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Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
Higher Education and the SDGs Network
Exploring universities’ local contributions to the SDGs
Published on 30 July 2021 Earlier this year, Newcastle University organised an event for members of the ACU Higher Education and the SDGs Network to explore local contributions that universities are making to the SDGs. Read this article -
Theme:
Access and inclusion
Global challenges
Strengthening universities
Blended learning: a new normal for higher education?
Published on 20 July 2021 In the post-pandemic university campus, it's likely that some form of blended learning is here to stay. What will this mean for students and staff? Read this article -
Theme:
Access and inclusion
Global challenges
Strengthening universities
How can we use digital technology to address inequalities in higher education?
Published on 13 July 2021 While digital technology can enhance access to higher education, intersecting inequalities mean that this reality is still out of reach for many. How can we use technology to address inequalities? Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
International collaboration
Supporting research
The Climate Research Cohort and its research-to-action projects
Published on 08 July 2021 The Climate Research Cohort's research-to-action facilitator Dr Haseeb Irfanullah reflects on the vital role researchers must play in informing and influencing current climate policies and practices. Read this article -
Theme:
Access and inclusion
Strengthening universities
International collaboration
Global challenges
What skills do students and staff need for the digital future?
Published on 06 July 2021 The success of any digital transformation will depend on how well students and staff are supported. But what does that really mean, and how could it work in practice? Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
International collaboration
Access and inclusion
Strengthening universities
Digital transformation in higher education: past and present
Published on 29 June 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on higher education around the world. What challenges and opportunities will higher education face in our digital future? Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network
Climate and the environment
Climate Resilience Challenge Grants: advancing climate action in the Commonwealth
Published on 08 June 2021 The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is delighted to announce the first five recipients of our new Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants. Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
International collaboration
Supporting research
Tagged with:
Global challenges
Climate and the environment
International collaboration
Commonwealth Futures
On the road to COP26: a research partnership to accelerate climate action
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. Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
SDGs
Climate and the environment
Launch of the Call to Action for Sustainable Urbanisation
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. Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
International collaboration
Supporting research
A new partnership for a blue economy
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 Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
International collaboration
Access and inclusion
Supporting research
Strengthening universities
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
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
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
Global challenges
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
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
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:
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:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
ACU Summer School
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
