WUN welcomes new member Ruhr University Bochum
We are delighted to announce that Ruhr University Bochum has joined the Worldwide Universities Network. WUN warmly welcomes Rector Martin Paul and colleagues as partners. “Ruhr University Bochum brings valuable new strengths to the network, and enlarges WUN’s capacity for collaborative research on problems of central importance,” said Executive Director Peter Lennie. Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) […]
WUN Consortium Round Table at WHEC 2022: “Coping with Catastrophe through Collaboration”
Image: UNESCO UNESCO World Higher Education Conference (WHEC2022) aims at reshaping ideas and practices in higher education to ensure sustainable development for the planet and humanity. During this conference, on Wednesday 18 May, the WUN Consortium ‘Education in a Warming World‘ will hold a round table session “Coping with Catastrophe through Collaboration”. SUMMARY In response […]
Virtual Student Exchange to Outlast COVID-19
SUMMARY In spite of pandemic-imposed travel restrictions, technology has allowed study abroad experiences to continue, and has in fact made them more accessible to less privileged students. With international travel likely to remain a luxury in a post-pandemic world, content-enriched online exchanges offer an affordable alternative for transformative global student immersion. _______________ Knowledge has no […]
How Should Information Systems Research Approach Indigenous Peoples?
SUMMARY Researchers from the field of information systems held three events to discuss how their field can set aside colonial legacies and approach Indigenous peoples in new ways. Together, they considered interdisciplinarity, power dynamics, and alternate modes of knowledge. STORY Researchers in the field of information systems are working to better engage with Indigenous peoples. […]
COVID altered adolescent sexual and reproductive health care in less wealthy countries
SUMMARY An analysis of existing research on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries identifies several themes that warrant further investigation. Those themes include child marriage, teen pregnancy, prenatal care, and HIV prevention. STORY Adolescents in low- and middle-income countries have tended to lose access to sexual and reproductive health services during […]
Fish offer global look at microplastic pollution
SUMMARY “Microplastics are like dust. We’re breathing them all the time and they’re accumulating in us,” says ecologist Adrian Jordaan. He and colleagues have developed a protocol for studying the issue in fish species around the world–a serious logistical challenge. STORY Microplastics are both ubiquitous and poorly understood. A new protocol will allow researchers around […]
WUN AGM 2022
© LT/www.diapo.ch The Worldwide Universities Network Annual General Meeting is the central event in the WUN calendar, drawing together colleagues from member universities for policy discussions and business meetings to further advance the Network. Our meeting this year, generously hosted by the University of Lausanne, is the first opportunity since 2019 for WUN members to connect […]
Are universities of the past still the future?
On 24 January 2022, on the fourth annual UNESCO International Day of Education, Ernst & Young (EY) launched their global “Future of Higher Education” report. EY is helping universities to prepare for a future higher education landscape that could look very different from that of today and, in the report, posits five “What if?” future […]
WUN Executive Director visits Makerere University
The Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (3rd left) and WUN Director Prof. Peter Lennie (4th right) with DVCAA-Assoc. Prof. Umar Kakumba (3rd right), Ag. DVCFA-Prof. Henry Alinaitwe and Members of Management in the Council Room at Makerere University. On 21 and 22 March 2022, WUN Executive Director Professor Peter Lennie visited Makerere University and applauded its […]
WUN consortium launches ‘Tertiary Education in a Warming World’ Report
Higher education institutes have a critical role to play in driving the scientific, political, technological, and cultural change needed to avoid the worst-case climate change scenarios, and in advancing the societal adaptive capacities needed to meet the ongoing challenges posed by the ongoing environmental crises. In response to the intensification of the environmental problems, growing […]
