The 6th Big Tent Communiqué was released last 9 of October during the 12th Annual Conference of the PASCAL International Observatory.  GUNi together with more than 15 international organizations agreed on this joint statement making a call for action addressed to higher education institutions to undertake collaborative actions with civil society and government in order to better address global challenges. See more...

The member universities of the Association of Catalan Public Universities (ACUP) organized a public meeting to present a statement expressing their commitment to work together to give support to refugees.
The event signalled the start of a series of actions that the Catalan public universities are to conduct under the slogan of ‘Universitats Refugi’ (Refuge Universities) #UniversitatsRefugi. See more...

Barcelona, ​14 October 2015 - A workshop on Leadership in the Post-2015 World was held today in Barcelona aiming to determine what kinds of leaders are needed to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event, organized by the Sant Pau Knowledge Center in collaboration with the International Leadership Association, discussed how participants can engage others leaders and institutions at this new scenario of the 2030 Agenda. International organizations with its offices at the Sant Pau Art Noveau Site such as GUNi, UN-Habitat, the European Forest Institute and the UNU-GCM were present at the event. See more...

After months of dedication and hard work, we are delighted to announce the launch of the new GUNi website.
Our goal is to provide visitors with an extremely user friendly tool able to offer an easy accessibility to our academic contents, as well as to the international coming up news and events on higher education.
At the same time, the new web offers a general view of our current activities and ongoing projects besides a dynamic social network.
Also, feel free to invite your colleagues and professional contacts to visit the new GUNi website and to subscribe to the electronic newsletter.We hope that you enjoy the new website and that you find it easy to navigate and pleasant to use. See more...

On September 29, was held the UNESCO Chairs Working Group Meeting promoted by GUNi. The event took place at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site where participants had the opportunity to develop a blueprint for the Report Higher Education in the World 6 (HEIW6). During the day, guests discussed about the role that UNESCO Chairs are playing for the local and global impact of Higher Education Institutions and how they can contribute to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) approved by United Nations last week. See more...

A new and ambitious global agenda was approved during the UN Sustainable Development Summit held from 25 to 27 of September at UN Headquarters in New York. Under the title “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” this new blueprint was launched in order to overcome global challenges especially regarding the end of poverty in all its forms and dimensions until 2030. See more...

From 21 to 25 of September took place in Abuja, Nigeria the 7^th International Conference and Workshops on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Africa (ICQAHEA) under the theme ‘‘Strengthening Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Africa to Meet Regional and Global Challenges”.  This event was promoted by GUNi-Africa together with the African Quality Assurance Network (AfriQAN) and the Association of African Universities (AAU). See more...

The meeting of the European project HEIRRI (Higher Education Institutions & Responsible Research and Innovation) took place yesterday 16th September in Barcelona. GUNi-ACUP is responsible for the HEIRRI dissemination plan, which includes the communication and internationalization strategy. Good internal and external information flow, gathering and sharing contents of the Consortium and raise awareness of RRI in Higher Education Institutions are some of its main goals. The working plan will also promote the public presentation of HEIRRI trough international meetings. See more...

GUNi, together with ACUP (The Catalan Association of Public Universities), will collaborate in the organization of the International Conference 'The Contribution of HE on the United Nations 2030 Agenda’, which is led by the International Association of Universities (IAU) and the Jaume Bofill Foundation. The event will be held on 8 and 9 October at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site and will have various sessions and workshops. During those days, participants will have the opportunity to discuss about the role of Higher Education at the educational international agenda and will help to define specific actions to be developed in order to achieve the goals adopted by the United Nations (UN). See more...

En 2014, la République de Corée comptait 3,6 millions d’étudiants dont 1,5 millions d’étudiantes (42,6 %) et près de 87 000 enseignants-chercheurs dont 20 000 femmes (23 %). Le taux de scolarisation dans l’enseignement supérieur des jeunes sud-coréens dépasse 85 % de la tranche d’âge concerné.
Les établissements d’enseignement supérieur en Corée du Sud sont au nombre de 433, dont 226 universités (48 publiques et 178 privées) et 163 collèges universitaires de formation professionnelle majoritairement privés (154). Le ministère de l’Éducation coréen joue un rôle de tutelle pour tous ces établissements. Il évalue la qualité des diplômes et a mis en place depuis 2015 un système de classement national des universités. Voir l'article...