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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- Training the next generation of community based researchers Tools
- This manual outlines worldwide approaches to training in community-based research, scoping existing provision and outlining models of research co-production for societal benefit. This is part of the DRUSSA Learning Resource.
- UNESCO Co-Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education
- January 2016
- Africa communication development dissemination DRUSSA DRUSSA Learning Resource exchange guide knowledge public engagement research tools uptake
- Research uptake
- Benchmarking survey 2016 (blank) Tools
- This third and final Benchmarking Survey was disseminated to key leaders at all DRUSSA universities to help establish the state of play in research uptke management. Responses to this template survey were distilled in the DRUSSA Benchmarking Report (2016). This is part of the DRUSSA Learning Resource.
- DRUSSA
- January 2016
- Africa communication development dissemination DRUSSA DRUSSA Learning Resource exchange guide knowledge public engagement research tools uptake
- Research uptake
- Vice-chancellors' briefing template (blank) Tools
- In advance of the DRUSSA Benchmarking Conference 2016, senior university leaders and research uptake managers were asked to design research uptake briefings for their vice-chancellors. This template was used to structure these briefings to capture research uptake managers' experiences in developing research uptake plans, the benefits of uptake for the university, particular successes and challenges, and approaches to making research uptake better institutionalised. This is part of the DRUSSA Learning Resource.
- DRUSSA
- January 2016
- Africa communication development dissemination DRUSSA DRUSSA Learning Resource exchange guide knowledge public engagement research tools uptake vice-chancellors
- Research uptake
- Bulletin No 186 Magazines and newsletters
- The Bulletin is the ACU’s magazine for its members. This issue includes articles on initiatives to combat sexual harassment in south Asian universities, the Sustainable Development Goals and their controversial bid to increase the availability of university scholarships, the valuable work of the Council for At-Risk Academics in helping scholars facing danger or exile, and equitable approaches to the internationalisation of higher education in India.
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- November 2015
- ACU Conference of Executive Heads Beyond 2015 Bulletin campaign danger development exile global challenges India internationalisation magazine members membership scholarships sexual harassment south Asia Sustainable Development Goals
- Gender Scholarships
- Realising Research, October 2015 Magazines and newsletters
- Realising Research is the magazine of the ACU's Research, Knowledge and Information (RKI) Community.
- ACU Research Knowledge and Information Community
- October 2015
- ACU RKI Community community engagement gender libraries magazine publishing research Research management
- Community engagement Gender Open science Research management
- Progress and potential: higher education playing its part in the Sustainable Development Goals Reports
- Final report on 'The world beyond 2015: Is higher education ready?' campaign, the ACU's international campaign to raise awareness, elicit expert views, gather evidence and advocate for the role of higher education in delivering social and developmental impact beyond 2015. Published ahead of the UN General Assembly in September 2015.
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- September 2015
- Beyond 2015 campaign development internationalisation Millennium Development Goals Sustainable Development Goals United Nations
- Bulletin No 185 Magazines and newsletters
- The Bulletin is the ACU’s magazine for its members. This issue includes articles on the role of the Commonwealth in higher education, the work of the Wellcome Trust in funding research into global challenges, the potential uses of big data and the barriers that exist to accessing it worldwide, and the extraordinary challenges faced by Garissa University College in Kenya following a terrorist attack on campus.
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- July 2015
- access Beyond 2015 big data Bulletin Commonwealth development extremism funding global challenges Kenya magazine members membership research
- Open science
- Higher education: what role can the Commonwealth play? Reports
- Background paper for discussion at the 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (19CCEM). The conference, on the theme 'Quality Education for Equitable Development: Performance, Paths and Productivity', was held from 22-26 June 2015 in the Bahamas.
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- June 2015
- Beyond 2015 campaign CCEM Commonwealth development government Millennium Development Goals Sustainable Development Goals United Nations
- Supporting research across the institution Reports
- In connection with the launch of the ACU Research, Knowledge and Information (RKI) Community, the ACU organised a study tour for new members in South Africa, visiting the University of Pretoria, the University of Johannesburg, and the University of the Witwatersrand, to discuss their research management strategies, library structures, and the measures they are taking to overcome the pressures they each face. In May 2015 the ACU and delegates from Botswana, Nigeria, South Africa, the UK, and Zimbabwe came together to discuss their work and that of the three host institutions. This report describes the findings of the delegation.
- ACU Research Knowledge and Information Community
- May 2015
- ACU RKI Community information knowledge libraries research research management strategies RKI South Africa study tour universities
- Research management
- Managing research-related information in African universities Reports
- This paper draws on the discussions around the accessibility and discoverability of research-related information from African Universities, at the 2014 Funders Forum, organised by the ACU.
- The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- May 2015
- ACU Africa African universities Funders Forum information report research Research management universities
- Research management
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