Publications
The ACU produces a wide range of publications on HE-related topics, all of which are available free of charge to our members. Selected reports and papers are available to all.
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- Bulletin No 191 Magazines and newsletters
- The Bulletin is the ACU’s magazine for its members. Articles in this issue explore residential learning spaces on campus in Singapore, collaborative approaches to gender mainstreaming at The University of the West Indies, a controversial review of higher education in New Zealand, and need for universities to look beyond numbers when planning for outward mobility.
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- August 2017
- ACU Bulletin Commonwealth gender gender mainstreaming higher education internationalisation students
- Bulletin No 190 Magazines and newsletters
- The Bulletin is the ACU’s magazine for its members. This issue includes articles on the role of universities in promoting interfaith respect, the quiet impact of summer schools, what we mean by science diplomacy, preparing for the unthinkable, and responsible rankings.
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- March 2017
- Bulletin faith interfaith magazine members membership rankings respect science summer school
- Bulletin No 189 Magazines and newsletters
- The Bulletin is the ACU’s magazine for its members. This issue includes articles on the undergraduate curriculum and how it can best meet the needs and expectations of a new generation, the ways in which universities can promote entrepreneurship and a culture of enterprise, how the rate of return on investment is calculated for higher education, and lessons learned from DRUSSA – a five-year programme that sought to help universities in Africa improve their capacity to get key research into use.
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- November 2016
- Bulletin curriculum DRUSSA enterprise magazine members membership research uptake undergraduate
- Early careers Research uptake
- Realising Research, November 2016 Magazines and newsletters
- Realising Research is the magazine of the ACU's Research, Knowledge and Information Community. This issue focuses on supporting growth. It features a report on the current landscape of digital research repositories in Africa, an opinion piece on the 'publish or perish' game as played in India, a look at whether 'massive open online grants' are revolutionising research engagement and collaboration, and diverging reflections on whose job it is to manage research.
- ACU Research Knowledge and Information Community
- November 2016
- ACU RKI Community libraries magazine Research management
- Open science Research management
- Bulletin No 188 Magazines and newsletters
- The Bulletin is the ACU’s magazine for its members. This issue includes articles on the barriers to open science in low-resourced settings, the role of higher education in countering extremism and promoting peace, the controversial practice of paying different wages to international versus national employees, and the state of open and distance learning in the Commonwealth.
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- July 2016
- ACU Conference of Executive Heads Bulletin Commonwealth countering extremism distance learning Ghana magazine members membership open science peace resourcing salaries wages
- Open science
- ACU Spotlight No 5 - Investing in the next generation of researchers Reports
- Part of the ACU Spotlight series of briefing papers on international HE matters. As universities seek to strengthen their role in knowledge production and innovation, a transition needs to be made from focusing on student numbers to creating an enabling environment for the early career academics who will shape the future direction of higher education. A new report from the ACU in partnership with the British Academy explores what good practice in support for early career researchers looks like, and makes a number of recommendations for where institutional investment may best be targeted.
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- July 2016
- ACU Spotlight series early careers research
- Early careers
- Realising Research, May 2016 Magazines and newsletters
- Realising Research is the magazine of the ACU's Research, Knowledge and Information (RKI) Community. This issue focuses on open science and the sharing of information. It features an analysis of scientific research in low-resourced settings, tales of belonging to an academic library consortium, a piece on supporting research integrity, a reflection on who should be involved in open science, and a review of an open access publishing model.
- ACU Research Knowledge and Information Community
- May 2016
- ACU RKI Community libraries magazine open access open science publishing research
- Open science Research management
- UB DRUSSA: experience and lessons Presentations
- In this presentation to the DRUSSA Benchmarking Conference in 2016, Dr Sekhwela establishes the Botswanan research and development context and sets out how the University has built its research strategy around quality, developmental relevance, engagement and approaches to implementation. This is part of the DRUSSA Learning Resource.
- Mogodisheng Sekhwela
- April 2016
- Africa communication development dissemination DRUSSA DRUSSA Learning Resource exchange guide knowledge public engagement research tools uptake
- Research uptake
- Strategy and processes: examples of what has worked Presentations
- In this short presentation to the DRUSSA Benchmarking Conference in 2016, Vincent Lomotey sets out how KNUST has begun to operationalise its research uptake strategy and how it has coordinated its research uptake activity to greater effect. This is part of the DRUSSA Learning Resource.
- Vincent Lomotey
- April 2016
- Africa communication development dissemination DRUSSA DRUSSA Learning Resource exchange guide knowledge public engagement research tools uptake
- Research uptake
- 2016 benchmarking survey: key findings and lessons for the future Presentations
- In this presentation to the DRUSSA Benchmarking Conference (2016), Emma Falk presents and explains detailed findings of the third and final benchmarking survey, outlining trends across the five years of the programme, comparing trends between regions and between different thematic areas of research uptake strategy, processes, stakeholder engagement and dissemination. This is part of the DRUSSA Learning Resource.
- Emma Falk
- April 2016
- Africa communication development dissemination DRUSSA DRUSSA Learning Resource exchange guide knowledge public engagement research tools uptake
- Research uptake
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