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2013-03-22

The magazine IAU Horizons is published three times a year.

Each issue features the following sections : IAU Activities, upcoming events and specific projects the IAU has undertaken; IAU Collaboration and Networking; Membership News; New Publications; and a global Calendar of Events.

Each issue is as well devoted to a special 'In Focus' topic of interest to the global higher education community. The papers published as listed below are available (and printable) by clicking on the pdf links presented below.

2012

Volume 18, No.2

In FOCUS: The Contribution of Higher Education to Sustainable Development

Introduction, by H. van’t Land, IAU Director Membership and Programme Development, and D. Tilbury, University of Gloucestershire, UK

University Networks & Policy Advocacy for Sustainability

  • UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development – Less than Three Years to Go, by A. Leicht, UNESCO
  • UNESCO chairs for (higher) education for sustainable development, by G. Michelsen, and M. Rieckmann, UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
  • International Association of Universities’ role in promoting SD, by H. van’t Land, IAU, France
  • COPERNICUS Alliance – Promoting transformative learning and change for sustainability in higher education, by I. Mulà, C. Mader, and D. Tilbury, COPERNICUS Alliance.
  • Advancing research on ESD - The work of the ESD Research Centre (ESDRC), Rikkyo University, by O. Abe, Rikkyo University K. Nomura, Nagoya University, Japan
  • African higher education in the 21st century, by H. Lotz-Sisitka, Rhodes University, South Africa
  • Engaging Higher Education Institution in Education for Sustainable Development: the Role of Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD, by Z. Fadeeva, UNU-IAS

Leadership, Management & Institutional Development

  • Institutional and Leadership Development in Higher Education, by Dzulkifli A. R., IAU Vice President and Albukhary International University, Malaysia
  • Spanish universities’ commitment to sustainability, by A.M. Geli Ciurana. and J. Benayas del Alamo, CADEP-CRUE, Spain
  • The Sustainable Futures Leadership Academy (SFLA), by G. Scott, Australia, L. Sharp, USA, and D. Tilbury, UK

Education, Curriculum & Professional Development

  • Hokkaido University’s Contributions to Create a Sustainable Society, by T. Hondoh, Hokkaido University, Japan
  • Czech Multi-media Toolkit for SD Oriented University Learning in Networks, by J. Dlouhá, Charles University Environment Centre, Czech Republic
  • Energy Efficiency as a key theme of Sustainable Development in Central Asia, by T. Shakirova, M. Olar, the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), Kazakhstan
  • Quality and Education for Sustainability: Dialogue, Strategy and Professional Development, by A. Ryan and D. Tilbury, University of Gloucestershire, UK

Research

  • Research Capacity in the South: A Key to Sustainable Development, by T. Breu, U. Wiesmann, A. Zimmermann, and K. Herweg, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • A Taste of Spice: The Role of Research Higher Degree Students in Contributing to ESD Policy and Practice, by L. Ryan, Griffith University, Australia
  • Business and Community Outreach
  • The Universidad Veracruzana meets the challenges of regional sustainability, by E. J. González-Gaudiano, Universidad Veracruzana , Mexico
  • Engaging Universities in Education for a Sustainable China -- Experience of Shangri-la Institute for Sustainable Communities, by Y. Liu, and A. Constable, Shangri-la Institute for Sustainable Communities, China
  • A Community-Centred Approach to Education for Sustainable Development, by L.Down, University of the West Indies, Jamaica

Campus Greening

  • Green Campus Movement in Korean Higher Education, by E.S. Shin, Korean Association for Green Campus Initiative (KAGCI), Korea
  • What is the role of government agencies in changing campuses towards sustainability? A case study of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, by J. Simpson, Higher Education Funding Council for England, U.K.
  • Transforming our universities into sustainable development labs opened to the world, by A. Webster, and V. Bisaillon, University of Sherbrooke, Canada

Student Engagement

  • Students’ Grassroots Sustainability Programs - the work of World Student Community for Sustainable Development (WSCSD) and Student for Global Sustainability – University of Nairobi (SfGS-UoN), by O. N. Otieno, World Student Community for Sustainable Development (WSCSD), Kenya
  • Be informed, get involved, make a difference – oikos Student Entrepreneurship for Sustainability, by J. Hamschmidt, oikos foundation for economy and ecology, Switzerland

Indicators for Progressing Sustainable Development across the University Sector

  • STARS – an AASHE Assessment Initiative, by P. Rowland, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), U.S.A
  • A new way of LiFE for sustainability reporting, by J. Brannigan, ESD Consulting Ltd, U.K.

Volume 17, no.3 and 18, no.1

IN FOCUS: Re-thinking internationalization

  • Internationalization of Higher Education, by Eva Egron Polak, IAU

  • Internationalizing Internationalization: The Global Context, by Susan Buck Sutton, and Darla K. Deardorff, AIEA, USA

  • Getting internationalization back on track, by Uwe Brandenburg, Germany and Hans de Wit, the Netherlands

  • Re-envisioning Internationalization: International Education for What?, by Rajika Bhandari, IIE, USA

  • Internationalization in African Higher Education: A Different Approach?’, by Goolam Mohamedbhai, Mauritius

  • Alexander’s Sword?, by Dennis Murray, IEAA, Australia

  • Re-thinking Internationalization – Knights perspectives, by Ross Hudson, IAU

  • Re-thinking Internationalization: Testing the Appetite for Debate, by Karen McBride, CBIE, Canada

  • Internationalization and Values, by Georges Nahas, Lebanon

  • Do we need to define Internationalisation?, by Gudrun Paulsdottir, EAIE, Sweden and Hans-Georg van Liempd, EAIE, The Netherlands

  • Changes in Internationalization of Japanese Higher Education, by Hiroshi Ota, Japan

  • What is Global Citizenship and Why Does it Matter? by Madeleine Green, Senior Fellow, IAU

  • •‘Re-thinking internationalization and what it portends for Africa’, by James Otieno Jowi, ANIE, Kenya

  • Re-thinking internationalisation: toward ‘coopetition’ or new forms of cooperation?, by Patricia Pol, France

  • Living with globalisation, by Richard Yelland, OECD , France

  • Student Mobility: establishing a new playing field?, by José Celso Freire Junior, Brazil

  • Selected Bibliography on Re-thinking Internationalisation

2011

Volume 17, No.2, October 2011

IN FOCUS: Strategies for Securing Equity in Access and Success in Higher Education – Perspectives from around the world

  • An introduction to the IAU 2011 International Conference, by Eva Egron-Polak and Elodie Boisfer, IAU

  • Widening Access and Promoting Success in Higher Education, by Manuel J. Fernós, Puerto Rico, USA

  • Access and Success in Higher Education: Their Contemporary Significance, by Olive Mugenda, Kenya

  • Opportunities for All? The Equity Challenge in Tertiary Education, by Jamil Salmi and Roberta Malee Bassett, The World Bank

  • Challenges of Higher Education in South Africa: Implications for Equitable Access and Success, by John C Mubangizi, South Africa

  • Advances or Drawbacks? Issues of Access to Education in Arab Countries, by Kamal Abouchedid, Lebanon

  • SiS Catalyst: Children As Change Agents for Science and Society, by Tricia Jenkins, United Kingdom

  • Access and Success in Japanese Higher Education, by Masayuki Kobayashi, Japan

  • Access and Equity in Latin American and Caribbean Higher Education, by Francisco Lopez-Segrera, Spain

  • Miami Dade College: Charting a new pathway to student success, by Eduardo J. Padrón, USA

  • The future of individual citizens: Lumina invests heavily in postsecondary education, by Jamie Merisotis, USA

  • Selected Bibliography on Access and Success

Volume 17, no.1, June 2011

IN FOCUS: HIGHER EDUCATION AND EDUCATION FOR ALL

  • IAU and Higher Education for Education for All (EFA)

  • Achieving EFA through Transformative Research, by Norzaini Azman, Malaysia

  • Higher Education Structure and Education for All, by Loise P.W. Gichuhi, Kenya

  • A call to action: How Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) can take the lead in achieving Education for All, by Valtencir Maldonado Mendes, Spain

  • Role of higher education institutions in financing basic education : challenges and perspectives, by Moussa Mbegnouga, Senegal

  • Higher Education Opportunities for Students with Disability at the University of Delhi, by Neerja Sharma, India

  • Rationale for higher education engagement for EFA, by Leandro R. Tessler, Brazil

  • Read at school and at the university, by Jocelyne Trouillot-Lévy, Haiti

  • IAU Project on higher education/research for EFA and related MDGs, by Isabelle Turmaine and Nadja Kymlicka, IAU

Volume 16, no.3, January 2011

In Focus: Higher Education Partnerships and Collaboration

  • The Matariki Network of Universities, by Sarah Todd, Pro-Vice Chancellor (International), University of Otago, New Zealand

  • Structured network to network cooperation and university wide bilateral strategic alliances as new tools in internationalization, by Ulla Gjørling, Head of Stratergy and Partenrships, International Centre, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Artur Schmitt, Director for Networks, Associations and International Projects, University of Granada, Spain

  • Lake Victoria Research Initiative (VicRes), by Joseph Obua, Regional Coordinator – VicRes, Uganda

  • Long-term intercontinental university collaboration to meet global challenges: the example of Makerere University and the University of Bergen, by Edward K. Kirumira, Makere University, Uganda, and Thorkild Tylleskär,University of Bergen, Norway

  • Institution/ industry partnerships, by Lydia G. Tansinsin, Professorial Lecturer II, Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

  • The University of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine – a partnership of a different kind, by Tamara Smovzhenk, Rector of the Banking University of the National Bank of Ukraine

  • University of Sao Paulo and the T.I.M.E Association, by Adnei Melges de Andrade, Vice Rector for International Relations, Antonio Carlos Vieira Coelho, International Cooperation Advisor, and Henrique Lindenberg Neto, Interantional Relations Committee, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • Higher Education Collaboration and Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in Sub-Saharan, Africa, by Clifford Tagoe, University of Ghana, Ghana

  • Interview with Qian Tang, Assistant Director General, UNESCO Education Sector

2010

Volume 16, no. 2, September 2010

In Focus: European Higher Education in the World
The 10th anniversary of the Bologna Process and launch of the EHEA

  • Building the Global Knowledge Society: Systemic and Institutional Change, by Juan Ramon de la Fuente & Eva Egron-Polak, IAU, France

  • Bologna revisited: where and what next? an interview with Pavel Zgaga, Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

  • Bologna and Beyond: the European Higher Education Area faces New Challenges, by Sjur Bergan, Council of Europe, France

  • The Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area – Achievements and Challenges, by Barbara Weitgruber, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Austria

  • Bologna 10 years on: The students' view, by Christian Hemmestad Bjerke, Academic Affairs Committee, European Students Union, Belgium

  • The Bologna Process in the Maghreb States, by Ahmed Ghouati, Associate Professor, University of Auvergne, France

  • Impact of the Bologna Process in Africa, by Isaac N. Obasi , Department of Public Administration, University of Abuja, and Akinpelu O. Olutayo, Senior Lecturer, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  • Bologna in brief and Bologna Timeline

Volume 16, no. 1, April 2010

In Focus: Higher education and the global economic crisis

  • Higher education and the global economic crisis, by N.V. Varghese, Head of Governanance And Management in Education, International Institute of Education Planning, (IIEP/UNESCO), France

  • How the global crisis affected higher education in Brazil, by Naomar Almeida-Filho, Rector, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil

  • UK universities: Responding to the global economic crisis, by William Lawton, UK Higher Eduucation International Unit, UK

  • The financial crisis as an opportunity for tertiary education innovation and reform, by Roberta Malee Bassett, Human Development Network, Education, The World Bank

  • Higher Education and the Global Financial Crisis: The Case of University of Ghana, by Clifford Nii Boi Tagoe, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana

  • The Impact of the Global Economic Recession on Diversity in the United States, by Gailda Davis, Asociate Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity, American Council of Education (ACE), USA

  • The Global Economic Crisis : Education International speaks out, by Monique Fouilloux, Deputy Secretary General, Education International, Belgium

2009

Volume 15, no. 3, December 2009

In Focus: Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)

  • SLO at Adelphi University, by Robert A Scott, President, Adelphi University, USA

  • SLO and Accreditation, by Judith Eaton, President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation, USA

  • SLO in South Africa by Chrissie Boughey, Dean: Teaching and Learning, Rhodes University, South Africa

  • AHELO – A new OECD Project

  • The Debate in Australia, by Antony Stella, Audit Director (Member of the Advisory Group), Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA), Australia

  • The Debate in Japan, by Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Associate Professor, Center for the Advancement of Higher Education (CAHE), Tohoku University, Japan

  • SLO – a European students perspective, by Robert Santa, Academic Affairs Committee, European Students Union, Europe

  • The CoRe projects, by Jenneke Lokhoff, Policy Officer, Knowledge and Information Directorate, The Netherlands

  • SLO and Prior Learning, by Wolfgang Müskens, Qualifikationsverbund Nord-West, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany

  • A Latin American Perspective, by Mirta Barreiro, Director of the International Cooperation and Exchange Office, Universidad del Salvador, Argentina

  • SLO at the University of Qatar, by Shaikha Bint Jabor Al-Thani, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Qatar University Qatar

Volume 15, no.2, July 2009

In Focus: IAU Members Shaping the New Dynamics of Higher Education

This issue of IAU Horizons presents concrete examples of the role IAU Member Institutions of Higher Education play in fostering societal changed and development in the context of UNESCO’s 2009 World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE) themes, as listed below

  • Sustainable Development

  • Poverty Eradication

  • Social Responsibility

  • Internationalization

  • Access and Equity

  • Research and Innovation

  • Education for All

  • Special Focus: Africa

Volume 15, no.1, February 2009

In Focus - Mergers in Higher Education

  • ‘Merger of universities – A Swedish bottom-up initiative’ by Agneta Ch. Bladh, Rector, University of Kalmar, Sweden, IAU Board Member

  • Institutional Mergers in Chinese Higher Education: An Arranged Marriage?, by Rui Yang, Director and Associate Professor, Comparative Education Research Center, University of Hong Kong, China

  • M&A: Markets and Academy, by Julio Durand, Full Professor and Director, School of Education, Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • ‘Three's a crowd - an Australian university merger’ by Rhonda Hawkins, Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Corporate Strategy and Services, University of Western Sydney, Australia

  • Institutional Mergers in South Africa, by Martin Hall, Centre for Leadership and Public Values, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, Vice-Chancellor Designate, University of Salford, South Africa

  • ‘Educational mergers in Flanders’, by Ann Verreth Secretary-General VLHORA, Rosette S’Jegers, General Director VLIR; and Robert Hoogewijs, General Director VLIR, Belgium

  • Merging finances to enhance research capacity: French and German initiatives