Higher Education is Key to Building Back Better Post-COVID

“Higher Education is Key to Building Back Better Post-COVID” was published in University World News on 31 October 2020. It was written by Joanna Newman, Secretary General of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Slim Khalbous, Tunisian Minister of Higher Education, and Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary General.

Abstract: New global commitments by governments and the international community to protect education spending and transform education to drive the post-COVID recovery and sustainable development are welcome. Engaging with and supporting the global higher education sector will be essential to their success. On 20-22 October UNESCO demonstrated their global leadership in education by convening an extraordinary session of the Global Education Meeting in light of the impact of the “unprecedented social, human and economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic”.

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