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The Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs provide a framework for universities to advance internationalisation through partnerships that drive real change. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20250221114146919_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20250221071505296_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250221071505296" style="color:#000;" class="">Let’s rethink the pressure to produce job-ready graduates</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Fátima Suleman, Pedro Videira and Pedro Teixeira</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20250219061537457_5.jpg?r=180151678" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250219061537457" style="color:#000;">University leaders must actively defend faculty’s freedoms</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Jackie Pedota</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20250220125912825_5.jpg?r=368787906" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250220125912825" style="color:#000;">‘Stop DEI’ order lacks force of law but set to sow chaos</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Nathan M Greenfield</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">INDIA-UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250220180656355" style="color:#000;" class="">Modi-Trump pact boosts bi-lateral research, HE collaboration</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Shuriah Niazi and Yojana Sharma</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250216204008380" style="color:#000;">Africa cannot afford ‘the old ways of thinking’ anymore</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Mark Paterson and Thierry M Luescher</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="background:#f2f2df;padding:10px" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250218020832868" style="color:#000;" class="">The pursuit of decolonisation remains ‘deeply’ contested</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis</div> While decolonisation remains a vital and necessary discourse, its problematic nature stems from conceptual ambiguities, ideological tensions and practical constraints. There are the challenges of epistemic binaries, the complexities of linguistic decolonisation, the paradoxes of globalisation, and the need for a coherent strategy for institutional transformation. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">INDONESIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250220115949544" style="color:#000;">Universities barred from mining rights, but can still profit</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Kafil Yamin</div> Indonesia’s House of Representatives passed the Mining and Mineral Resources Bill into law this week, ending a long-running controversy over whether universities should be given mining concessions to extract coal and minerals. Students opposing the move took to the streets in several cities this week. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250218095835342" style="color:#000;">NIH cuts threaten the US’s biomedical research standing</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Aliasger K Salem</div> The latest United States National Institutes of Health policy which slashes funds for research infrastructure is expected to weaken the position of the US as a global leader of scientific innovation and deprive ordinary people across the country of new treatments, diagnostics and preventative interventions. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">ASIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250217101538681" style="color:#000;" class="">A women’s university with a potent formula for fighting evil</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Dara Melnyk</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20250217101538681_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> With its determined recruitment process, its radical access approach and pre-university foundational curriculum, the Asian University for Women in Chittagong in Bangladesh is providing knowledge, skills and hope to female learners from under-served groups from the whole of Southern Asia and the Middle East. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250218073947745" style="color:#000;">Open data has the potential to improve research management</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Victoria Moody</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20250218073947745_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Jisc in the United Kingdom recently conducted an independent review into the use of open data in research management and administration which aimed to enhance understanding of open data’s potential to improve research management and support efficient and innovative use of data. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">CHINA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250218073543454" style="color:#000;" class="">We need to fix the system driving young scholars to cheat</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Wu Chaojin</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250218094710973" style="color:#000;">To cope with disruption, governance must be fit for purpose</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Nita Temmerman</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="background:#f2f2df;padding:10px" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">MIDDLE EAST</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2025022011282265" style="color:#000;" class="">Rectors discuss strategies to promote French in academia</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Wagdy Sawahel</div> A recent conference brought together over 50 Middle Eastern universities represented by rectors, presidents and directors, as well as members of the <I>Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie</I> from 13 different countries, to discuss the promotion of the French language in scientific research and teaching. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED KINGDOM</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250221092035754" style="color:#000;">Time is ripe for more diversity in higher education – Expert</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nic Mitchell</div> More diversity in the United Kingdom’s higher education system is needed to avoid the growth of ‘homogenised systems’ that are failing to maximise social and economic returns and are losing public support – developments being seized upon by cynical and authoritarian politicians, claims a sector leader. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250219065855632" style="color:#000;">What school-leavers and employers say about HE in Africa</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Wachira Kigotho</div> About 90% of secondary school-leavers in Sub-Saharan Africa aspire to pursue higher education, but both future students and employers continue to have questions about whether higher education institutions speak to the challenges of employability, the digital revolution and leadership, a new report has found. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">PAKISTAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250219151758358" style="color:#000;" class="">Provinces take action against campus sexual harassment </a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Ameen Amjad Khan</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UNITED STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250218161353985" style="color:#000;">New North Dakota law to alter the way tenure is reviewed</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Nathan M Greenfield</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GERMANY</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250214151248589" style="color:#000;" class="">Universities criticise adoption of antisemitism resolution</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Michael Gardner</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="education-for-sustainable-development-viii-alternative-futures"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Education for Sustainable Development VIII: Alternative Futures</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="sp-report.php?id=297" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Higher education and sustainability – Alternative futures</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12"></div> In support of the global effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, <I>University World News</I> is publishing a series of special reports on higher education and sustainability. This report, themed ‘Education for Sustainable Development – Alternative futures’, explores ways in which the world is changing – and being changed by higher education. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20250127071155255_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250128071056121" style="color:#000;" class="">Indigenous science’s lessons on sustainable development</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nathan M Greenfield</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20250128071056121_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Incorporating Indigenous knowledges into Education for Sustainable Development does not mean simply re-presenting ideas of First Nations’ stories or peoples in curricula; it’s about involving Indigenous peoples in university education to ensure their knowledge is respected and research is useful to Indigenous communities. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250127125348175" style="color:#000;">Sustainability and the OECD ‘Trends Shaping Education 2025’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Keith Nuthall and Brenda Dionisi</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20250127125348175_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s triennial assessment of the direction of all education has told universities that they must anticipate change in an uncertain world being transformed by generative AI, as they consider how to promote the global goal of sustainability. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="background:#f2f2df;padding:10px" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250127125737771" style="color:#000;" class="">ESD futures: Imagining education for a sustainable future</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Patrick Blessinger, James Brown, Abhilasha Singh and Beena Giridharan</div> Education for Sustainable Development helps learners to acquire the skills to make decisions on sustainable options that care for the environment and society. As we imagine the future, ESD will be at the centre of creating a world where sustainability lies at the core of our actions and choices. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250128071406114" style="color:#000;">How universities are paving the way for a sustainable future</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Libing Wang</div> Fostering lifelong learning is essential for a sustainable future. Adaptable individuals are key to navigating the challenges ahead. By aligning their missions with the Sustainable Development Goals, universities can empower students to actively contribute to sustainable development, paving the way for a more equitable and sustainable world. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20250128070725969" style="color:#000;">Cultivating research leaders for a sustainable Future Africa</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Desmond Thompson</div> Africa’s scientific landscape faces twin challenges: low research output and limited participation in global scientific discourse. This hinders the continent’s ability to respond to its ‘wicked problems’ and contribute to global knowledge and sustainability. The pioneering Future Africa initiative is taking up the challenge. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="changemakers"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Changemakers</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="sp-report.php?id=278" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Universities for transforming society and planetary health</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12"></div> This <I>University World News</I> series looks at higher education institutions that are making it their mission to become vehicles of societal transformation and champions of planetary health by refocusing teaching, learning and research on engaging with communities to solve local and global challenges. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240525082903955_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">THAILAND</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240524231311461" style="color:#000;" class="">A revolution in learning helps to transform communities</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Kalinga Seneviratne and Brendan O’Malley</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240524231311461_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Triggered by the impact of the worst flood in Bangkok’s history on its campus and the surrounding neighbourhood, Siam University is transforming learning through student engagement with the community on sustainability projects, a transdisciplinary experiential approach which the rector believes could revolutionise higher education. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">THAILAND</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240525084851512" style="color:#000;">‘We need to go back to interdisciplinary higher education’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Produced by Kalinga Seneviratne</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240525084851512_5.jpg?r=529686054" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> AUDIO INTERVIEW: Pornchai Mongkhonvanit, president of Siam University, talks to Kalinga Seneviratne about how he is changing the way his university teaches students, the way students learn and how they are assessed, under a drive to make his institution a ‘testbed’ for solving local people’s problems. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="news-about-our-sdgs-hub-partnerships"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black 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governments or the United Nations system. A new partnership between <I>University World News</I> and the International Association of Universities will address that problem. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230603065429108" style="color:#000;">ABET partners UWN on education for sustainable development</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">A UWN reporter</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230603065429108_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> ABET, the global accreditor of more than 4,000 college and university programmes worldwide, has agreed a three-year partnership with <I>University World News</I> to support its coverage of higher education’s contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on education for sustainable development. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="introducing-our-sdgs-hub-partners"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Introducing Our SDGs Hub Partners</div> <script src="/js/swiper-bundle.min.js"></script> <link href="/js/swiper-bundle.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <div style="background:#fff;padding:12px 0px"> <div class="swiper" style="max-width:715px"> <div class="swiper-wrapper"> <div class="swiper-slide"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=abet360"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=abet360" style="width:100%;max-width:180px"></a></div> <div class="swiper-slide"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=hetl360"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=hetl360" style="width:100%;max-width:180px"></a></div> <div class="swiper-slide"><a href="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerclick.php?id=iau360"><img src="https://ads.universityworldnews.com/bannerview.php?id=iau360" style="width:100%;max-width:180px"></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <script> const swiper = new Swiper('.swiper', { slidesPerView: 3, direction: 'horizontal', loop: true, spaceBetween: 0, autoplay: { delay: 2000, reverseDirection: true } }); 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But there are good reasons to believe that is changing. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220916064745583" style="color:#000;">Our climate is changing. So should our higher education</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Eva Papanikolaki</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20220916064745583_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> This week sees the most significant political event for education in recent years: the United Nations Transforming Education Summit. Young people have fought hard for the inclusion of climate education and, hopefully, this will be visible in the results of the summit. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">ZAMBIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220901064002552" style="color:#000;" class="">STEM champion wants to support young innovators in Africa</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Kudzai Mashininga</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">LATIN AMERICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220817151936532" style="color:#000;">A more conscientious population? Higher education can help</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Victor Leon</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="sustainability-rankings"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Sustainability Rankings</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240624164738679" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">‘THE’ Impact Rankings: Here are some possible enhancements</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Angel Calderon</div> The sixth edition of the ‘Times Higher Education’ Impact Rankings shows increased participation, particularly by higher education institutions from middle-income countries. However, a review of the measures that support the ranking is needed, particularly lessening the weighting for measures which benefit high-income economies. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240624164738679_5.jpg?r=596430718" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240614135715476_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240614135715476" style="color:#000;" class="">Western Sydney University tops THE Impact Rankings again</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Brendan O’Malley</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231215190121695_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231215190121695" style="color:#000;">Governance category shakes up QS sustainability rankings</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Nic Mitchell</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230601094948926_5.jpg?r=464031994" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230601094948926" style="color:#000;">Australia, Canada dominate this year’s THE Impact Rankings</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Brendan O’Malley</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230221143931652" style="color:#000;" class="">Developing ESD indicators, the missing link in rankings</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Anete Veidemane and Frans Kaiser</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230208140628782" style="color:#000;">University rankings: Assessing the newest kid on the block</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Ellen Hazelkorn and Philip G Altbach</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221119053543843" style="color:#000;" class="">Measuring HE ethics: An inclusive new ranking is launched</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nic Mitchell</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221119053543843_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> A new university ranking that foregrounds values, ethics and sustainability as central principles of higher education institutions has been launched to fill a gap left by traditional rankings that are skewed towards the West, biased towards research outputs, and exclude 95% of institutions. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20221027143059132" style="color:#000;">New rankings fix universities at centre of sustainability</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Wachira Kigotho</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20221027143059132_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Newly launched global rankings, which measure universities’ contributions towards sustainability, were motivated in part by research that found that a majority of students held the view that universities could and should be doing more to address the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220430080957202" style="color:#000;" class="">Expanded impact rankings reflect rising interest in SDGs</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">UWN reporter</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220429110647683" style="color:#000;">Top universities in the THE Impact Rankings 2022 by SDG</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country"></div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="about-the-sdgs-hub-and-agenda-2030"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">About the SDGs Hub and Agenda 2030</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220421111324498" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">A hub to share best practice and ideas on HE and the SDGs</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Brendan O’Malley</div> None of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs can be achieved without the contribution of higher education through research, teaching and community engagement. <I>University World News</I> has set up this SDGs Hub to share best practice and report on the impact and challenges of this work. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20220421111324498_5.jpg?r=212074932" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220422104600909" style="color:#000;" class="">What are the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs?</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country"></div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220510152140254" style="color:#000;">Agenda 2030: The targets for sustainable development</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country"></div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="country-spotlights"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Country Spotlights</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231121130748319" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Japanese universities lead in tacking global challenges</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12"></div> In the first of a series of country spotlights on the contribution of higher education to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the international targets in Agenda 2030, we look at the innovative work of universities and the higher education system in Japan. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231121130748319_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230615151132720_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230615151132720" style="color:#000;" class="">Quotas for women in universities: One step towards equity</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230517121425467_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN-GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230517121425467" style="color:#000;">G7 ministers call for rules to improve research security</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2023032013025263_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL-JAPAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2023032013025263" style="color:#000;">Call to deepen universities’ role in peace and security</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230317080054321" style="color:#000;" class="">Towards zero-carbon agriculture through ‘healthy farming’</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230118072131448" style="color:#000;">Cross-border programme nurtures global SDG leadership</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230329142108285" style="color:#000;" class="">University spearheads ‘nature positive’ partnership model</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2023070614262150" style="color:#000;">Dementia research helps sufferers lead independent lives</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">JAPAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220620104642182" style="color:#000;">‘Zero Hunger’ SDG: How this university became a leader</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Suvendrini Kakuchi</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="he-and-sustainability-the-gulf-states"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">HE and Sustainability: The Gulf States</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GULF STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="sp-report.php?id=263" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">COP28 boosts sustainability efforts in Gulf higher education</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12"></div> As the United Arab Emirates prepared to host COP28, the global summit on climate action and sustainable development that kicked off this week, <I>University World News</I> compiled this Special Briefing exploring the contribution of Gulf states’ universities to climate action and to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231128092410546_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231104062515259_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">UAE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231104062515259" style="color:#000;" class="">Universities Climate Network drives engagement with COP28</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Karen MacGregor</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231117063613216_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">UAE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231117063613216" style="color:#000;">Student Energy Summit amplifies youth voices alongside COP28</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Karen MacGregor</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231117140532319_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GULF STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231117140532319" style="color:#000;">A leading role for universities in sustainability in the Gulf</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Karen MacGregor</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231111054642230" style="color:#000;" class="">Backlash to oil CEO for COP28 overlooks his ambitious agenda</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Ibrahim Ozdemir</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">SAUDI ARABIA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231109133726622" style="color:#000;">Universities are showing the way in sustainability practices</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Heba Hashem</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GULF STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231122084551189" style="color:#000;" class="">Universities strive to reduce inequalities for disabled students</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Christina Maria Paschyn</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231122084551189_5.jpg?r=591932923" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Gulf universities are successfully implementing sustainable education policies in a bid to reduce inequalities among staff and students. Aligning their strategies with the Sustainable Development Goals, several universities have achieved noteworthy rankings. The support offered to special needs students could be transformative for societies. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UAE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231021094610153" style="color:#000;">Emirates universities push sustainability efforts as COP28 looms</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Paul Cochrane</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231021094610153_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> With the United Arab Emirates to host the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP28, this November and December, UAE higher education institutions have intensified their focus on climate change and sustainability, greening campus infrastructure, developing courses and engaging with the private sector. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GULF STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231124220431334" style="color:#000;" class="">Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait universities innovate on sustainability</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Heba Hashem</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GULF STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231103085816502" style="color:#000;">Gulf universities promote sustainability and gear up for COP28</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Leon Barkho</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UAE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231123143104837" style="color:#000;" class="">Al Ain University recognised for quality education, sustainability</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Andreia Nogueira</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231123143104837_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> The private Al Ain University in the United Arab Emirates, located in the oasis city with the same name, is leading the way on sustainable development among universities in the country through initiatives to boost quality education and global and national partnerships. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">KUWAIT</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231013133425342" style="color:#000;">Charting the local challenges of implementing global goals</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Karen MacGregor</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231013133425342_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> International research into Kuwait University has shone light on the complexities and challenges of implementing sustainability in higher education, and the importance of regional and social and cultural context. ‘Developed globally, induced locally’ does not always work well, the researchers say. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GULF STATES</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231027102726707" style="color:#000;" class="">Study finds ‘universal’ challenges to sustainability education</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Wagdy Sawahel</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">UAE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231006142912264" style="color:#000;">Sharjah University: Research helped raise sustainability</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Karen MacGregor</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="wahen-oxford-2024"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">WAHEN Oxford 2024</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241212072505931" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">New global network on widening access in HE is launched</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Dorothy Lepkowska</div> Academics and stakeholders representing higher education and universities from around the world have launched the first global network based on the belief that the right to higher education should be universal, not conditional, and dedicated to tackling inequity in access and achievement in higher education. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241212072505931_5.jpg?r=591262559" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241212124227215" style="color:#000;" class="">Harness digital tech to improve HE access – UNESCO report</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Nic Mitchell</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241212124227215_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> A UNESCO report on tackling inequalities in higher education access, which highlights 15 case studies from around the world, including a successful e-learning platform in India, calls for more countries to harness digital technologies to improve the right to higher education among marginalised groups. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20241213065818859" style="color:#000;">HE equity champions struggle against ideological backlash</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Dorothy Lepkowska</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20241213065818859_5.jpg?r=140144198" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Access to higher education is under threat around the world from populism and a backlash towards equality and equity strategies, a global conference in Oxford was told this week, as policies to increase participation and diversity are being undermined by political ideologies and far-right governments. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="hesi-global-forum"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">HESI Global Forum</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="sp-report.php?id=287" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Higher education at the 2024 UN political forum on sustainability</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12"></div> There were multiple activities around higher education and sustainability at the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development held in New York from 8 to 17 July 2024, coordinated by the UN’s Higher Education Sustainability Initiative, HESI. <I>University World News</I> reports. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240729134858201_5.jpg?r=619528258" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240801075307537" style="color:#000;" class="">Raising the voice of HE on the global sustainability stage</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Karen MacGregor</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240801075307537_5.jpg?r=756130688" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Rankings of university sustainability practices and their impact have been “rocket fuel” for institutions that participate, says Professor Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education Towards Sustainability. He was at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240729162908743" style="color:#000;">Students say green skills are needed for all future jobs</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Wachira Kigotho</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20240729162908743_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Students and young graduates have urged policy-makers worldwide to embrace an understanding of green jobs that goes beyond the manufacturing, construction and renewable energy sectors and includes all roles that promote sustainability, conserve the environment and respond to climate and ecological emergencies. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240730102719960" style="color:#000;" class="">Sustainability survey shows need to engage (all) faculty</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Karen MacGregor</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240801144907374" style="color:#000;">UN unveils tool to track universities’ SDGs performance</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Laura Syrett</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2024073016080291" style="color:#000;" class="">New tips for academic publishers aim to boost SDG delivery</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Keith Nuthall</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240801155408965" style="color:#000;">TASK™ – Doing the job of assessing sustainability knowledge</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Karen MacGregor</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20240716140907818" style="color:#000;" class="">United Nations HE forum explores AI’s role in sustainability</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Keith Nuthall</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="magna-charta-universitatum-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">Magna Charta Universitatum 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231121132356648" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Magna Charta turns spotlight on reconstruction of cities</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12"></div> Representatives of higher education institutions worldwide supporting the values of the Magna Charta Universitatum gathered in Lodz, Poland, in October to discuss how universities can contribute to the reconstruction of cities torn apart by conflicts and natural disasters or struggling to emerge from economic deprivation. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231121132356648_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2023110308212388_5.jpg?r=858366255" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2023110308212388" style="color:#000;" class="">Magna Charta urges post-industrial cities to pull together</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Nic Mitchell</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231103081431835_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231103081431835" style="color:#000;">Make education institutions contributors to peace, not war</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Brendan O’Malley</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231028073035837_5.jpg?r=684459464" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">EUROPE</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231028073035837" style="color:#000;">Ukraine seeks international support to stem brain drain</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Brendan O’Malley</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="wahen-oxford-2023"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">WAHEN Oxford 2023</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=2023112113255744" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Global HE access and success movement plots way forward</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12"></div> Global stakeholders and experts involved in the World Access to Higher Education Network met in Oxford in the United Kingdom in September to discuss how they can better galvanise international support for the global movement for widening access to students across diverse groups and improving their inclusion and outcomes. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/2023112113255744_5.jpg" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20231006075137584_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20231006075137584" style="color:#000;" class="">Inequalities in higher education: We are moving too slowly</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Graeme Atherton</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230928152457394_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230928152457394" style="color:#000;">Unspeakable wealth inequality stands in the way of SDG 4</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Sebastian Berger</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230929081940126_5.jpg?r=296099674" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230929081940126" style="color:#000;">Equity promotion initiatives that can and do change lives</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Jamil Salmi</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="he-and-agenda-2030"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">HE and Agenda 2030</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="sp-report.php?id=248" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">HE’s vital role discussed at half-way point for SDGs</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12"></div> <I>University World News</I> reports on the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative or HESI Global Forum – which highlights the critical role higher education plays in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs – last week and the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, which is reviewing progress towards the SDGs half-way to 2030. </td> <td style="width:357px" valign="top"> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230722081831540_5.jpg?r=431703132" style="float:right;width:357px;padding-left:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> </td></tr></table> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230721120458456_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230721120458456" style="color:#000;" class="">‘Big science’ can achieve SDGs, says global science council</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Karen MacGregor</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230721204705830_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230721204705830" style="color:#000;">UN demands more global spending on education and science</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Keith Nuthall</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230720123347220_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230720123347220" style="color:#000;">Disruptive digital era demands a higher education rethink</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Karen MacGregor</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230718152318790" style="color:#000;" class="">UN initiative pushes integration of SDGs in rankings</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Keith Nuthall</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230718152318790_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> The United Nations’ Higher Education Sustainability Initiative is developing practical guidance for higher education ranking organisations wanting to integrate the delivery of Sustainable Development Goals into their assessments of universities and colleges. The initiative has been supported in principle by some major ranking groups. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230718170415243" style="color:#000;">Students worldwide push for delivery of sustainability goals</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Keith Nuthall</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20230718170415243_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Students worldwide have been pushing initiatives that target delivery of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Higher Education Sustainability Initiative Global Forum heard last week. They described actions ranging from youth summits and student hubs to using extended reality to deliver SDG learning. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230719192353191" style="color:#000;" class="">International sustainability institution of the year named</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Karen MacGregor</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20230721122712436" style="color:#000;">New international test for HE sustainability knowledge</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Keith Nuthall</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="world-higher-education-conference-2022"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">World Higher Education Conference 2022</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="sp-report.php?id=230" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">WHEC 2022 – Reinventing higher education for a sustainable future</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12"></div> The third UNESCO World Higher Education Conference was held in Barcelona in Spain from 18 to 20 May 2022. 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This prompted delegates to ask what the right to higher education means in practice and which other rights are needed to deliver on this? </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20220523070121377_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220523070121377" style="color:#000;" class="">New postgraduate degree to put Paris Agreement into action</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Nic Mitchell</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20220519133541468_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220519133541468" style="color:#000;">New paradigm needed for future higher education – Michael Fung</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Nathan M Greenfield</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20220519102336353_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220519102336353" style="color:#000;">UN agencies launch policy paper to enhance refugee access to HE</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Wagdy Sawahel</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220524133050858" style="color:#000;" class="">Ignorance about Addis convention hampers its ratification</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Maina Waruru</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220520105029160" style="color:#000;">Lack of trust, regulation, repositories bedevil open science</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Maina Waruru</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220520113909451" style="color:#000;" class="">The South increasingly looks to the South for cooperation</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Rebecca Warden</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">LATIN AMERICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220525103931781" style="color:#000;">New study reveals COVID’s impact on region’s universities</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Rebecca Warden</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">MIDDLE EAST-NORTH AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220524144433433" style="color:#000;" class="">Mobility in MENA – Two steps forward, one step back</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Rebecca Warden</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20220524144433433_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> The agenda for higher education internationalisation in the Middle East and North Africa or MENA is lagging behind other regions. Some 4.5% of all students in the region were internationally mobile in 2019, but most of that mobility was one way – outward bound – the World Higher Education Conference 2022 was told. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220521090607590" style="color:#000;">Universities as lifelong learning institutions – Some way to go</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Rebecca Warden</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20220521090607590_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> How to provide lifelong learning is not a new topic and it has been on the agenda for decades in regions such as Europe. But the advent of SDG 4 has given a new impetus and created a new sense of awareness among universities of their role in providing this form of learning. </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:33%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220519103224821" style="color:#000;" class="">Universities can adapt but they need a friend in government</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Wagdy Sawahel</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA-GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220518122105305" style="color:#000;">Equity needs a strategy and enough financial resources</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Wagdy Sawahel</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">AFRICA</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20220520085659588" style="color:#000;">How to enhance Africa’s university-business ecosystems</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country">Wagdy Sawahel</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><div style="background:white;text-align:center;margin-bottom:12px"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8;margin-bottom:12px" style="background:#aaa;color:white;text-align:center;width:25%;margin:0px auto;margin-top:4px"><a href="#the-top" style="color:#fff">Back to the top</a></div> </div><div class="default-section" id="from-our-archive-top-stories-on-sdgs"> <div class="section-head-white-on-black botmar8">From our Archive: Top Stories on SDGs</div> <div style="" class="botmar12 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" class="" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20210312130746862" style="color:#000;" class="muchbiggerheading">Gender inequality in higher education persists</a></h1></div> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <div class="botmar4 strapline" style=""></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Maria Elena Hurtado</div> Female enrolment in higher education has tripled globally between 1995 and 2018. 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the SDGs</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Mthokozisi Emmanuel Ntuli</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:34%" class="padleft8 padright8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20200715113545432_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20200715113545432" style="color:#000;">Disaster preparedness would improve HE pandemic response</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Yojana Sharma</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:33%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20210124065505164_5.jpg" style="float:left;width:100%;margin-bottom:8px;;" alt="PHOTO"> <div class="byline-country countries">PAKISTAN</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20210124065505164" style="color:#000;">Students create a business model for combating hunger</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar2">Brendan O’Malley</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="" class="botmar12 bordertopgrey padtop8 botmar8"> <table><tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%" class="padright8" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20190719135507840" style="color:#000;" class="">SDGs ‘not attainable without contribution of HE’, UN told</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Brendan O’Malley</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20190719135507840_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> None of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs – the internationally agreed framework for tackling poverty, inequality, disease and climate change – can be achieved without the contribution of higher education through research, teaching and community engagement, networks representing 2,000 universities have told the UN. </div> </div> </td> <td style="width:50%" class="padleft8 borderleftgrey" valign="top"> <div class="article-brief"> <div class=""> <div class="byline-country countries">GLOBAL</div> <div class="botmar4"><h1><a href="post.php?story=20200711094917938" style="color:#000;">Universities are key to achieving sustainable development</a></h1></div> <div class="byline-country botmar12">Brendan O’Malley</div> <img src="https://www.universityworldnews.com/images/articles/20200711094917938_5.jpg" style="float:left;height:112px;padding-right:8px;padding-top:3px" alt="PHOTO"> Now is the time for the international community to recognise the fundamental importance of higher education to achieving all 17 Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs and for universities to dedicate 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