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Canada
 Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
/University of Montréal – Member (Institution)
The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is working on organizing
an international social statistics conference: “Using Social Statistics
to Illuminate the Issues, Processes, and Outcomes in Higher Education:
International Viewpoints” at the Quebec Inter-University Centre for
Social Statistics in Montreal, Canada on 7th-9th December 2009. The
deadline for submission is March 31st. Paper proposals can be in either
English or French.Contact: Anne Motte (amotte@bm-ms.org). http://www.ciqss.umontreal.ca/
Europe
European Centre for Strategic Management of
Universities (ESMU) – Member (Affiliate)
The 8th ESMU-HUMANE (Heads of University Management &
Administration Network in Europe)Winter School for Senior University
Administrators will take place in Valencia on 28 February to 6 March
2010. Contact: programmes@esmu.be
http://www.esmu.be/winterschool.html
European
University Association (EUA) – Member (Organisation)
EUA is pleased to announce that it will organise a special one-day
event in Vienna in March to mark the launch of the next Trends report –
EUA’s flagship pan-European study on the latest trends in European
higher education and implementation of the Bologna process.
http://www.eua.be/eua-news/view-item/article/974/
European University Association (EUA) –
Member (Organisation)
The third EUA-CDE Workshop:"Researchers' Careers - Support and
Development"
will be hosted by Ghent University, Belgium on 18-19 March 2010.
Registration will be open to participants from EUA-CDE member
institutions from mid-January 2010.
http://www.eua.be/events/eua-council-for-doctoral-education/meetings-and-events/
European University Association (EUA) -
Member (Organisation)
Ministers of Education from the 46 Bologna Process signatory countries
will gather with key stakeholders, including EUA, for a special
anniversary conference on March 11-12, 2010 in Budapest and Vienna to
mark the official launch of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
http://www.eua.be/eua-news/view-item/article/1015/
Lithuania
IAU/Mykolas
Romeris University – Member (Institution)
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite agreed to be the patron of the
International Conference "Ethics and Values in Higher Education in the
Era of Globalization: What Role for the Disciplines?" organized by the
IAU in conjunction with Mykolas Romeris University on June 25th-26th,
2010.
http://www.mruni.eu/en/naujienos/detail.php?el=71274§ion=393
United States
The American Council on
Education (ACE) - Member (Organisation)
The American Council on Education's 92nd Annual Meeting will take place
in Phoenix, Arizona on 6-9 March 2010. The theme of the meeting is
“Meeting the challenges together”.
http://www.aceannualmeeting.org/meeting_the_challenges_together.cfm
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Publications
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Africa
Association of African Universities (AUA) – Member (Organisation)
The Center for International Higher Education, Boston College and
Association of African Universities jointly published: “Higher
Education in Africa: The International Dimension.”
http://www.aau.org/announce/detail.htm?ai=191
Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) - Member
(Organisation)
SARUA has published the following study series: 1/ Towards a Common
Future – Higher Education in the SADC Region.2/ Mainstreaming Higher
Education in National and Regional Development in Southern Africa.3/
Opening Access to Knowledge in Southern African Universities. PDF
versions of these studies are now available online.
http://www.sarua.org
Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) - Member
(Organisation)
The Southern African Regional Universities Association has just
released the SARUA Handbook 2009 – a Guide to the Public Universities
of the SADC.
To download a free pdf version of the Handbook, please follow the link
below: http://www.sarua.org/?q=content/sarua-handbook-2009-guide-public-universities-southern-africa
Belgium
European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities (ESMU) –
Member (Organisation)
Esmu has just released a “Practical Guide - Benchmarking in European
Higher Education”. With a review of the literature on benchmarking and
a step by step approach to benchmarking in higher education, this guide
is a tool for those new to benchmarking and those willing to take their
benchmarking activities a step further.
Contact ESMU: Anja Busch (programmes@esmu.be)
http://
www.esmu.be; www.education-benchmarking.org
Canada
Association
of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) – Member (Organisation)
AUCC released online the third volume of its report “Trends in higher
education - Volume 3: Finance”, which examines the structure and
sources of university funding in Canada, draws a comparison with U.S.,
U.K. and Australia, and questions evolution perspectives. Main outcomes
reveal a drop in the overall revenues in favour of teaching and
research per student at Canadian universities since the 1980s and a
stagnation since 2000.
http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/publications/trends_2008_vol3_e.pdf
Europe
Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) – Member (Organisation)
ACA released the publication “Beyond 2010. Priorities and challenges
for higher education in the next decade”, a collection of articles
based on presentations and papers prepared for the ACA Conference in
Tallinn in June 2008 dealing with student mobility, alternative
delivery of international education, funding of higher education, and
the impact of labour market changes on higher education.
http://www.aca-secretariat.be/05publications/aca_papers.htm
Academic
Cooperation Association (ACA) – Member (Affiliate)
Aca has released a Handbook of International Associations in Higher
Education, a Practical Guide to 100 Academic Networks World-Wide. The
publication is supported by the Asia-Europe Foundation through the ASEM
Education Hub (AEH).
http://www.aca-secretariat.be/handbook2009.htm
European University Association – Member (Organisation)
EUA has released a Survey of Master degrees in Europe by Howard Davies.
A free electronic version of this report is available through http://www.eua.be
Hong Kong
University
of Hong Kong – Member (Institution)
The International Journal of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
(IJCELL) has been launched by The Centre for Research in Continuing
Education and Lifelong Learning of the School of Professional and
Continuing Education of The University of Hong Kong. IJCELL will be
published twice a year in November and May.
The electronic version of IJCELLis available at:
https://w5.hkuspace.hku.hk/journal/index.php/ijcell
Contact: Helen Lau (helen.lau@hkuspace.hku.hk)
http://research.hkuspace.hku.hk
University of Hong Kong – Member (Institution)
Su-Yan Pan a research assistant professor in the Faculty of Education,
from the University of Hong Kong has just published a book titled:
University Autonomy, the State and Social Change in China. Her research
interests include higher education and social change, education policy
and legislation, and China education policy studies. http://www.hkupress.org/Common/Reader/Products/ShowProduct.jsp?
Pid=1&Version=0&Cid=16&Charset=iso-8859-1&page=-1&key=9789622099364
Corvinus
University of Budapest – Member
(Institution)
The Corvinus University of Budapest released its own Evaluation Report
as prepared by the European University Association. The English version
is available at the following address.
http://www.uni-corvinus.hu/fileadmin/user_upload/hu/kozponti_szervezeti_
egysegek/nemzetkozi_iroda/files/Hirek/CUB_Final_Report_07092008-1.pdf
International
Association
of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) – Member (Organisation)
The ACU and EducationGuardian.co.uk have just launched a Commonwealth
universities news page, with features and news stories from
institutions throughout the Commonwealth.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/commonwealth
Lebanon
Global
University – Member (Institution)
Global University has launced its first issue of “Outlook at Global” an
educational and entertaining magazine.
http://www.gu.edu.lb/outlook_magazine/
Sweden
Lund
University – Member
(Institution)
The Head Office of the Lund University Libraries launched a call for
membership applications to its Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
in order to help maintain this service. DOAJ lists over 3600 full
texts, quality controlled, open access journals from over 2000
publishers in 91 different countries, and aims to cover all scientific
subjects and all languages.
http://www.doaj.org
A list of current members is available online: http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=membership
Contact: Anna-Lena Johansson (anna-lena.johansson@lub.lu.se)
United States
AIFS Foundation / Institute of
International Education (IIE) – Member (Affiliate)
“Higher Education On The Move: New Developments In Global Mobility”, is
the second in a new series of Global Education Research Reports
published by the Institute of International Education with support from
the AIFS Foundation. The first book in this series was: “U.S.-China
Educational Exchange: Perspectives on a Growing Partnership”. The book
is available for purchase on IIE's online bookstore.
http://www.iiebooks.org
American Council on Education (ACE) – Member (Organisation)
- A Guide to Internationalization for Chief Academic Officers, a
publication derived from four years of engagement with chief academic
officers, this publication presents ways to assess and advance the
institutional context for internationalization.
http://store.acenet.edu/showItem.aspx?product=311914&session=AF76FECB20B2469F8F6D7A316978AAAB
- On the Ground Overseas: U.S. Degree Programs And Branch Campuses
Abroad a publication profiling a variety of diverse efforts by U.S.
colleges and universities to establish campuses and programs abroad.
http://store.acenet.edu/showItem.aspx?product=311883&session=AF76FECB20B2469F8F6D7A316978AAAB
American Council on
Education (ACE) – Member (Organisation)
ACE in collaboration with the Association of Universities and Colleges
of Canada, and the European University Association have just released a
new publication titled: The Power of Partnerships: A Transatlantic
Dialogue, as a result of their biannual meeting held in Vancouver in
June 2008. A PDF version of the publication is available at no cost.
Contact: Kim Koch, Program Associate, (kim_koch@ace.nche.edu)
http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/cii/current/dialogues/Transatlantic.htm
American Council on
Education (ACE) – Member (Organisation)
Gender Equity in Higher Education: 2010 analyzes data from the U.S.
Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Education. This publication is
available for purchase as a PDF for $20.00 via the ACE web site at http://www.acenet.edu/genderequity2010.
The Council for Higher
Education Accreditation (CHEA) – Member (Organisation)
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has released its
2008-2009 Annual Report. This is the first annual report to be
published on CHEA’s Website.
http://www.chea.org
Institute of
International Education (IIE)
- Member (Affiliate)
With over 500 hundred grant and scholarship listings, Funding for
United States Study is the most comprehensive directory on finding
funding for study in the United States.An invaluable resource for
advisers and international students worldwide.
http://www.iiebooks.org/funforunstat.html
The Institute of
International Education (IIE) - Member (Affiliate)
The Institute of International Education has release on 16th November
the findings from Open Doors 2009, the annual report on student
mobility.
http://www.iiebooks.org/propdo20.html
The Institute of
International Education (IIE) - Member (Affiliate)
The Institute of International Education (IIE) and Freie
Universität Berlin has released a new publication: Joint and
Double Degree Programs: An Emerging Model for Transatlantic Exchange.
The new book examines academic collaboration between the U.S. and
Europe.
http://www.iiebooks.org
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Grants and Programmes
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Canada
York University – Member
(Institution)
December 14, 2009 - York University has been awarded a grant to
establish a European Union Centre of Excellence (EUCE). Recognized for
the excellence, breadth and depth of its EU studies and scholarly
activities, York will receive funding of $480,000 over three years to
integrate the University’s existing research, teaching, outreach, and
networking activities on Europe and the European Union (EU) and
introduce and facilitate new activities on the EU and EU-Canada
relations.
http://www.yorku.ca/mediar/archive/Release.php?Release=1796
Denmark
University of Copenhagen –Member
(Institution)
The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) invites applications for a number
of PhD scholarships starting in September 2010. They are interested in
applications that focus on one or several of the subject areas related
to Information Technology.
http://cambodiajobs.blogspot.com/2010/02/phd-scholarships-at-it-university-of.html
Germany
University
of Cologne – Member (Institution)
University of Cologne supports students from emerging and developing
countries with 885,000 €. Thereby, up to 30 scholarships can be offered
starting from this winter semester to support talented young academics.
Contact: Dr. Stefan Bildhauer, Head of the International
Office, University of Cologne
E-Mail: s.bildhauer(at)verw.uni-koeln.de
http://www.pressoffice.uni-koeln.de/
Macao, China
University of Macau (UM) – Member
(Institution)
On 9 February 2010, the University of Macau Development Foundation
(UMDF) received from Wu Yee Sun Charitable Foundation Ltd a donation of
HKD150 million, the largest single benefaction since UMDF’s inception
in December last year.
http://isw.umac.mo/nrs/faces/pub/viewItem.jspx?id=6702&locale=en_US
University of Macau (UM) – Member
(Institution)
In the 2010/2011 academic year UM will launch the following new
programmes, namely Master of Science (Accounting) Programme, Master of
Social Sciences (Clinical Psychology) Programme, and a new stream for
the Bachelor of Social Science in Government and Public Administration
Programme, namely International and Public Affairs.
http://isw.umac.mo/nrs/faces/pub/items.jspx;jsessionid=6c31b3e7478d22b60c7d870574
bc1e6a1f9741111c2d18661f695da442a874a8.e38QahiSb3qSaO0SaxmPa3qOchz0pQaOozXIq
BbtnR9Jrl0?type=news&categoryId=1000&year=2010&itemId=6476&v=1
United States
Institute of International Education
(IIE) – Member (Affiliate)
Institute of International Education announces winners of the 2010
Andrew Heiskell awards for innovation in International Education. The
awards were established to promote and honor the most outstanding
initiatives in international higher education among the members of
IIENetwork, IIE's membership association of more than 1,000
institutions. http://www.iie.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Pressroom/PressReleases/Heiskell_Awards_2010.htm
The Council for Higher Education
Accreditation (CHEA) – Member (Organisation)
The winners of the 2010 CHEA Award for Outstanding Institutional
Practice in Student Learning Outcomes are Capella University (MN),
Portland State University (OR), St. Olaf College (MN) and the
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith (AR) College of Education. All of
these institutions and programs provide excellent examples of
institutional practice and effective approaches to the use of student
learning outcomes.
http://www.chea.org/pdf/Chea-Chronicle_Feb2010.pdf
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Africa
Association of African Universities (AUA)
– Member (Organisation)
The position of the Secretary-General of the Association of African
Universities (AAU) will become vacant in June 2010 and the AAU is
seeking to fill that post. Click here for
further information.
International
Association of International Educators (NAFSA) – Member (Affiliate)
Four leaders in the field of international education from across the
country will join the board of directors of the Association of
International Educators (NAFSA) in January.
The board members elected this year are:
Susan Thompson, from University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Meredith
McQuaid from University of Minnesota; Peter Robinson from United States
Council for International Business and Jem Spectar from University of
Pittsburgh-Johnstown.
The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) – Member
(Organisation)
The Association of Commonwealth Universities is delighted to announce
that Professor John Wood has been appointed Secretary General.
Professor Wood, currently Senior International Relations Adviser to
Imperial College London, will take up the post on 1 July 2010.
http://www.acu.ac.uk/view_news?id=32
Lithuania
Mykolas Romeris University
Mykolas Romeris University announces international competition for
Rector's Position. Detailed information about the competition is
available on the Mykolas Romeris University website:
http://www.mruni.eu/en/naujienos/detail.php?el=74588§ion=393
Spain
University of Salamanca -
Member (Institution)
Geometry Professor Daniel Hernandez Ruipérez has been elected
rector of the University of Salamanca (USAL) with 58.05 percent of the
votes in the second round of elections held on 1 December 2009.
http://www.crue.org/
South
Africa
University of the
Witwatersrand/ Southern African Regional Universities Association
(SARUA) - Members (Institution / Organisation)
The Graduate School of Public & Development Management (P&DM)
and the Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) are
partnering to offer a short course in Higher Education Management in
Southern Africa at NQF Level 8. All sessions will be held in
Johannesburg, South Africa, on the Wits P&DM campus in Parktown.
Contact: Coco Belgarrab, Operation Co-ordinator, SARUA:
operations@sarua.org
http://www.sarua.org
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New Study Programs or
Special Courses
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Hungary
Semmelweis
University – Member
(Institution)
Semmelweis University launched a Strategic Development Programme for
Leaders in European Health Systems, “European Health Leaders Programme
2009” focusing on the evolving European Health and Social Services
Market and the challenges leaders are facing today.
The programme is delivered in five short modules in five European
countries: The Netherlands, Hungary, Sweden, England and Portugal.
http://www.euhlp.eu
Contact: Dr. Marie Johnson, Programme Director
m.e.johnson@durham.ac.uk
Spain
Pompeu Fabra University –
Member (Institution)
In it’s meeting on 18th June, the IDEC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra Boards
of Rectors approved the constitution of Pompeu Fabra University’s
Barcelona School of Management (BSM). The BSM is due to start operating
in the 2010-2011 academic year as an independent business unit within
the Idec foundation
http://www.idec.upf.edu
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Call for Papers/ Call for Application
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Belgium
Ghent University – Member
(Institution)
Ghent University invites European Bachelor and Master to apply for a 2
year International Masters of Science In Rural Development program
jointly organized by 6 EU and 2 US leading institutes in agricultural
economics and rural development. Contact: Evelien Vandevelde,
Scientific and Policy Advisor. IMRD - ATLANTIS Secretariat.
http://www.imrd.UGent.be
– http://www.transatlantis.ugent.be
International
The Association of
Commonwealth Universities (ACU) – Member (Organisation)
The ACU in association with HR Global Innovations, Universities
Australia and the New Zealand Vice Chancellors' Committee is organising
its fourth international HRM Network Conference – Successful
Universities in a Changing World: HR Drives the Future – to be held in
Melbourne, Australia, from 22-24 November 2010. Please submit your
proposal, by email to r.grimmitt@acu.ac.uk, by 26th March 2010. http://www.acu.ac.uk/view_news?id=30
Italy
University of Bologna –
Member (Institution)
This call for papers invites scientific staff, (young) researchers and
administrators from higher education institutions who have experience
with developing and managing joint programmes at doctoral level to
submit papers to the JOIMAN group working on joint doctorates. The
paper should highlight key issues of joint doctoral programmes on
policy as well as development and management level and serve as a key
resource to institutions, administrators and scientific staff
presenting and analyzing the impact of joint programmes at doctoral
level for EHEA and other parts of the world.
Contact=Francesco Girotti (francesco.girotti@unibo.it)
International Relations Officer; Coordinator of the JOIMAN Network
http://www.joiman.eu
Spain
Universidad
de Navarra – Member (Institution)
Editors: Jason A. Laker of Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada;
Kornelija Mrnjaus of University of Rijeka, Croatia and
Concepción Naval
of Universidad de Navarra, Spain, call for Chapter Contributors on
“Citizenship, Democracy, and the University: Theory and Practice in
Europe and North America”. Proposals of 1-3 pages should be sent via
email attachment (in Microsoft Word or PDF), in English containing a
draft title, abstract, and outline; along with a current CV or
résumé
to jason.laker@queensu.ca by Tuesday, March 1st, 2010.
Sweden
Stockholm University –
Member (Institution)
The Institute of International Education/Department of Education at
Stockholm University announces 3 PhD student positions within the PhD
Program in International and Comparative Education.
Contact: Zenia Hellström. Director of studies.
http://www.su.se under
Vacancies and http://www.interped.su.se
Dnipropetrovsk University of
Economics and Law – Member (Institution)
Dnipropetrovsk University of Economics and Law is introducing the World
Nobel Students’ Internet Contests in the Nobel Prize fields. The first
Contest in the field of Economics is to be held from October 2009 to
April 2010. The students from all universities-IAU members who major in
Economics are cordially invited to submit their applications for
participation in the Contest. For further information please visit the
websites: http://nobelplanet.org,
http://duep.edu.
United States
Consortium for North
American Higher Education Conference (CONAHEC)
Stakeholders interested in higher education collaboration in Mexico,
the U.S. and Canada are invited to submit presentation proposals for
CONAHEC's Thirteenth North American Higher Education Conference,
tittled "Innovation in International Higher Education Collaboration".
It will take place from April 21-23, 2010 in Houston, Texas, USA at
host institution, Rice University.
http://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/394fg3f5d5
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Partnerships and Cooperation
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Australia
Monash University – Member
(Institution)
Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay
(IITB) have opened a new chapter in Australia-India relations with the
formal launch of a joint-venture research academy
http://www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1377
Australia /China
University of Queensland –
Member (Instutution)
The University of Queensland yesterday received more than $360,000 in
Government funding to further strengthen research linkages with China.
http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=20308
China-Macao
University of Macao – Member (Institution)
An Honorary Professorship has been conferred upon UM Rector Wei Zhao by
Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Science and
Technology of China (USTC) and Soochow University (SU), in recognition
of his remarkable contributions and achievements in research and
teaching in the field of computer science.
China/West Indies
The University of the West
Indies, Mona – Member (Institution)
The University of the West Indies, Mona and the Government of the
People’s Republic of China have signed an agreement to establish a
Confucius Institute at Mona. The Institute will be the first of its
kind in the English-speaking Caribbean.
http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/proffice/newsroom/entry/3450
Europe/Africa
European Univesity Association (EUA) - Member (Organisation)
EUA it has been awarded a new project from the European Commission
Erasmus Mundus Action 4 (actions for ‘Enhancing Attractiveness’ of
European higher education). This project is entitled ‘Access to
Success: Fostering Trust and Exchange between Europe and Africa’ and
will strive to deepen European cooperation with African university
partners.
http://www.eua.be/eua-news/view-item/article/682
Finland
University of Turku – Member
(Institution)
The University of Turku has published a “Guide for Exchange Students
2009-2010”. It is addressed to students planning to come to the
University as exchange students from their international partner
universities.
http://www.utu.fi/en/studying
Germany/Tanzania
University of Bayreuth -
Member (Institution)
A new “Tanzanian-German Centre for Postgraduate Studies in Law” has
been established at the Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. The Centre offer a postgraduate study programme in law (LL.M.
and Ph.D.) to be conducted in close cooperation between the
Universities of Dar es Salaam and the University of Bayreuth http://www.ias.uni-bayreuth.de/en/centre_of_excellence/index.html
Japan/Germany
University of Cologne –
Member (Institution)
Former rector Professor Dr. Dres.h.c. Peter Hanau, emeritus director of
the (Research Institute for Social Law) of the University of Cologne,
has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays, by
the Japanese government last november 2009. http://www.pressoffice.uni-koeln.de/1651+M56b87c7bf5c.html
Japan/Indonesia
Tokyo University of Science
– Member (Institution)
The Tokyo University of Science concluded an agreement related to a
graduate school Master's double degree program with the Institut
Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia.
http://www.sut.ac.jp/en/
Kenya-USA
Colorado State University
/ The University of Nairobi – Member (Institution)
The University of Nairobi will partner Colorado State University to
develop a Regional Dry lands Centre based at the Nairobi institution.
The Centre will not only link the two partners but also universities
elsewhere in Kenya and in Malawi and Tanzania, the International
Livestock Research Institute, local community groups and African
scientists in the diaspora.
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090626120747772
Palestine
Birzeit
University (BZU) – Member
(Institution)
BZU Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Spanish Agency for
International Development Cooperation aimed at supporting Spanish
studies-language, culture an literature at BZU.
http://www.birzeit.edu/news/19079/news
Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) – Member
(Institution)
The IUG Faculty of Engineering initiates a cooperation with the
Ministry of Information Technology that aims at linking the faculty
with the local market in order to give the chance to the IUG students
to have a role in serving and developing society.
http://www.iugaza.edu.ps/en/Media/News.aspx?NewsId=4872
Pakistan/ Scotland
National University of
sciences and Technology (NUST) – Member (Institution)
National University of sciences and Technology, Islamabad Pakistan has
established The Centre for Trauma Research and Psychosocial
Interventions (CTRPI). The Centre, has been founded in collaboration
with the Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research, Robert Gordon University,
Aberdeen, Scotland. The Centre was conceived to deal with the huge
burden of psychosocial consequences of the Pakistan-Kashmir Earthquake
of 2005.
Contact: Muhammad Ismail.E-mail:dqa@nust.edu.pk
South Africa
UNESCO/ Rhodes University –
Member (Institution)
A partnership between UNESCO and the Rhodes University School of
Journalism and Media Studies will strengthen African journalism
education in September 2009.
The 2010 World Journalism Education Congress will be held at Rhodes
University, parallel to that year’s 2010 Highway Africa conference,
from 5 – 7 July
http://www.ru.ac.za/jms/projects/wjec
Saudi Arabia/China
King Saud University –
Member (Institution)
King Saud University in Riyadh signed a research cooperation accord
with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for its Nano Technology
Center.
http://corp.gulfinthemedia.com/gulf_media/full.php?module=view_article_en_same&free=1&id=474214
King Abdulaziz University
–Member (Instituttion)
Osama Tayeb, president of King Abdulaziz University in Riyadh, signed
three accords in alternative medicine and geology as well as to
establish a joint research center with Chinese institutions of Higher
learning.
http://corp.gulfinthemedia.com/gulf_media/full.php?module=view_article_en_same&free=1&id=474214
Spain
Esade Foundation/ Pontifical
University of Comillas - Member (Institution)
The ESADE Foundation and Comillas have signed a collaboration agreement
to teach the new Programme for Leadership Development (PLD). The
programme aimed at managers with consolidated corporate experience (at
least 5 years) could be offered as of next academic year 2009-10 and
will be taught by staff comprised of lecturers from both institutions.
José Ramón Busto, SJ, Chancellor of Comillas, and Carlos
Losada Marrodán, Director General of ESADE, signed the agreement.
http://www.upcomillas.es/eng/Noticias/noticia.aspx?ID=484
Sweden-China
Lund University/Zhejiang
University- Members (Institution)
Last March 2009, a delegation led by Prof. Per Warfvinge, Vice-Dean for
International Relations, Faculty of Engineering from Lund University,
paid a visit to ZJU and was warmly welcomed by Prof. Wang Li, Deputy
Director of International Relations Office of ZJU. The two parties had
an in-depth discussion on educational collaboration between the two
universities from 2009 to 2012 and reached an agreement.
http://www.ir.zju.edu.cn/new/En_listc.php?cate=18&xcate=18&id=100
USA/Africa
Twenty US
universities and 20 institutions in 15 African countries have won
Africa-US Higher Education Initiative Planning Grants of US$50,000 each
for capacity-building partnerships. There were nearly 300 applications
for the grants that pair US and African higher education institutions
and are supported by USAID and the US-based Higher Education for
Development. 4 out of those 20 institutions from African countries are
IAU members: Kigali Institute of Science &Technology, Rwanda;
University of Malawi; Makerere University, Uganda; Université
Gaston-Berger, Senegal.
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090626120747772
USA/Australia
Washington College of Law /
Monash University (Member Institution)
Monash University’s Faculty of Law has established a dual degree
program with American University’s Washington College of Law (WCL) in
an Australian-first agreement with a US law school.
http://www.law.monash.edu/jd
United States/Haiti
Institute of International
Education (IIE) – Member (Affiliate)
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has created an emergency
grants program to help students from Haiti on U.S. campuses whose home
country support has been seriously affected by the January 2010
earthquake in Haiti.
http://www.iie.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Pressroom/PressReleases/Haiti-EAS_Emergency_Assistance.htm
United States
The Council for Higher
Education Accreditation (CHEA) – Member (Organisation)
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has sent a letter
to the Governors, Attorneys General and Secretaries of Education of all
50 States, as part of CHEA’s ongoing effort to combat degree mills. http://www.chea.org/news/NR_2008.11.12.htm
Institute of International
Education (IIE) - Member (Affiliate)
The Institute of International Education is pleased to announce the
launch of their new
Get a Passport: Study Abroad campaign, and to invite you to join them
as a Partner Campus. The goal of this campaign is to encourage more
students to study abroad.
Contact: Jessica Angelson (jangelson@iie.org)
http://www.iie.org/passport
United States/South
Africa
American Council on
Education (ACE) - Member (Organisation)
The American Council on Education (ACE) and the American Association of
Community Colleges (AACC) announced a new international partnership
aimed at strengthening curriculum and expanding work force development
programs at a dozen colleges in South Africa. The initiative is a
three-year, $6.7 million program funded by the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) Southern Africa Mission.
http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Press_Releases2&CONTENTID=32016&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm
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Australia
Deakin University – Member (Institution)
Deakin University has recently been recognised again as an Employer of
Choice for Women by the Federal Government’s Equal Opportunity for
Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). The award acknowledges Deakin's
achievements in improving working conditions for women
http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2009/270309employer-of-choice.php
University of Wollongong - Member
(Institution)
The University of Wollongong has been ranked first for overall
satisfaction among Australian university students in a new independent
survey released in February by Melbourne-based Sweeney Research who
surveyed 5000 students from 30 Australian universities.
University of Queensland –
Member (Instutution)
The University of Queensland will be celebrating its 100th Birthday on
16 April 2010.
http://www.uq.edu.au/centenary/community-on-campus
Belgium
Faculté polytechnique de Mons and the Université de
Mons-Hainaut – Member (Institutions)
Two of our members have merged: Faculté polytechnique de Mons
and the Université de Mons-Hainaut (Belgium) and are now called
Université de Mons.
http://portail.umons.ac.be/FR/Pages/default.aspx
Denmark
The University of Copenhagen - Member (Institution)
The University of Copenhagen is ranked as the best university in
Scandinavia by the 2009 THE/QS ranking of top universities. Besides the
University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University (Denmark), Lund University
(Sweden) and Uppsala University (Sweden), all of them IAU members are
in the top 100.
http://www.ku.dk/english/news/
Europe
European University
Association (EUA) – Member (Organisation)
On 15 January the EUA Council voted to set up a working group on
rankings to develop a clear road map for the association and its
response to the growing number of policy initiatives in this area. The
group has been asked to report back with recommendations at the October
2009 Council meeting.
http://www.eua.be/eua-news/view-item/article/747/
Finland
University of Turku and
Turku School of Economics – Member (Institution)
The University of Turku and Turku School of Economics will merge to
form a new University of Turku as of 1 January 2010.
http://www.utu.fi/en/news/UTU_and_TSE_merger.html
Hong-Kong, China
The University of Hong-Kong
– Member (Institution)
The University of Hong-Kong has launched a University Distinguished
Teaching Award. This year, two faculty members were honoured for their
exemplary performance in teaching with the newly launched University
Distinguished Teaching Award. They are Professor Lung-sang Chan of the
Department of Earth Sciences, and Mr. Richard Anthony Glofcheski of the
Department of Law.
http://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_6100.html
Iran
University of Tabriz - Member (Institution)
The University of Tabriz has obtained the honor of being selected as
one of the top 10 universities in Iran, and has ranked first among all
the Iranian universities participating in the comprehensive exhibition
of the thirty-year achievement of the Iranian Ministry of Science,
Research and Technology.
Lebanon
Saint-Joseph University -
Université Saint-Joseph (Lebanon)- Member (Institution)
Saint-Joseph University invites us to participate to the Beirut
Unisports Festival which is open for all Universities and Colleges
worldwide. It will take place from March 18th to March 21st,
2010. To ensure your participation, please finalize your entry request
before 18 January 2010. For more information about official invitation
and registration please check at this website:
http://www.usj.edu.lb/sport/unisports/
Macao, China
University of Macau - Member (Institution)
Upon approval by Queen Elizabeth II of the UK, Professor Sir James
Mirrlees, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Distinguished
Professor of the University of Macau (UM), was recently awarded a Royal
Medal 2009 by The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in recognition of
his outstanding contributions to the economic theory which has had a
global impact on economic development.
University of Macau (UM) - Member (Institution)
Prof. Iu Vai Pan from the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University
of Macau (UM) was recently elected Fellow of the American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE), becoming the first Fellow of ASCE in Macao.
http://isw.umac.mo/nrs/faces/pub/viewItem.jspx?id=6522&locale=zh_T
University of Macau (UM) - Member
(Institution)
The new Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology Prof. Philip Chen
Chun-Lung has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his academic accomplishments and
outstanding contributions in the field of engineering science.
http://isw.umac.mo/nrs/faces/pub/items.jspx;jsessionid=4eb6841b2ee068673720a01e10eb9c3bd
48f78b53d4a68b3e5ac22ce717ceeac.e38QahiSb3qSaO0SaxmPa3qOchz0pQaOozXIqBbtnR9Jrl0?type
=news&categoryId=1040&year=2010&itemId=6305&v=1
Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico –
Member (Institution)
IAU has the honor to announce that Alejandra Bravo: Professor at the
Institute of Molecular Microbiology of the Universidad Nacional
Autonoma in Mexico, an IAU member institution is one of the five women
laureates who received the 12th Annual l’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For
Women in Science 2010, for her work on a bacterial toxin that acts as a
powerful insecticide.
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-
URL_ID=46707&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Tecnológico
de Monterrey – Member
(Institution)
The Tecnológico de Monterrey, the FEMSA Foundation, and the
Inter-American Development Bank joined forces to create the Water
Center for Latin America, an Organisation seeking to contribute to a
more responsible and sustainable management of this vital fluid in
Latin America and the Caribbean through research, training, and
knowledge transfer.
http://www.itesm.edu/wps/portal/english/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0v
M0Y_QjzKLd4kPdQPJgFghzvqRaCJOcJEgfW99X4_83FT9AP2C3NCIckdHRQD3OmbL/
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WCM&WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/ITESM.en/Tecnol%C3%B3gico+
de+Monterrey/News/Not%2826nov08%29Centro_Agua
Universidad Autonoma de
Mexico (UNAM) – Member(Institution)
UNAM wants to inform us about the changing of their domain name.
The old name is: http://www.unam.mx
The new name is: http://www.eduunam.com/
New Zealand
University of Otago – Member (Institution)
The University of Otago has an international reputation for research
excellence and leads the latest PBRF ranking. The PBRF
(Performance-Based Research Funds) is the New Zealand Government’s
formal tertiary institution research performance assessment. The next
PBRF round is due to take place in 2012.
http://www.otago.ac.nz/research/pbrf/index.html
Russian Federation
Peoples’ Friendship
University of Russia – Member (Institution)
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia will celebrate its 50th
anniversary of the University which will be held in Moscow on February
3-6, 2010. For more information about the festivities please contact:
Shivleta Tagirova, Head of the Department for cooperation with
international organizations. E-mail: pfur.osmo@gmail.com
IAU new member
We
are pleased to welcome new IAU Members:
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