Higher Education One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic

The publication-launch webinar of the second IAU global survey report on the impact of COVID-19 on higher education takes place 1 March. With replies from 496 HEIs in 112 countries and territories, results cover the global and regional perspectives from public and private HEIs.
The Report will be available on 2 March at iau-aiu.net/.

Call for proposals for the IAU General Conference

The call for proposals for the IAU 16th General Conference is open!  The submission deadline is 15 April 2022.

The event, hosted by University College Dublin (UCD), addresses the theme: Relevance and Value of Universities to Future Society.

What’s the impact of digitization in HEI administrative services

The IAU and ​a research group of Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi) invite you to contribute to a global survey on the state of digital transformation in higher education institutions (HEIs) administrative services.

Higher Education, Agenda 2030 and the SDGs

IAU Horizons Focus Asia & Pacific: We are less than ten years away from the deadline set for Agenda 2030, and much remains to be done. Each month we give the floor to university leaders and experts who share solutions to integrate sustainable development into higher education.

This month we focus on Asia and the Pacific region with eight contributions from our Members exploring the key role higher education plays in leading communities and society to better understand and accept changes to achieve the SDGs.

Furthermore, the latest issue of IAU Horizons delves into Higher Education and Research for SD, presenting different leadership approaches to a more sustainable university.

The IAU priority Higher Education and Research for Sustainable Development (HESD) translates into a series of projects for international cooperation, capacity building, advocacy, and a knowledge hub with publications and online services. You can find more on our Sustainable Development (SD) activities in IAU’s 2020-2021 Annual Report.

IAU at the UNESCO #WHEC2022

The third UNESCO World Higher Education Conference takes place in Barcelona on 18-20 May 2022.  The conference will be an opportunity to deepen and expand joint knowledge production, policy dialogue, exchange, and networking.  The IAU engages with HE stakeholders worldwide and shares our expertise on strategic issues for higher education and society.  In addition, the Association actively contributes to the UNESCO WHEC 2022 by offering university perspectives on selected themes. You will find all this and more in a dedicated page on the IAU website.

Webinar Series co-organized by EWORA, ESSA & IAU

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day (8 March) is Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow. In accordance with this year’s celebrations, EWORA, ESSA and IAU are pleased to announce two webinars on 3 March and 8 March. 

IAU participation at the COREHEG Clinic

On 10 February 2022, Hilligje van’t Land, IAU Secretary-General and Giorgio Marinoni, IAU Manager HE and Internationalization, presented The Future of Internationalization: trends and obstacles from the COVID-19 era at The World Bank COREHEG Clinic: The Future of Internationalization. In this clinic, the IAU introduced the concept of internationalization of higher education. They clarified its definitions and different dimensions, presented a brief history of  the developmet of internationalization worldwide in the present new reality. 

They also presented findings of successive IAU surveys in internationalization, including the Global Surveys on the Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education.

EAIE Call for contributions Journal of Studies

This special issue of the Journal of Studies in International Education seeks contributions of original scholarly research that build an understanding of interconnections between internationalization and environmental sustainability.

Deadline 22 April 2022
Submission guidlines

UNIMED Intercultural Trends Online Course is now openly available!

Since 2019 the Anna Lindh Foundation and UNIMED, an IAU Member, have jointly delivered the online course Euro-Mediterranean Intercultural Trends, an online course based on the Anna Lindh Report on Intercultural Trends and Social Change in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

EUA position on Open Science

In February, EAU launched the EUA Open Science Agenda 2025. This publication defines the Association’s priorities in open science and describes the current context, challenges and developments envisaged for the coming years. In addition, it outlines the actions EUA will take to drive this agenda forward.

First female rector of Charles University

Professor Milena Králíčková was elected in autumn 2021 as the head of Charles University. Prof Králíčková is the first female rector in its 674-year history. She was appointed by President Miloš Zeman (photo) at Prague Castle on 26 January 2022.

New President for Al-Quds Open University

Prof. Samir Najdi has been appointed as the President of Al-Quds Open University by the President of the State of Palestine, H.E. Mahmoud Abbas. Prior to this appointment Prof. Najdi had been the University’s Vice President for Academic Affairs since 2012.

Higher Education One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic

The second edition of the global survey on the impact of COVID-19 on higher education gathers replies from 496 HEIs in 112 countries and territories worldwide. The Report on the results introduces the global perspective as well as a comparison between regions as well as among public and private HEIs.
The Report will be available on the IAU website at 15:00 UTC, Tuesday, 1 March.

HEP March 2022

Higher Education Policy (HEP 35/1 – March 2022), the IAU quarterly, peer-reviewed journal, is now available. The twelve articles deal with various subjects, including affirmative action on female enrolment in Uganda, the precariousness of academics in contemporary Slovakia and Poland, higher education financing in Argentina and Chile, private ownership and management in Vietnam’s institutions, and academic in-breeding in Turkey.

International higher education partnerships and the SDGs report

The Association of Commonwealth Universities  (ACU) and the British Council have partnered to produce crucial new research investigating the role of international higher education partnerships in addressing the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). IAU provided research data for this report. The report features the IAU Cluster on page 61.

The ocean we need for the future we want!

This new joint publication by the IAU and University of Bergen (UiB) offers intriguing and concrete examples of meaningful research, strategies, initiatives and projects strengthening ocean science, education, and the links between SDG 14 and other SDGs.