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Global challenges
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Commonwealth Futures
Commonwealth Futures: creating a meaningful shift in public policy
Published on 23 January 2020 Ahmednur Ali reflects on his experience at the first Commonwealth Futures workshop, where the diversity of voices broadened his horizons and influenced his approach to policy design. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Commonwealth Futures
Commonwealth Futures: the power of youth voices
Published on 17 January 2020 Nabeela Mowlana explains how her experience at the UK Commonwealth Futures workshop was 'life-changing and awe-inspiring'. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Commonwealth Futures
Commonwealth Futures: advocating for change
Published on 15 January 2020 Catherine Mingxi Ge writes about her experience at the inaugural Commonwealth Futures workshop at Cumberland Lodge, where she met with youth leaders from across the Commonwealth to advocate for change Read this article -
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Global challenges
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HRH The Duchess of Sussex
Blue Charter
SDGs
ACU Summer School
Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
2019 at the ACU
Published on 17 December 2019 As 2019 draws to a close, it’s a fitting time to look back at how the ACU has worked with its members and partners to deliver on our core mission: building a better world through higher education. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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SDGs
Commonwealth Futures
CHOGM
Commonwealth youth leaders convene in the UK for the inaugural Commonwealth Futures workshop
Published on 09 December 2019 The inaugural workshop in the Commonwealth Futures series took place at Cumberland Lodge, UK, from 1-3 December 2019 on the theme ‘Commonwealth Futures: Youth Perspectives’. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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University of Mauritius
SDGs
ACU Summer School
ACU Summer School 2019 brings students from across the Commonwealth to Mauritius
Published on 29 August 2019 The 2019 ACU Summer School brought students from across the Commonwealth to the University of Mauritius to focus on the theme 'Public health: from a small island state to the global community'. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Climate and the environment
Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network
SDGs
Commonwealth universities join forces to prepare for climate resilience
Published on 06 August 2019 Universities from across the Commonwealth have pledged to work together to support higher education institutions and their communities to develop resilience to climate change Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Edward Boyle Medical Elective bursaries
University of Warwick
Emergency medicine in Uganda: one student’s story
Published on 25 July 2019 Alexander Mount writes about his Edward Boyle Medical Elective Bursary experience, where he spent in the emergency department of Jinja Regional Hospital in Uganda. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Blue Charter
Climate and the environment
Academic mobility
Fighting marine plastic pollution: emerging scientists driving change with our Blue Charter Fellowships
Published on 24 July 2019 The second cohort of Blue Charter Fellows have been selected to travel to ACU member universities and institutions across the Commonwealth to carry out research into marine plastic pollution Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Blue Charter
SDGs
Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear: Why education is key to managing the menace of plastic pollution
Published on 22 July 2019 Maurice Beseng writes about his Blue Charter Fellowship experience in Cameroon, where he studied the fishing gear crisis and its contribution to plastic pollution. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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SDGs
Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network
Dr Joanna Newman
Higher Education and the SDGs Network
New network on higher education and the SDGs launched
Published on 11 July 2019 A new network to boost the contribution of universities to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been launched by the ACU. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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SDGs
Dr Joanna Newman
Teaching and learning
Higher education’s essential contribution to the SDGs
Published on 10 July 2019 None of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be achieved without the contribution of higher education – through research, teaching, and community engagement. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Africa
Climate and the environment
CIRCLE
Research uptake
Renewed funding to boost climate change research in Africa
Published on 18 June 2019 Climate change research at universities across sub-Saharan Africa received a boost this week, thanks to renewed funding from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Climate and the environment
A viewpoint on the plastic bag charge in England: who is it benefiting?
Published on 12 June 2019 Nnamdi Madichie looks at our changing attitudes and what can we do to reduce plastic consumption. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Blue Charter
Climate and the environment
Nature does not see borders and neither does pollution
Published on 04 June 2019 Steve Allen writes about his research, aimed at gaining valuable quantitative data, mapping the output of plastics to the oceans from African rivers to help find the main sources of pollution. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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ACU Summer School
Climate and the environment
Refugees and displaced people
Ghana
University of Cape Coast
University of Cape Coast to host ACU Summer School 2020
Published on 04 June 2019 The ACU is pleased to announce the University of Cape Coast will host the ACU Summer School in August 2020, focusing on the theme of 'The Migration generation? Climate, youth and refugees'. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Blue Charter
Pacific
The University of Adelaide
University of the South Pacific
Climate and the environment
Beating plastic pollution: collaboration is key!
Published on 31 May 2019 Nina Wooten writes about her experience as a Blue Charter fellow in Fiji. She explored how microplastics are having an impact on seafood. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Blue Charter
The University of Adelaide
University of the South Pacific
Climate and the environment
My ACU Blue Charter Fellowship: a stepping stone towards a solution
Published on 09 May 2019 Blue charter fellow, Rufino Robert Varea, talks about his experience at the University of Adelaide, studying plastics in shellfish sampled from the South Australian Coastal Environment. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Blue Charter
Research uptake
SDGs
Climate and the environment
Challenging attitudes towards plastic consumption in India
Published on 02 May 2019 Rajkumar Sahoo is a PhD Student from Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, India, where his research focuses on the sustainable consumption of single-use plastics in Indian cities. Read this article -
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Global challenges
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Blue Charter
SDGs
Research uptake
Turning the tide against plastics!
Published on 02 May 2019 Refilwe Mofokeng is a PhD candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where her research focuses on quantifying marine related pollution. Read this article
