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Belguim
 Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) –
Member (Affiliate)
Academic Cooperation Association invites you to their 23rd series
of The European Policy Seminars tittled : “Better taught in
English? Institutional language strategies in European higher
education”, that will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 4th December
2009. Contact: Isabelle Deneyer at the ACA Secretariat:
secretariat@aca-secretariat.be
http://www.aca-secretariat.be/08events/Seminars/Seminars%202009/funding.htm
Canada
Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
/University of Montréal – Member (Institution)
The Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation is working on organizing
an international social statistics conference: “Using Social Statistics
to Illuminate the Issues, Processes, and Outcomes in Higher Education:
International Viewpoints” at the Quebec Inter-University Centre for
Social Statistics in Montreal, Canada on 7th-9th December 2009. The
deadline for submission is March 31st. Paper proposals can be in either
English or French.Contact: Anne Motte (amotte@bm-ms.org). http://www.ciqss.umontreal.ca/
Europe
European Center for the
Strategic Management of Universities (ESMU) - Member (Affiliate)
ESMU is organizing a conference under the theme: Driving regional
innovation in times of global crisis, on 19-20 november in Lisbon
Portugal.
Contact: Anne Thiebauld; dean.secretariat@esmu.be
http://www.esmu.be/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83&catid=39&Itemid=11
Italy
University of Bologna –
Member (Institution)
Cimea (as the Erasmus Mundus National Structure – Italy), together with
the University of Bologna and all JOIMAN partners, organises the
“International Seminar on Joint Degrees: A focus on management and
administration of Joint Programmes”, on Friday 13th November 2009, in
Rome, to launch the results of the JOIMAN project, achieved during the
first year of activities. To register or for more information please
visit the following link:
https://www.joiman.eu/Lists/Events/DispForm.aspx?ID=9&Source=/default.aspx
Lebanon
Notre
Dame University (NDU) - (Member-Institution)
NDU will host the next International Association of Universities
2009 Annual Conference on campus between November 4 and 6, 2009.
For more details, please see the attached link:
http://www.unesco.org/iau/conferences/Lebanon2009/index.html
Lithuania
Mykolas
Romeris University – Member
(Institution)
Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania will host the IAU 2010
International Conference on “Ethics and Values in Higher Education in
the Era of Globalization: What Role for the Disciplines?” Dates: 25-26
June, 2010.
Contact: rugile@mruni.lt
http://www.mruni.lt/en/naujienos/detail.php?el=21354§ion=393
United States
American Council on
Education (ACE) – Member
(Organisation)
Registration is now open for ACE's 92nd Annual Meeting in Phoenix,
Arizona on March 6-10, 2010.The deadline to pre-register is January 18,
2010.
http://www.aceannualmeeting.org/meeting_the_challenges_together.cfm
Council for Higher Education
Accreditation (CHEA)- Member (Organisation)
Please join us for CHEA’s 2010 Annual Conference to be held on January
25-28 at the Marriott Hotel Washington in Washington, DC. The tittle of
the conference is: “Accreditation’s Future: Building on
Strengths…Creating Opportunities”. Further information can be found on
CHEA’s Website: http://www.chea.org/About/2010AC/2010_ACIS_Final.asp.
Inter-American Organization
for Higher Education (IOHE) – Member (Organisation)/ Universidad
Técnica Particular de Loja - Member (Institution)
The CAPUS Program of the Inter-American Organization for Higher
Education (OUI) and the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
(UTPL) are proud to announce the: Ist CAMPUS Congress “Creating Common
Areas of Higher Education”, which will be held from November 25-27,
2009 at the UTPL campus. For further information, please visit: http://www.oui-iohe.org/congresocampus2009.
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Publications
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Africa
Association of African Universities (AUA) – Member (Organisation)
The Center for International Higher Education, Boston College and
Association of African Universities jointly published: “Higher
Education in Africa: The International Dimension.”
http://www.aau.org/announce/detail.htm?ai=191
Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) - Member
(Organisation)
SARUA has published the following study series: 1/ Towards a Common
Future – Higher Education in the SADC Region.2/ Mainstreaming Higher
Education in National and Regional Development in Southern Africa.3/
Opening Access to Knowledge in Southern African Universities. PDF
versions of these studies are now available online.
http://www.sarua.org
Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) - Member
(Organisation)
The Southern African Regional Universities Association has just
released the SARUA Handbook 2009 – a Guide to the Public Universities
of the SADC.
To download a free pdf version of the Handbook, please follow the link
below: http://www.sarua.org/?q=content/sarua-handbook-2009-guide-public-universities-southern-africa
Belgium
European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities (ESMU) –
Member (Organisation)
Esmu has just released a “Practical Guide - Benchmarking in European
Higher Education”. With a review of the literature on benchmarking and
a step by step approach to benchmarking in higher education, this guide
is a tool for those new to benchmarking and those willing to take their
benchmarking activities a step further.
Contact ESMU: Anja Busch (programmes@esmu.be)
http://
www.esmu.be; www.education-benchmarking.org
Canada
Association
of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) – Member (Organisation)
AUCC released online the third volume of its report “Trends in higher
education - Volume 3: Finance”, which examines the structure and
sources of university funding in Canada, draws a comparison with U.S.,
U.K. and Australia, and questions evolution perspectives. Main outcomes
reveal a drop in the overall revenues in favour of teaching and
research per student at Canadian universities since the 1980s and a
stagnation since 2000.
http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/publications/trends_2008_vol3_e.pdf
Europe
Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) – Member (Organisation)
ACA released the publication “Beyond 2010. Priorities and challenges
for higher education in the next decade”, a collection of articles
based on presentations and papers prepared for the ACA Conference in
Tallinn in June 2008 dealing with student mobility, alternative
delivery of international education, funding of higher education, and
the impact of labour market changes on higher education.
http://www.aca-secretariat.be/05publications/aca_papers.htm
Europe
Academic
Cooperation Association (ACA) – Member (Affiliate)
Aca has released a Handbook of International Associations in Higher
Education, a Practical Guide to 100 Academic Networks World-Wide. The
publication is supported by the Asia-Europe Foundation through the ASEM
Education Hub (AEH).
http://www.aca-secretariat.be/handbook2009.htm
Hong Kong
University
of Hong Kong – Member (Institution)
The International Journal of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning
(IJCELL) has been launched by The Centre for Research in Continuing
Education and Lifelong Learning of the School of Professional and
Continuing Education of The University of Hong Kong. IJCELL will be
published twice a year in November and May.
The electronic version of IJCELLis available at:
https://w5.hkuspace.hku.hk/journal/index.php/ijcell
Contact: Helen Lau (helen.lau@hkuspace.hku.hk)
http://research.hkuspace.hku.hk
University of Hong Kong – Member (Institution)
Su-Yan Pan a research assistant professor in the Faculty of Education,
from the University of Hong Kong has just published a book titled:
University Autonomy, the State and Social Change in China. Her research
interests include higher education and social change, education policy
and legislation, and China education policy studies. http://www.hkupress.org/Common/Reader/Products/ShowProduct.jsp?
Pid=1&Version=0&Cid=16&Charset=iso-8859-1&page=-1&key=9789622099364
Corvinus
University of Budapest – Member
(Institution)
The Corvinus University of Budapest released its own Evaluation Report
as prepared by the European University Association. The English version
is available at the following address.
http://www.uni-corvinus.hu/fileadmin/user_upload/hu/kozponti_szervezeti_
egysegek/nemzetkozi_iroda/files/Hirek/CUB_Final_Report_07092008-1.pdf
International
Association
of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) – Member (Organisation)
The ACU and EducationGuardian.co.uk have just launched a Commonwealth
universities news page, with features and news stories from
institutions throughout the Commonwealth.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/commonwealth
Sweden
Lund
University – Member
(Institution)
The Head Office of the Lund University Libraries launched a call for
membership applications to its Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
in order to help maintain this service. DOAJ lists over 3600 full
texts, quality controlled, open access journals from over 2000
publishers in 91 different countries, and aims to cover all scientific
subjects and all languages.
http://www.doaj.org
A list of current members is available online: http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=membership
Contact: Anna-Lena Johansson (anna-lena.johansson@lub.lu.se)
United States
AIFS Foundation / Institute of
International Education (IIE) – Member (Affiliate)
“Higher Education On The Move: New Developments In Global Mobility”, is
the second in a new series of Global Education Research Reports
published by the Institute of International Education with support from
the AIFS Foundation. The first book in this series was: “U.S.-China
Educational Exchange: Perspectives on a Growing Partnership”. The book
is available for purchase on IIE's online bookstore.
http://www.iiebooks.org
American Council on Education (ACE) – Member (Organisation)
- A Guide to Internationalization for Chief Academic Officers, a
publication derived from four years of engagement with chief academic
officers, this publication presents ways to assess and advance the
institutional context for internationalization.
http://store.acenet.edu/showItem.aspx?product=311914&session=AF76FECB20B2469F8F6D7A316978AAAB
- On the Ground Overseas: U.S. Degree Programs And Branch Campuses
Abroad a publication profiling a variety of diverse efforts by U.S.
colleges and universities to establish campuses and programs abroad.
http://store.acenet.edu/showItem.aspx?product=311883&session=AF76FECB20B2469F8F6D7A316978AAAB
American Council on
Education (ACE) – Member (Organisation)
ACE in collaboration with the Association of Universities and Colleges
of Canada, and the European University Association have just released a
new publication titled: The Power of Partnerships: A Transatlantic
Dialogue, as a result of their biannual meeting held in Vancouver in
June 2008. A PDF version of the publication is available at no cost.
Contact: Kim Koch, Program Associate, (kim_koch@ace.nche.edu)
http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/cii/current/dialogues/Transatlantic.htm
Institute of International
Education (IIE) - Member (Affiliate)
IIE is pleased to announce the publication of the Fall 2009 issue of
the IIENetworker magazine, which focuses on international education in
Latin America. This issue is the third in a six-part series that
explores international education efforts in specific world regions.
Print copies are available for purchase at www.iiebooks.org.
IIENetworker is now also available in digital format which allows you
to read and print each page online: http://www.iienetwork.org/?p=LatinAmerica
Institute of
International Education (IIE)
- Member (Affiliate)
With over 500 hundred grant and scholarship listings, Funding for
United States Study is the most comprehensive directory on finding
funding for study in the United States.An invaluable resource for
advisers and international students worldwide.
http://www.iiebooks.org/funforunstat.html
Institute of International Education (IIE)
– Member (Affiliate)
The Institute of International Education marks it’s 90th anniversary in
2009. They are pleased invite us to read their new Annual Report which
is now available online.
http://www.iie.org/annualreport
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Grants and Programmes
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Germany
University
of Cologne – Member (Institution)
University of Cologne supports students from emerging and developing
countries with 885,000 €. Thereby, up to 30 scholarships can be offered
starting from this winter semester to support talented young academics.
Contact: Dr. Stefan Bildhauer, Head of the International
Office, University of Cologne
E-Mail: s.bildhauer(at)verw.uni-koeln.de
http://www.pressoffice.uni-koeln.de/
Japan
Tokyo
University of Science – Member
(Institution)
Member from Tokyo University of Science to Participate in the United
States Department of State’s International Visitor Program (IVP), which
aims at inviting people who are recognized as future leaders to the
United States for a visit.
http://www.sut.ac.jp/en/news/2008/1001_2.html
United
Kingdom
University
of Cambridge – Member
(Institution)
A University of Cambridge centre for sustainability leadership, the
Cambridge Programme for Industry (CPI), is celebrating its 20th
Anniversary with a series of events and publications.
http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2008092601
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main staff changes |
Australia
Monash
University – Member
(Institution)
Monash University
Council has
appointed Professor Edward Byrne AO as the eighth Vice-Chancellor of
Monash University. He will commence his position on 1 July 2009.
http://www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1371
Hong Kong, China
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - Member
(Institution)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is pleased to inform
us that Prof Tony Chan became President of HKUST on Tuesday, 1
September 2009, succeeding out-going President Paul Chu who has headed
HKUST for the past 8 years.
http://www.ust.hk/eng/news/press_20090828-707.html
Morrocco
Federation of the Universities of the
Islamic World (FIUW) – Member (Organisation)
Dr. Mustapha Ahmed Ali has been appointed Head of the General
Secretariat of the Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World,
succeeding to Dr. Mustapha Zebakh upon his retirement.
http://www.isesco.org.ma/english/news/news.php?id=500
South Africa
University of Witwatersrand – Member
(Institution)
Prof. Derek Keats has been appointed as the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor
for Knowledge and Information Management at the University of
Witwatersrand.
http://web.wits.ac.za/NewsRoom/NewsItems/DERKKEATS.htmf
University of the
Witwatersrand/ Southern African Regional Universities Association
(SARUA) - Members (Institution / Organisation)
The Graduate School of Public & Development Management (P&DM)
and the Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA) are
partnering to offer a short course in Higher Education Management in
Southern Africa at NQF Level 8. All sessions will be held in
Johannesburg, South Africa, on the Wits P&DM campus in Parktown.
Contact: Coco Belgarrab, Operation Co-ordinator, SARUA:
operations@sarua.org
http://www.sarua.org
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New Study Programs or
Special Courses
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Australia
University of South Australia – Member
(Institution)
University of South Australia will develop two specialist postgraduate
degrees as part of a $60 million skills training overhaul for the
defence industry
http://www.unisa.edu.au/news/2008/201108A.asp
Hungary
Semmelweis
University – Member
(Institution)
Semmelweis University launched a Strategic Development Programme for
Leaders in European Health Systems, “European Health Leaders Programme
2009” focusing on the evolving European Health and Social Services
Market and the challenges leaders are facing today.
The programme is delivered in five short modules in five European
countries: The Netherlands, Hungary, Sweden, England and Portugal.
http://www.euhlp.eu
Contact: Dr. Marie Johnson, Programme Director
m.e.johnson@durham.ac.uk
Spain
Pompeu Fabra University –
Member (Institution)
In it’s meeting on 18th June, the IDEC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra Boards
of Rectors approved the constitution of Pompeu Fabra University’s
Barcelona School of Management (BSM). The BSM is due to start operating
in the 2010-2011 academic year as an independent business unit within
the Idec foundation
http://www.idec.upf.edu
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Call for Papers/ Call for Application
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Australia
Victoria University /
Aalborg University – Member (Institution)
The 2nd International Research Symposium on Problem Based Learning for
2009 will focus on the dissemination of information on state-of-the-art
advances in education and research on PBL. It is organized by the
UNESCO Chair in Problem Based Learning in Engineering Education at
Aalborg University in collaboration with the Office for Problem Based
Learning in the Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science at Victoria
University, on 3-4 December 2009 at Victoria University in Melbourne
Australia. The deadline for abstract submission is 5 July 2009, and
full paper submission by September 2009.
http://www.vu.edu.au/pblsymposium
Belgium
Ghent University – Member
(Institution)
Ghent University invites European Bachelor and Master to apply for a 2
year International Masters of Science In Rural Development program
jointly organized by 6 EU and 2 US leading institutes in agricultural
economics and rural development. Contact: Evelien Vandevelde,
Scientific and Policy Advisor. IMRD - ATLANTIS Secretariat.
http://www.imrd.UGent.be
– http://www.transatlantis.ugent.be
Sweden
Uppsala University - Member
(Institution)
The Department of
Information Technology of Uppsala University is looking for
three PhD students for the project area Scalable search of product life
cycle information.
Further information: http://www.teknat.uu.se
and http://www.it.uu.se
The Department of
Mathematics, offers one or two PhD position in financial
mathematics. Starting 1 July 2009, or according to mutual agreement.
Contact: Docent Erik Ekström, e-mail: Erik.Ekstrom@math.uu.se or
Head of Department Professor Maciej Klimek, e-mail:
Maciej.Klimek@math.uu.se.
http://www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/378dorand_eng.html
Stockholm University –
Member (Institution)
The Institute of International Education/Department of Education at
Stockholm University announces 3 PhD student positions within the PhD
Program in International and Comparative Education.
Contact: Zenia Hellström. Director of studies.
http://www.su.se under
Vacancies and http://www.interped.su.se
Dnipropetrovsk University of
Economics and Law – Member (Institution)
Dnipropetrovsk University of Economics and Law is introducing the World
Nobel Students’ Internet Contests in the Nobel Prize fields. The first
Contest in the field of Economics is to be held from October 2009 to
April 2010. The students from all universities-IAU members who major in
Economics are cordially invited to submit their applications for
participation in the Contest. For further information please visit the
websites: http://nobelplanet.org,
http://duep.edu.
United States
Consortium for North
American Higher Education Conference (CONAHEC)
Stakeholders interested in higher education collaboration in Mexico,
the U.S. and Canada are invited to submit presentation proposals for
CONAHEC's Thirteenth North American Higher Education Conference,
tittled "Innovation in International Higher Education Collaboration".
It will take place from April 21-23, 2010 in Houston, Texas, USA at
host institution, Rice University.
http://vovici.com/wsb.dll/s/394fg3f5d5
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Partnerships and Cooperation
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Australia
Deakin
University
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Deakin University and
three Technical and Further Education Colleges (TAFEs) – the Box Hill
Institute, Gordon Institute and South West Institute of TAFE - to
further develop and strengthen the growing co-operative links between
them.
http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/tafe-mou.php
Monash University – Member
(Institution)
Monash University and the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay
(IITB) have opened a new chapter in Australia-India relations with the
formal launch of a joint-venture research academy
http://www.monash.edu.au/news/newsline/story/1377
Botswana
University of Botswana – Member
(Institution)
The Confucious Institute, a collaborative effort between University of
Botswana and Shanghai Normal University, China, was established on
November 24, 2008 at a colorful ceremony held at UB. The centre marks
the beginning of a joint commitment between the two universities to the
teachings of the Chinese language and culture at UB. The Institute will
be officially launched towards the last quarter of 2009.
http://www.ub.bw/news.cfm?a=737
China-Macao
University of Macao – Member (Institution)
An Honorary Professorship has been conferred upon UM Rector Wei Zhao by
Suzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Science and
Technology of China (USTC) and Soochow University (SU), in recognition
of his remarkable contributions and achievements in research and
teaching in the field of computer science.
China/West Indies
The University of the West
Indies, Mona – Member (Institution)
The University of the West Indies, Mona and the Government of the
People’s Republic of China have signed an agreement to establish a
Confucius Institute at Mona. The Institute will be the first of its
kind in the English-speaking Caribbean.
http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/proffice/newsroom/entry/3450
Europe/Africa
European Univesity Association (EUA) - Member (Organisation)
EUA it has been awarded a new project from the European Commission
Erasmus Mundus Action 4 (actions for ‘Enhancing Attractiveness’ of
European higher education). This project is entitled ‘Access to
Success: Fostering Trust and Exchange between Europe and Africa’ and
will strive to deepen European cooperation with African university
partners.
http://www.eua.be/eua-news/view-item/article/682
Finland
University of Turku – Member
(Institution)
The University of Turku has published a “Guide for Exchange Students
2009-2010”. It is addressed to students planning to come to the
University as exchange students from their international partner
universities.
http://www.utu.fi/en/studying
Germany/Tanzania
University of Bayreuth -
Member (Institution)
A new “Tanzanian-German Centre for Postgraduate Studies in Law” has
been established at the Faculty of Law, University of Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania. The Centre offer a postgraduate study programme in law (LL.M.
and Ph.D.) to be conducted in close cooperation between the
Universities of Dar es Salaam and the University of Bayreuth http://www.ias.uni-bayreuth.de/en/centre_of_excellence/index.html
Japan/China
Tokyo University of Science
– Member (Institution)
On June 26, 2009, the Tokyo University of Science concluded an academic
exchange agreement with Xi'fan Jiaotong University (Xi'an, Shannxi
Province, China). Along with Peking University and Tsinghua University.
http://www.sut.ac.jp/en/news/2009/0707-2.html
Japan/Indonesia
Tokyo University of Science
– Member (Institution)
The Tokyo University of Science concluded an agreement related to a
graduate school Master's double degree program with the Institut
Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia.
http://www.sut.ac.jp/en/
Kenya-USA
Colorado State University
/ The University of Nairobi – Member (Institution)
The University of Nairobi will partner Colorado State University to
develop a Regional Dry lands Centre based at the Nairobi institution.
The Centre will not only link the two partners but also universities
elsewhere in Kenya and in Malawi and Tanzania, the International
Livestock Research Institute, local community groups and African
scientists in the diaspora.
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090626120747772
Netherlands
Utrecht University – Member
(Institution)
Utrecht University is the coordinator of the research project 'Media
& Citizenship: transnational television cultures reshaping
political identities in the European Union' a European
Commission-financed project, in which five European universities
participate.
http://www.uu.nl/EN/Current/Pages/UtrechtUniversitycoordinates
EuropeanresearchontheinfluenceofArabiclanguagetelevision.aspx
Palestine
Birzeit
University (BZU) – Member
(Institution)
BZU Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Spanish Agency for
International Development Cooperation aimed at supporting Spanish
studies-language, culture an literature at BZU.
http://www.birzeit.edu/news/19079/news
Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) – Member
(Institution)
The IUG Faculty of Engineering initiates a cooperation with the
Ministry of Information Technology that aims at linking the faculty
with the local market in order to give the chance to the IUG students
to have a role in serving and developing society.
http://www.iugaza.edu.ps/en/Media/News.aspx?NewsId=4872
Pakistan/ Scotland
National University of
sciences and Technology (NUST) – Member (Institution)
National University of sciences and Technology, Islamabad Pakistan has
established The Centre for Trauma Research and Psychosocial
Interventions (CTRPI). The Centre, has been founded in collaboration
with the Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research, Robert Gordon University,
Aberdeen, Scotland. The Centre was conceived to deal with the huge
burden of psychosocial consequences of the Pakistan-Kashmir Earthquake
of 2005.
Contact: Muhammad Ismail.E-mail:dqa@nust.edu.pk
South Africa
UNESCO/ Rhodes University –
Member (Institution)
A partnership between UNESCO and the Rhodes University School of
Journalism and Media Studies will strengthen African journalism
education in September 2009.
The 2010 World Journalism Education Congress will be held at Rhodes
University, parallel to that year’s 2010 Highway Africa conference,
from 5 – 7 July
http://www.ru.ac.za/jms/projects/wjec
Saudi Arabia/China
King Saud University –
Member (Institution)
King Saud University in Riyadh signed a research cooperation accord
with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for its Nano Technology
Center.
http://corp.gulfinthemedia.com/gulf_media/full.php?module=view_article_en_same&free=1&id=474214
King Abdulaziz University
–Member (Instituttion)
Osama Tayeb, president of King Abdulaziz University in Riyadh, signed
three accords in alternative medicine and geology as well as to
establish a joint research center with Chinese institutions of Higher
learning.
http://corp.gulfinthemedia.com/gulf_media/full.php?module=view_article_en_same&free=1&id=474214
Spain
Esade Foundation/ Pontifical
University of Comillas - Member (Institution)
The ESADE Foundation and Comillas have signed a collaboration agreement
to teach the new Programme for Leadership Development (PLD). The
programme aimed at managers with consolidated corporate experience (at
least 5 years) could be offered as of next academic year 2009-10 and
will be taught by staff comprised of lecturers from both institutions.
José Ramón Busto, SJ, Chancellor of Comillas, and Carlos
Losada Marrodán, Director General of ESADE, signed the agreement.
http://www.upcomillas.es/eng/Noticias/noticia.aspx?ID=484
Sweden-China
Lund University/Zhejiang
University- Members (Institution)
Last March 2009, a delegation led by Prof. Per Warfvinge, Vice-Dean for
International Relations, Faculty of Engineering from Lund University,
paid a visit to ZJU and was warmly welcomed by Prof. Wang Li, Deputy
Director of International Relations Office of ZJU. The two parties had
an in-depth discussion on educational collaboration between the two
universities from 2009 to 2012 and reached an agreement.
http://www.ir.zju.edu.cn/new/En_listc.php?cate=18&xcate=18&id=100
USA/Africa
Twenty US
universities and 20 institutions in 15 African countries have won
Africa-US Higher Education Initiative Planning Grants of US$50,000 each
for capacity-building partnerships. There were nearly 300 applications
for the grants that pair US and African higher education institutions
and are supported by USAID and the US-based Higher Education for
Development. 4 out of those 20 institutions from African countries are
IAU members: Kigali Institute of Science &Technology, Rwanda;
University of Malawi; Makerere University, Uganda; Université
Gaston-Berger, Senegal.
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090626120747772
United States
The Council for Higher
Education Accreditation (CHEA) – Member (Organisation)
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) has sent a letter
to the Governors, Attorneys General and Secretaries of Education of all
50 States, as part of CHEA’s ongoing effort to combat degree mills. http://www.chea.org/news/NR_2008.11.12.htm
Institute of International
Education (IIE) - Member (Affiliate)
The Institute of International Education is pleased to announce the
launch of their new
Get a Passport: Study Abroad campaign, and to invite you to join them
as a Partner Campus. The goal of this campaign is to encourage more
students to study abroad.
Contact: Jessica Angelson (jangelson@iie.org)
http://www.iie.org/passport
United States/South
Africa
American Council on
Education (ACE) - Member (Organisation)
The American Council on Education (ACE) and the American Association of
Community Colleges (AACC) announced a new international partnership
aimed at strengthening curriculum and expanding work force development
programs at a dozen colleges in South Africa. The initiative is a
three-year, $6.7 million program funded by the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) Southern Africa Mission. http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Press_Releases2&CONTENTID=32016&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm
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Australia
Deakin University – Member (Institution)
Deakin University has recently been recognised again as an Employer of
Choice for Women by the Federal Government’s Equal Opportunity for
Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). The award acknowledges Deakin's
achievements in improving working conditions for women
http://www.deakin.edu.au/news/2009/270309employer-of-choice.php
University of Wollongong - Member
(Institution)
The University of Wollongong has been ranked first for overall
satisfaction among Australian university students in a new independent
survey released in February by Melbourne-based Sweeney Research who
surveyed 5000 students from 30 Australian universities.
Belgium
Faculté polytechnique de Mons and the Université de
Mons-Hainaut – Member (Institutions)
Two of our members have merged: Faculté polytechnique de Mons
and the Université de Mons-Hainaut (Belgium) and are now called
Université de Mons.
http://portail.umons.ac.be/FR/Pages/default.aspx
Denmark
University
of Copenhagen – Member
(Institution)
A Centre for Healthy Ageing was inaugurated at the University of
Copenhagen. Activity will start in early 2009 with research programmes
will focus on Neurobiology, Skeletal muscle metabolism, Individual
ageing throughout the entire course of life, Healthcare policy and
preventative medicine among the aged, Advances in health promotion on
ageing, communication and user-driven innovation (e.g. patients).
http://www.ku.dk/english/news/?content=http://www.ku.dk/english/news/ageing_centre.htm
Europe
European University
Association (EUA) – Member (Organisation)
On 15 January the EUA Council voted to set up a working group on
rankings to develop a clear road map for the association and its
response to the growing number of policy initiatives in this area. The
group has been asked to report back with recommendations at the October
2009 Council meeting.
http://www.eua.be/eua-news/view-item/article/747/
Finland
University of Turku and
Turku School of Economics – Member (Institution)
The University of Turku and Turku School of Economics will merge to
form a new University of Turku as of 1 January 2010.
http://www.utu.fi/en/news/UTU_and_TSE_merger.html
Iran
University of Tabriz - Member (Institution)
The University of Tabriz has obtained the honor of being selected as
one of the top 10 universities in Iran, and has ranked first among all
the Iranian universities participating in the comprehensive exhibition
of the thirty-year achievement of the Iranian Ministry of Science,
Research and Technology.
Lebanon
Saint-Joseph University -
Université Saint-Joseph (Lebanon)- Member (Institution)
Saint-Joseph University invites us to participate to the Beirut
Unisports Festival which is open for all Universities and Colleges
worldwide. It will take place from March 18th to March 21st,
2010. To ensure your participation, please finalize your entry request
before 18 January 2010. For more information about official invitation
and registration please check at this website:
http://www.usj.edu.lb/sport/unisports/
Macao, China
University of Macau - Member (Institution)
Upon approval by Queen Elizabeth II of the UK, Professor Sir James
Mirrlees, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Distinguished
Professor of the University of Macau (UM), was recently awarded a Royal
Medal 2009 by The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) in recognition of
his outstanding contributions to the economic theory which has had a
global impact on economic development.
Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico –
Member (Institution)
IAU has the honor to announce that Alejandra Bravo: Professor at the
Institute of Molecular Microbiology of the Universidad Nacional
Autonoma in Mexico, an IAU member institution is one of the five women
laureates who received the 12th Annual l’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For
Women in Science 2010, for her work on a bacterial toxin that acts as a
powerful insecticide.
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-
URL_ID=46707&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Tecnológico
de Monterrey – Member
(Institution)
The Tecnológico de Monterrey, the FEMSA Foundation, and the
Inter-American Development Bank joined forces to create the Water
Center for Latin America, an Organisation seeking to contribute to a
more responsible and sustainable management of this vital fluid in
Latin America and the Caribbean through research, training, and
knowledge transfer.
http://www.itesm.edu/wps/portal/english/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0v
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de+Monterrey/News/Not%2826nov08%29Centro_Agua
Universidad Autonoma de
Mexico (UNAM) – Member(Institution)
UNAM wants to inform us about the changing of their domain name.
The old name is: http://www.unam.mx
The new name is: http://www.eduunam.com/
New Zealand
University of Otago – Member (Institution)
The University of Otago has an international reputation for research
excellence and leads the latest PBRF ranking. The PBRF
(Performance-Based Research Funds) is the New Zealand Government’s
formal tertiary institution research performance assessment. The next
PBRF round is due to take place in 2012.
http://www.otago.ac.nz/research/pbrf/index.html
L’ORÉAL–UNESCO
award/ IAU Member institutions
IAU
has the honor to announce that four of the five women Laureates who
received l’Oréal –Unesco Award for Women in Science 2009 are
from IAU Member institutions: Akiko Kobayashi, Professor Emeritus at Nihon University, Japan; Athene M.
Donald, Laureate for Europe, University
of Cambridge, UK; Beatriz Barbuy, Laureate for Latin America, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil;
Tebello Nyokong, Laureate for Africa and the Arab States, Rhodes University, South-Africa.
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44674&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Russian Federation
Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University – Member (Institution)
IAU is pleased to congratulate, Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University,
who will celebrate its 70th Anniversary on October 9, 2009.
Sweden
Lund University- Member (Institution)
The 2009 is a year of administrative changes at Lund University. The
former International Office is now divided in two parts: - The
International Relations Office, develops, promotes and coordinates
international activities at Lund University and The International
Student Mobility Group, belonging to the Division of Student Affairs,
is responsible for administration regarding exchange and masters
students.
http://www.lu.se/lund-university/international-relations
IAU new member
We
are pleased to welcome new IAU Members:
- Trakya University,
Turkey, http://www.trakya.edu.tr
- Southern Institute
of Technology, New-Zealand, http://www.sit.ac.nz
- University of
Ballarat, Australia, http://www.ballarat.edu.au/
- Ilam University,
Iran, http://www.ilam.ac.ir
- University of
Petroleum and Energy Studies, India, http://www.upes.ac.in
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