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Call for Papers: Higher Education Policy
The IAU has launched a Call for Papers for a Special Edition of its quarterly research journal, Higher Education Policy. The special edition will be entitled International Organizations and Higher Education and abstracts should be submitted before 15 January 2025.
UNESCO Participation Programme: Promoting Equitable and Inclusive Internationalization at Universities in Africa
The International Association of Universities (IAU) is proud to announce that it has been awarded a grant under the UNESCO Participation Programme for a new initiative titled "Promoting Equitable and Inclusive Internationalization at Universities in Africa." This project underscores IAU’s long-standing commitment to supporting higher education institutions in developing inclusive and contextually grounded internationalization strategies.
Empowering and Advancing Africa's Scientific Enterprise
The International Association of Universities (IAU) was pleased to be represented by IAU Board Member Professor Abdul Rasheed Na’Allah at the 15th General Assembly and Scientific Conference of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), held in Abuja, Nigeria from 9–12 December 2025.
Advocating for Stronger Higher Education Cooperation in Africa at UNESCO Forum
The International Association of Universities (IAU) was proud to be represented at the recent UNESCO Forum on Higher Education in Africa: A Driver for Sustainable Development, a major event that brought together higher education institutions, youth leaders, skills providers, and development partners from across the continent. Held under UNESCO’s global priority on Africa and aligned with Agenda 2063 – The Africa We Want – the Forum provided a vital space to reflect on how Africa’s higher education ecosystem is helping to address sustainable development challenges at local, national, and regional levels.
International Forum on the Futures of Education
From 2–4 December 2024, UNESCO convened the International Forum on the Futures of Education in Suwon, Gyeonggido, Republic of Korea. The event brought together policymakers, scholars, practitioners, and international organizations to reflect on how education can be reimagined to build more sustainable, inclusive, and just societies. Central to the discussions was UNESCO’s call to renew the social contract for education.
Higher Education Policy Vol.37, Is.4
The last edition of 2024 of HEP brings us a diverse collection of papers, looking at themes such as the employability of public and private university graduates in Spain, the development of policy and practices in trans-national higher education in China, post-Covid 19, actions taken by two local higher education institutions in Portugal to address the employability agenda, and the historical and institutional roots of oppressive mechanisms employed by the Islamic Republic in Iranian universities since the 1979 revolution.
ELP Gathers Higher Education Leaders in Tokyo
In November 2024, the IAU marked a significant milestone in its Executive Leadership Programme (ELP) by celebrating the graduation of the 2023–2024 cohort and welcoming the launch of the 2024–2025 edition. The event, hosted at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, convened senior higher education leaders from around the world for several days of intensive learning, collaboration, and forward-looking dialogue.
A new kind of internationalisation to help achieve SDGs
“A new kind of internationalisation to help achieve SDGs” was published by on University World News on 4 November 2023. It was written by Isabel Toman, IAU Programme Officer for HESD, Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager for Internationalization, and Margaret Harris, IAU Communications and Media Officer.