Published on 02 March 2020
Tasnuva Mursalat Simran writes about how Commonwealth Futures has highlighted the need for collaboration and the impact she believes we can all have.
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Published on 02 March 2020
Emily Dingley writes about her time at the Commonwealth Futures workshop and what she has learnt about communication, community and relationship building, among other things.
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Published on 28 February 2020
CIRCLE Fellow Dr. Hannah Karuri shares her work with smallholder farming communities to build climate resilience.
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Published on 19 February 2020
The second Commonwealth Futures workshop brought 28 student leaders to India, to explore Gandhian principles, challenge perceptions, share knowledge and develop tools to build social cohesion.
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Published on 29 January 2020
Find out what happened when academics, policymakers and government officials from across the globe came together to share best practice and develop ways to work in partnership to address the SDGs.
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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.
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Published on 17 January 2020
Nabeela Mowlana explains how her experience at the UK Commonwealth Futures workshop was 'life-changing and awe-inspiring'.
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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
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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.
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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’.
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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'.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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