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World Teacher’s Day 2024
On 5 October, the International Association of Universities (IAU) joined the global education community at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to celebrate International Teachers’ Day 2024. This year’s observance held special significance as it was coupled with the award ceremony of the UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development, a prestigious biennial prize supported by the Hamdan Foundation.
Transforming Knowledge for Africa’s Future
The IAU was proud to serve as a key partner at the recent International Forum of UNESCO Chairs and Partners on “Transforming Knowledge for Africa’s Future,” held in Addis Ababa from 30 September - 2 October 2024. Convened by UNESCO and the African Union, the Forum brought together diverse actors from across the globe to explore strategies to strengthen higher education systems, advance knowledge co-creation, and support sustainable development in Africa.
IAU Highlights Global Perspectives at Digital Transformation Symposium
The IAU was pleased to take part in the “Digital Transformation Symposium” hosted by Linnaeus University, Sweden. IAU Manager for Digital Transformation Trine Jensen delivered a keynote address exploring the current state of digital transformation within higher education from a global perspective.
Co-Creating Change for Sustainability
The IAU was pleased to take part in the 2024 Higher Education Summit, held at the Università degli Studi di Padova under the theme “Co-Creating Change for Sustainability.” Organised in collaboration with the COPERNICUS Alliance, the Summit brought together academic leaders, practitioners, and students to explore transformative approaches to embedding sustainability in higher education.
Higher Education Policy Vol.37, Is.3
The most recent issue of HEP features articles looking at a corpus linguistics investigation of AI and other technological threats, internationalization strategy via north-south partnerships, COVID-19 and its impact on research excellence in China, changing the culture of sexual violence at UK universities, academic career mobility.
