This publication defines the concept of community engagement in higher education and its role in contemporary debates about the role of higher education in the 21st century and maps international initiatives and projects that have attempted to develop frameworks for monitoring/measuring community engagement. More...
Launch of the RRI Hub of projects!
The NewHoRRIzon has created a central hub for RRI on social media where users can find relevant information without having to look into different accounts: newHoRRIzon, FoTRRIS, HEIRRI, Marina RRI, Nucleus and RRI-Practice. More...
Global Survey on Sustainability and on the SDGs
The Global Survey picks up on expectations and opinions on matters concerning sustainability, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in as many countries as possible throughout the world. More...
New EnRRICH policy brief, Connecting the European Higher Education Agenda with Open Science and Responsible Research
This document is aimed at those working in higher education policy internationally, though it may also be of use to national and institutional level policymakers. It summarizes the findings of the project ‘Enhancing Responsible Research and Innovation through Curricula in Higher Education (EnRRICH)’. More...
Observatory of Sustainability in Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OSES-ALC)
This platform is a virtual space and computer software that offers universities a first online form that allows them to evaluate their progress in the institutionalization of environmental commitment and compare it with the average of a significant number of higher education institutions in the region. More...
Open call! Cases of excellence and good practice in integration between humanities, science and technology. Extended deadline!
The forthcoming Higher Education in the World Report 7 (HEIW7) will showcase cases of excellence and good practice in integration and synergies between humanities, science and technology in higher education institutions and research centres. More...
Free to Think 2018: New Report Documents Global Crisis of Attacks on Higher Education
ACUP and its universities joined Scholars at Risk (SAR) on June 2017, in order to stand in solidarity with educators, researchers and students around the world who are threatened for peacefully expressing ideas and asking questions and to demonstrate ACUP's commitment and responsibility to preserving and promoting the freedom to think, locally and globally. More...
Higher Education Partnerships for the SDGs: Buzzwords or Opportunity for Change?
In the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), GUNi launched the Group of Experts on SDGs and Higher Education on May 2018 within its new strategic line of action around the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs with a focus on partnerships, knowledge and research. More...
An agenda for the people and prosperity. Visions and alliances
The event, promoted by the Advisory Council on Sustainable Development of the Generalitat de Catalunya, was focused on analyzing the links between SDGs in the framework of the dimension 'People' and 'Prosperity' and the partnerships that are necessary to achieve them. More...
Workshop series on community-based science communication in Latin America
Together with UNESCO and RedPop, the Science Communication Centre Rhine-Waal is going to host three workshops across Latin America, in September, which are meant to explore a diversification of what has mainly been seen as comunicación / divulgación / popularización of science. More...