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Theme: Global challenges International collaboration Access and inclusion Strengthening universities

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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

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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 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: 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

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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

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

Theme: International collaboration Supporting research Global challenges Tagged with: SDGs International collaboration Africa Supporting Research

New international partnership to support world-class research across Africa and beyond

Published on 18 September 2020 Read this article

Theme: Global challenges International collaboration Tagged with: SDGs Higher Education and the SDGs Network

UN High-Level Political Forum hears universities play a critical role in supporting the SDGs

Published on 30 July 2020 On July 9 and 10, the ACU joined the SDSN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) President’s meeting at the UN High-Level Political Forum. Read this article