News with tag 'capacity building'

Date: 18/06/2019

Climate change research at universities across sub-Saharan Africa received a boost this week, thanks to renewed funding from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). The funding will enable the extension of the ACU-led CIRCLE ...

 
 
Date: 09/04/2019

Hosted in collaboration with the University of Ibadan from 2-4 April, the latest Developing the Next Generation of ...

 
Date: 25/03/2019

Delivered in partnership with Universities South Africa (USAf), this two-day symposium brought together academics and policymakers from across Africa to identify new approaches to supporting early career researchers.

An illuminating ...

 
Date: 20/03/2019

The ACU is pleased to announce the new Coventry University Fellowship. Forming part of the ACU's established Fellowships programme, this new award will support research mobility between Tags: collaboration, capacity building, ACU Fellowships, Commonwealth, membership, scholarships

 
Date: 22/02/2019

ACU Blue Charter fellows from across the Commonwealth came together for a workshop to demonstrate how their research is tackling marine plastic pollution and supporting sustainable development.

Fellows took part in a series of flash ...

 
 
Date: 09/01/2019

Dr Budd Hall, from the University of Victoria, in Canada, will share his expertise on knowledge democracy – an area he has been working on since the early 1970s – at the ACU headquarters in London on Tuesday 12 February, ...

 
Date: 17/12/2018

It's been a very busy year at the ACU. We've made great strides in our core areas of activity – from further developing our scholarships and fellowships offering, to driving innovation and building capacity through our projects and ...

 
Date: 06/12/2018

The Association of Commonwealth Universities was pleased to co-host – alongside the British Council – a delegation of vice-chancellors from Ghana from 26-29 November.

Throughout their visit, the VCs and university ...

 
Date: 15/11/2018

Last month, representatives from 20 higher education institutions across sub-Saharan Africa came together in Accra, Ghana, to celebrate the success of the CIRCLE ...

 
 
Date: 23/10/2018

The first meeting of the ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network took place in Suva, Fiji, this week, as universities from across the Commonwealth came together to share expertise and experiences of coping with natural disasters. ...

 
Date: 17/10/2018

The ACU is expanding its Fellowships scheme with the launch of 35 new Blue Charter Fellowships, thanks to funding from the UK Government ...

 
Date: 09/08/2018

The latest issue of the Bulletin is out now! With articles exploring international scholarships as a tool of public diplomacy, open learning in the Commonwealth, resilience building in the Anthropocene, and campus-based ...

 
 
Date: 12/07/2018

The ACU's role in mainstreaming the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was centre stage at the United Nations yesterday (11 July 2018), as ACU Chief Executive and Secretary General Dr Joanna Newman showcased our work – and that of our ...

 
Date: 02/07/2018

The ACU Course in University Administrative Practice aims to provide administrative staff with tools to implement projects that benefit students at their home institutions. Last year, delegates from universities in Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, and ...

 
Date: 07/06/2018

Earlier this week, ACU Director of Programmes Ben Prasadam-Halls, participated in a panel discussion at INORMS 2018 in Edinburgh ...

 
Date: 18/05/2018

The ACU's work supporting early career researchers specialising in climate change in sub-Saharan Africa has been boosted, with a one-year extension for the CIRCLE ...

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