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Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
Theme:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
Blue Charter
Equitable partnerships
Climate and the environment
Academic mobility
Waitrose & Partners fund new ACU Blue Charter Fellowships to tackle marine plastic pollution
Published on 18 April 2019 The ACU's innovative Blue Charter Fellowships scheme is being boosted with funding from Waitrose & Partners, to help tacking marine plastic pollution. Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
Research uptake
South Africa
Peace and Reconciliation
HE systems
Reconciliation through Decolonisation
Published on 01 March 2019 The research by Caryn seeks to explore the meanings and implications of contemporary expressions of decolonial activism in South Africa and its spread to British universities. Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
SDGs
Higher education and the sustainable development agenda in Pakistan
Published on 24 January 2019 How can higher education institutions improve the sustainable development agenda in Pakistan? Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
HRH The Duchess of Sussex
King's College London
Gender
Peace and Reconciliation
Climate and the environment
Building a better world through higher education
Published on 05 December 2018 University leaders, academics, and international scholarship students came together at an ACU event on Wednesday 5 December 2018 to explore how higher education can help build a better world. Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network
Climate and the environment
SDGs
Pacific
Inaugural meeting of ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network takes place in Fiji
Published on 23 October 2018 Universities from across the Commonwealth came together to share expertise and experiences of coping with natural disasters at the first meeting of the ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
Blue Charter
Climate and the environment
SDGs
Academic mobility
New ACU Blue Charter Fellowships to tackle scourge of marine plastics pollution
Published on 17 October 2018 The ACU is expanding its Fellowships scheme with the launch of 35 new Blue Charter Fellowships, thanks to funding from the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
Peace and Reconciliation Network
SDGs
Peace and reconciliation
Dr Joanna Newman
ACU Commonwealth Peace and Reconciliation Network convenes in Australia
Published on 12 October 2018 This week, the ACU brought together universities from every region of the Commonwealth to launch the new ACU Commonwealth Peace and Reconciliation Network at the University of Melbourne, Australia Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
Dr Joanna Newman
Climate and the environment
Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network
Resilient universities for resilient societies
Published on 11 October 2018 The role of universities in combating the effects of climate change was in the spotlight, as Dr Joanna Newman addressed government ministers at the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting in Bali. Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
SDGs
Climate and the environment
Teaching and learning
The ACU joins global movement to deliver the SDGs through higher education
Published on 19 July 2018 The ACU is proud to join the Global Alliance of universities working together to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals across the Commonwealth. Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
Dr Joanna Newman
SDGs
Dr Joanna Newman urges universities to lead the way in meeting the SDGs
Published on 12 July 2018 Dr Joanna Newman showcased the ACU's work – and that of our member universities – in addressing the Sustainable Development Goals at the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative Global Event Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
CHOGM
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Day Five of CHOGM: Recognising the importance of higher education
Published on 20 April 2018 The final day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) sees the ACU call on Commonwealth governments to give higher education the recognition it deserves. Read this article -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
Academic mobility
Higher education: The ultimate ‘Commonwealth advantage’
Published on 20 April 2018 What does the Commonwealth offer in today's world? And how does the ACU fit in? Read this article
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