies (UWI) to support the development of a Centre of Excellence for Oceanography and the Blue Economy
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Published on 05 January 2021
The ACU community is saddened to hear of the passing of Professor Thomas H B Symons, a leading figure in Commonwealth higher education and a champion of international cooperation.
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Published on 18 December 2020
Dr Ian H. Rowlands is Associate Vice-President, International at the University of Waterloo. During 2020, he was on sabbatical from the University of Waterloo and affiliated with the ACU.
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Published on 17 December 2020
Now entering its fourth year, we are delighted to announce the ten ACU member institutions receiving this year’s Gender Grants, and what their project plans are.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Published on 02 November 2020
The ACU is pleased to be a partner in the Transforming Universities for a Changing Climate (Climate U) project.
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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?
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