Universities Australia (UA) visited the IAU to explore further cooperation

Devoted to the presentation of IAU projects and initiatives, this issue focuses more specifically on the IAU 15th General Conference. The In Focus section is on Leadership for a changing public private higher education funding landscape, the theme retained for the upcoming IAU 2017 International Conference and IAU Global Meeting of Associtaions to take place in Ghana in October 2017

Universities Australia (UA) visited the IAU to explore further cooperation
Belinda Robinson, CEO of Universities Australia (UA) and Meghan Butler, program officer responsible for international relations, visited the IAU Secretariat to learn more about the IAU and to present some of the current priorities of UA. The meeting was too short to discover all the potential for cooperation but served to convince both organizations’ leadership that collaboration would be of mutual benefit and advantage. IAU is pleased to count, among its members, a relatively large number of AU members but would be pleased to develop more initiatives with AU, beyond the current practice of disseminating reports and advocacy positions taken by the Australian peak body. More...