News with tag 'social justice'

Date: 08/03/2018

Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), a time to reflect on progress made in women’s rights, and to press forward for gender parity. This year, the theme for IWD is

 
Date: 20/11/2017

After receiving over 90 applications from universities in 28 countries of the Commonwealth, we are pleased to announce the recipients of this year's round of ACU Gender Workshop ...

 
Date: 25/08/2016

The sixth annual ACU Commonwealth Summer School, hosted by the University of Rwanda from 13-20 August 2016, saw 39 delegates from 14 Commonwealth countries discuss how universities should implement the Sustainable Development Goals ...

 
 
Date: 08/07/2015

The ACU is delighted to announce that five of its member institutions have been selected as University Impact Champions as part of the Tags: Africa, Asia, Commonwealth, social justice, Canada

 
Date: 03/06/2015

Last week the ACU sent a letter, signed by its Secretary General, to the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), declaring the organisation’s support for the initiative. 

The GCPEA was established ...

 
Date: 19/06/2014

Dr Joan Dassin, the founding Executive Director of the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program (IFP), delivered an ACU Perspectives talk in which she demonstrated how providing higher education opportunities for socially-conscious ...

 
Date: 29/05/2014

Dr Joan Dassin will deliver the fifth talk in the ACU Perspectives speaker series on Wednesday 18 June 2014, 5.30 pm (talk to commence at 6.00 pm), at ...

 
Date: 19/05/2013

 

Professor Budd Hall, Director of the Office of Community Based Research at the University of Victoria, in lamenting the trend towards the marketisation of the higher education sector – and of knowledge in general - has ...