From 7 to 9 October 2015 was held in Tanzania the 6th Annual conference in Dar es Salaam promoted by the African Network for Internationalization of Education (ANIE). Under the subject “From MDGs to SDGs: The Contribution of International Higher Education” this event focused on how higher education can contribute to achieve the new development agenda. See more...

Last week the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP) talked with the Professor Pere Vilanova. He highlighted the importance on how universities can help the refugees. This interview is part of the campaign developed by ACUP, #UniversitatsRefugi, in order to promote and facilitate the active involvement of communities in their initiatives and actions related to the reception of refugees arrived to Catalonia. See more...

HEIRRI (Higher Education Institutions & Responsible Research and Innovation) is a European project that aims to integrate the concept of “Responsible Research and Innovation”, or RRI, in the science and engineering degrees, mainly focusing on universities and other higher education institutions. HEIRRI started on September 1st 2015 and it will last three years. See more...

In the last 15 years, despite an increasing progress on the Education for All goals and education-related MDGs, this is still is a pending subject in Africa. Perhaps, according to the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2015, 18 countries worldwide are far from achieving the quantifiable EFA goals, 10 of which are in West and Central Africa (UNESCO: 2015). See more...

This diagnosis identifies the state of affairs and the possibilities of consolidating contents that incorporate the perspectives of education for development (EfD) into formal university studies.
Fundació Autònoma Solidària (FAS) has published the report “Education for Development at University: Fostering critical and committed education in degree studies” as a result of a study that collects and analyzes data from the eight Catalan universities belonging to the Catalan Asociation of Public Universities (ACUP). The diagnosis identifies the state of affairs and the possibilities of consolidating contents that incorporate the perspectives of education for development (EfD) into formal university studies. See more...

Next November 11 GUNi will participate in the conference Connecting Actors for Sustainable Development in the Context of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, organizing the parallel session “The role of Higher Education in the 2030 Agenda. Are universities prepared?”. See more...

According to Times Higher Education (THE), the GUNi member, University of Port Harcourt ranked as the first Nigeria’s best university and the sixth University in Africa. This ranking was developed in order to “highlight some of the continent’s top performers in terms of how often research papers are referred to and cited by other academics across the globe”. See more...

Representatives of the UNESCO Member States in Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Brasilia (Brazil) on 8 and 9 October 2015 for the High-level Meeting on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized jointly by the Government of Brazil and UNESCO. See more...

The Concept Paper intends to frame the work of the 6th Higher Education in the World Report (HEIW6) around a comprehensive analysis of the global and local engagement of higher education institutions (HEI). In addition, the Editorial Team is responsible of the general supervision of the HEIW, as well as of writing the concept paper, designing the table of contents and proposing skilled authors for each chapter, among others. See more...

From 6 to October 9 took place in Catania the 12th PASCAL Conference. Over 100 participants from 17 countries discussed the theme of Connecting Cities and Universities at Strategic Frontiers linked to global challenges such as employment, migration, health, food security, culture and climate change. Under this context they developed topics that included Big Data, the future of the university, university-community engagement, migration and sustainability. See more...