The International Association of Universities is currently hiring:

 Communication and Media Officer.

The Communication and Media Officer reports to the IAU Secretary-General/Executive Director and works in collaboration with all IAU staff Members.

The successful candidate will develop, coordinate and implement IAU’s overall communication strategy to Members and further afield, to the world of higher education. This strategy aims to strengthen IAU’s image, visibility and attractiveness within higher education and beyond.

For more information, download the description here.

International Association of Universities
International Universities Bureau
Secretariat
UNESCO House
1, rue Miollis
75732 Paris Cedex 15
France
Tel.: +33 1 45 68 48 00
Fax: +33 1 47 34 76 05

IAU annual reports provide a yearly overview of IAU activities and accomplishments. Featuring financial information, they contribute to the Association’s total transparency.

Annual Report 2023

	Annual Report 2022
	Annual Report 2021
	Annual Report 2020
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 IAU Activities and Financial Report 2012-2016
 IAU Activities and Financial Report 2008-2012
 IAU Activities and Financial Report 2004-2008
 IAU Activities and Financial Report 2000-2004

IAU adopts positions and develops Policy Statements on issues of global concern for higher education. The topics are identified by the Association’s leadership and membership. Each Statement is the product of extensive drafting and international consultations. All statements are endorsed by the General Conference of the Association.

The topics of such Policy Statements are usually identified by the Association’s leadership and membership as requiring the attention of the international academic community. IAU Policy Statements most frequently identify the issue area, present a number of key principles and include a few recommendations for action at either the institutional or the governmental level or both.

Traditionally, the development of an IAU Policy Statement has been delegated by the IAU Administrative Board to a small Working Group or Reference Group whose members are drawn from each world region. IAU is committed to being the global voice for higher education institutions hence the international composition of the Expert Groups is essential in order to ensure that each Policy Statement reflects the collective interests of higher education without ignoring the specific concerns or interests of institutions in various parts of the world.

IAU contributes to international debates on higher education by publishing papers on a variety of issues in journals, magazines and by contributing book chapters to key publications around the world. Please click here to view a sample. IAU takes part in debates to advance fair, inclusive and value based higher education around the world (please click here).

IAU Policy Statements:

 Transforming Higher Education in a Digital World for the Global Common Good, 2022

 IAU The Continuing Need for Internationalization of Higher Education, 2022

 IAU Iquitos Statement on Education for Sustainable Development, 2014

 Affirming Academic Values in Internationalization of Higher Education: A Call for Action, 2012

 IAU-MCO Guidelines for an Institutional Code of Ethics in Higher Education, 2012, Prepared in collaboration with the Magna Charta Observatory

 Equitable Access, Success and Quality in Higher Education, 2008

 Sharing Quality Higher Education Across Borders: A Statement on Behalf of Higher Education Institutions Worldwide, 2005, List of signatories, Prepared in collaboration with AUCC, ACE and CHEA

 Universities and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), 2004

 Towards a Century of Cooperation: Internationalization of Higher Education, 2000

  Academic freedom, Institutional Autonomy and Social Responsibility , 1998

 The Buenos Aires Statement on Higher Education Funding, 1994

 Kyoto Declaration on Sustainable Development, 1993

The International Universities Bureau is IAU’s permanent Secretariat and its major instrument of programme implementation, along with the Administrative Board, various Committees and Working Groups. Created by UNESCO in 1949, the Bureau was instrumental in preparing the International University Conference in Nice, 1950, at which the IAU was founded. Today, under the authority of the IAU and as a partner organization of UNESCO, its mission includes:

• Monitoring and analysing trends in higher education and research at global level,
• Collecting and sharing information,
• Developing IAU positions and advocacy

SECRETARIAT STAFF

Hilligje van’t Land, Secretary General bio contact

Andreas Corcoran, Deputy Secretary General bio contact

Balkhisse Aidara, Accounting and Administrative Officer bio contact

Saholi Andriambololo-Nivo, WHED Data Officer bio contact

Meg Harris, Communications and Media Officer bio contact

Jessica Huang, Assistant, Administration and Membership bio contact

Trine Jensen, Manager, HE & Digital Transformation, Publication and Events bio contact

Giorgio Marinoni, Manager, HE and Internationalization policy and projects bio contact

Craig Pettifor, IT Systems Administrator bio contact

Nicholas Poulton, WHED Operations Coordinator bio contact

Samuel Pousson, WHED Data Officer bio contact

Isabel Toman, Programme Officer, Sustainable Development bio contact

Ruwayda Mohamed, Communications and Media Intern bio contact

Kateryna Nakvatska, Internationalization Intern bio contact

Lea Romain, HESD Intern bio contact

International Association of Universities - International Universities Bureau
UNESCO House
1, rue Miollis
75732 Paris Cedex 15
France
Tel.: (33 1) 45 68 48 00
Fax: (33 1) 47 34 76 05
Contact us here
Website: www.iau-aiu.net

Hilligje van’t Land
IAU Secretary General, International Association of Universities
Executive Director, International Universities Bureau
Biography

As is the case everywhere in the world, for IAU the years passed have been unprecedented and challenging ones, characterised by uncertainty, complexity, and disruption, but also by accelerated innovation, and the enormous resilience and humanity we share as a global higher education community. The unfortunately still ongoing profound health, economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and now increased global geopolitical challenges provide the opportunity for a critical redefinition of the way in which universities and other higher education institutions, and as well their organisations and associations operate.

IAU was quick to adapt to the new normal and decided to make optimal use of the available resources through several new initiatives. To enhance cooperation and exchange, we launched the IAU Webinar Series on the Future of Higher Education – short, medium, and long-term perspectives, to bring together different ideas and perspectives from Members of our global community of universities and higher education institutions. The fundamental transformation to our now hybrid operation mode has been consistent with the IAU values and goals.

It is clear that the Higher Education sector, like all others, must be prepared for events with the potential to severely disrupt ‘normal’ operations. Understanding change, responding to it, and managing it, requires strong leadership. I believe now is the time to drive radical transformation of our education systems and institutions for the benefit of society. As we look to the future, we must set our ambitions even higher — to accelerate societal progress, drive sustainable growth and heighten our global impact.

Together, we can achieve what IAU founders envisioned: a more peaceful society, prosperous world, and sustainable future for higher education. The road ahead is however paved with challenges again as we see populism grow, detractors to the value of science and facts become more vocal and higher education’s value for society on the one hand cheered and on the other challenged. We need to care for the sector together to ensure it will receive the trust it deserves and the support it needs in order to fully contribute to building a better and more inclusive world.

With the IAU President, Members of the Administrative Board (2022-2026), and members of the IAU Secretariat, I would like to thank all Members and partners for their much valued commitment and support to the work of the Association and your active engagement. We commit to continue to address the new challenges ahead and to best seize the opportunities and will put all valuable lessons learnt to the benefit of navigating complexity with agility, innovation, entrepreneurship, and responsible leadership to further our mission of building stronger, more accessible, and sustainable higher education systems all over the world.

Hilligje van‘t Land, PhD

Prof Andrew Deeks
IAU President (2022-2026)
President and Vice-Chancellor, Murdoch University, Australia
biography

Welcome to the IAU. It is a privilege to be the current president of this historic, important and inclusive network of universities. We are open to membership by recognised not-for-profit universities and university associations from around the world, with a membership fee structure which recognises differences in economic conditions between countries. Consequently, we have the greatest diversity of membership of any university association, providing universities with the opportunity to work with like-minded institutions from all regions of the world.
We also provide Higher Education with a global voice which is independent of the pragmatics of national politics and geopolitics. As recent events have shown, a national government has levers it can use to control the voice of universities within its borders. The voice of the IAU is one which no government can control, able to speak of the value of higher education for all who have the capacity and desire to benefit from such study, irrespective of economic capacity. We also speak of the need for all nations to work together to address the most pressing global challenges of our time.

We work together to address some of these challenges, particularly in the areas of our strategic priorities: Globally-engaged and Value-based Leadership; Internationalisation for Society and the Global Common Good; Higher Education for Sustainable Development; and Digital Transformation of Higher Education. Under our new Strategy 2022-2030, with two consecutive Strategic Action plans (2022-2026 and 2026-2030), we will be looking particularly for initiatives we can undertake together that will bridge across the priority areas. All four of these priority areas contribute to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which are a focus for many of our Member universities and organisations.

If your university or association is already a Member of IAU, I look forward to meeting up with you soon at an IAU event. If your university or association is not yet a member of the IAU, please encourage your decisionmakers to consider joining.

The International Association of Universities is a membership organization. It is governed by its Members who are represented or elect their representatives to three different decision-making bodies. The two main categories of Members who hold decision making power are the Institutional Members (universities & other higher education institutions) and Organizational Members (association of universities). IAU official statutory documents: IAU Consitution & IAU By Laws

Founded in 1950, under the auspices of UNESCO, the International Association of Universities (IAU) is the leading global association of higher education institutions and organisations from around the world.

IAU is an independent, bilingual (English and French), non-governmental, membership organization. IAU membership is open to higher education institutions (HEIs) and organisations.

As a global forum for leaders of institutions and associations, IAU convenes and connects almost 600 Members from more than 130 countries to identify, reflect and act on common priorities. It acts as the global voice of higher education to a wide range of international and inter-governmental organizations, in particular to UNESCO. Members avail of a wide range of services on a priority basis, but these extend also to other HE stakeholders, such as organisations, institutions, higher education authorities, policy and decision-makers, specialists, administrators, teachers, researchers and students.

IAU is funded primarily through its membership fees and depends on these to effectively carry out its wide portfolio of activities encompassing its series of online webinars and thematic debates, events and conferences, publications, projects and other initiatives.
We need your support to maintain our high quality services and advocacy for the key transformative role higher education plays in society - for a better and more sustainable world.

IAU is an official partner of UNESCO (Associate status) and has been given special consultative status by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
IAU was granted the participatory status with the Council of Europe.

For more information on IAU’s activities and membership, please click here or contact [email protected].

• Academic freedom, institutional autonomy and social responsibility locally and globally
• Cooperation and solidarity based on mutuality of interests and shared benefits
• Tolerance of divergent opinions, freedom from political interference
• Equity in access and success in higher education and open access to knowledge
• Scientific integrity and ethical behaviour as cornerstones of conduct for all stakeholders in higher education
• Higher education and research in the public interest
• Quality in learning, research and outreach

IAU works to enhance higher education community’s role and actions in advancing societies worldwide. As a global membership organization, IAU represents and serves the full spectrum of higher education institutions and their associations. The IAU Strategy 2030, adopted during the 16th IAU General Conference, in 2022, affirms IAU’s focus on four key higher education priority themes, while improving support and services to members as well as enhancing their visibility and engagement.

IAU 4 strategic priorities:

• Globally-engaged and Value-based Leadership;
• Internationalization for Society and the Global Common Good;
• Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development;
• Digital Transformation of Higher Education.

IAU fulfils its goals through:

• Advocacy
• Standard setter
• Knowledge hub
• Capacity builder
• International collaboration

IAU continuously enhances its efficiency by:

• Engaging & enlarging IAU membership
• Ensuring financial sustainability