The demands on academic staff in all sectors to adopt best ODL practices to create effective and efficient models of learning in the face of increasing external pressures show no signs of abating. The massification of higher education, diversified access, and pressures to meet institutional visions and research objectives demand of teaching staff an increasingly public design process subject to peer review in numerous forms. More...

Last Monday, 16 GUNi organized at the University of Barcelona the conference “Community Based Research: Strengthen partnerships and evolving best practices in Higher Education Institutions”. Two international recognized scholars, Dr. Rajesh Tandon and Dr. Budd Hall - both co-Directors and co-Chairs of the UNESCO Chair on Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education - were in charge of this open lecture. See more...

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...