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Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
Tagged with:
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 -
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
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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 -
Theme:
Global challenges
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ACU Summer School
Climate and the environment
Refugees and displaced people
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
Climate and the environment
The University of the South Pacific
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
Climate and the environment
The University of the South Pacific
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
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King's College London
Gender
Peace and Reconciliation
Climate and the environment
The Duchess of Sussex
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
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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:
SDGs
Peace and reconciliation
Dr Joanna Newman
Commonwealth Peace and Reconciliation Network
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
