Ghana hosts WUN Summer School
The 2023 WUN Summer School in Ghana offered an integrated look at history, climate change, conservation efforts, and both old and new ways of life in Ghana through a focus
WUN Summer School at the University of Ghana: 2-11 July 2023
Photo via the University of Ghana The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Summer School, hosted by the University of Ghana, is now accepting applications. The Summer School will be held in
WUN Virtual Summer School 2023
An online (Southern Hemisphere) Summer School organised and designed by the University of York. Theme: “The World’s Biggest Problems and How to Influence the Solutions”.
WUN Virtual Summer School at NCKU kicks off on Monday 8 August 2022
We are excited to announce the kick-off of the WUN Virtual Summer School 2022. The eight-day programme, organised and hosted by National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) takes place online and starts on
WUN Virtual Summer School 2023
Photo: Alex Holland via the University of York Over the past few years, global figures have been speaking out about the greatest challenges the world faces. Politicians, business leaders, and
WUN Virtual Summer School at NCKU: Act for Sustainability
What does algae have to do with water quality? How can cities become more sustainable? Students can learn the answers to these questions, and much more, at the 2022 Worldwide
WUN Summer School 2022
The next WUN Summer School “Act for Sustainability” will be organised and hosted by National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Registration is open until 1 June 2022.
Students Delve into Sustainable Development at WUN Summer School
Undergraduates from around the world turned their attention to the world’s most pressing issues during the 2021 Worldwide Universities Network Summer School. The two-week programme, designed and hosted by the
WUN Summer School
WUN Summer School 2021 “The World’s Biggest Problems and How to Influence the Solutions”, hosted by the University of York.
WUN Online Summer School at the University of York: Registration Open
As a member university of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) your students may be aware of the ground-breaking research that your institution is doing to support the United Nations Sustainable
WUN Summer School
UPDATE: The WUN Summer School, originally scheduled for July 2020, has been postponed to 2021 due to covid-19 developments. The information and application website will be re-opened for the 2021 program in due course.
Fostering Energy Leadership: UAlberta provides global perspectives in 2019 WUN Summer School
The University of Alberta set the stage for student discovery in the areas of traditional energy development, future energy systems, environment, and land reclamation by hosting the Worldwide Universities Network Summer School this July.
WUN Summer School Accepting Applications
WUN Summer School on Energy Transitions, 8-19 July 2019, University of Alberta.
CUHK Hosted ACU Summer School 2018
Forty-five students of 19 nationalities gathered at CUHK for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Summer School on Designing and Creating Sustainable Communities during 1-9 July 2018.
Migration Data for Policy Summer School
Monday 9 – Thursday 12 July 2018, Bristol Marriott Hotel
Migration Data for Policy Summer School hosted by the University of Bristol and the IOM’s GMDAC
Details of the Migration Data for Policy Summer School hosted by the University of Bristol and the IOM’s GMDAC
Call for applications for the UFMG Summer School on Brazilian Studies 2018 is open
The program comprises lectures on various Brazilian-related topics, Portuguese classes and cultural activities. The Summer School will take place at UFMG main campus in Belo Horizonte and all activities will be conducted in English.
CUHK to Host ACU Summer School 2018
CUHK has been selected to play host to the next Association of Commonwealth Universities Summer School on 1-9 July 2018.
Inaugural WUN Summer School opens in Perth
Students from around the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) gathered in Perth on Friday for the start of the Inaugural WUN Summer School at the University of Western Australia. The 20 students, representing seven countries and nine WUN universities, will spend the next two weeks sharing their global perspectives on responses to climate change.
Bergen Summer Research School 2013
The Bergen Summer Research School takes place 17-29 June 2013. The theme for this year s edition is “Food as a Global Development Challenge”.
Bergen Summer Research School 2012
Research based education for global development challenges
Schools as a Setting for Reducing Risk Factors for Non-communicable Diseases
Adolescence is recognised as an important time where intervention to support the development of sustained health-promoting behaviours (e.g. regular physical activity) offers an intergenerational opportunity to improve wellbeing. In addition to supporting the future health and wellbeing of the adolescent, interventions at this time offer the opportunity for improved outcomes for the future offspring. Furthermore, it is known that adolescents can act as effective agents of health-related change within their families.
WUN Executive Director visits Makerere University
The Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (3rd left) and WUN Director Prof. Peter Lennie (4th right) with DVCAA-Assoc. Prof. Umar Kakumba (3rd right), Ag. DVCFA-Prof. Henry Alinaitwe and Members of Management
Mobility
Mobility Opportunities The following provides details of education and research mobility programs and agreements within the Worldwide Universities Network. Please note that the data below is not comprehensive and based
Migration, Development and Global Transformations (MDGT)
The Migration, Development and Global Transformations (MDGT) programme brings together WUN migration researchers and data experts for two workshops in 2016, in a research incubation activity supported by ongoing research and policy collaboration between the University of Bristol and the International Organization for Migration’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre, a key partner in the programme.
Understanding Globalisation – Margins and Peripheries
Globalisation, migration and their socio-cultural consequences are experienced across the urban and rural divide, in both the global north and south. Yet research into globalisation and migration remains, to date, largely limited to urban metropoles, primarily in the so-called ‘developed world’. This interdisciplinary project seeks to fill this gap by building a better understanding of the complex processes of globalisation in rural and peri-urban areas, with a particular focus on developments in the global south, including international migration of the Chinese diaspora.
Spintronics Consortium
The WUN Spintronics Consortium consists of more than 30 partners including 9 WUN universities. The consortium brings together the expertise of the partners and carries out collaborative research with the aim of impacting significantly on science and society.
Cultures in flux: Migration and cultural dynamics in the past and present
WUN Understanding Cultures Global Challenge Workshop: how heritage can help people deal with trauma of forced and unsafe migration
WUN Presidents Forum urges closer collaboration for policy impact
We have got the talent, the knowledge, and the vehicles through the policy institutes
WUN Annual Conference and AGM paves a path to greater global policy teamwork
Conference and AGM round-up
IOM launches Migration Data Portal
First stage of ongoing progress to develop a “one-stop-shop” for international data
WUN researcher to address International Forum on Migration Data Statistics
WUN researcher to address International Forum on Migration Data Statistics in Paris
Research strengths secure global challenge funding
Two research projects led by the University of Leeds have been awarded £16million to build resilience in African businesses and communities.
WUN Forms Strategic Alliance with International Organization for Migration (IOM)
On 2 April, the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) and the Global Migration Data Analysis Centre in Berlin of the International Organization for Migration (IOM GMDAC) signed a collaboration agreement at the second WUN Migration Conference in Maastricht.
Inaugural Web Observatories Workshop Takes Place in Southampton
Much like the printing press, the invention of the world wide web has afforded us unprecedented opportunities for spreading information. Not only do we now have the capacity to share rich data sets online, we also have vast amounts of data about our online activity. However, without a proper framework in place, it is difficult to take full advantage of this rich information resource. There are currently multiple barriers to using this resource effectively, including accessibility of datasets, lack of comprehensive and shareable metadata, dataset identification and searching, access control and privileges, and analytics.
WUN Conference & AGM 2015
The annual WUN Conference and AGM 2015 took place at The Chinese University of Hong Kong over six days from 25-30 April.
WUN building bridges for international student mobility
Representatives from WUN international exchange and study abroad offices met at the 2014 NAFSA Conference in San Diego, USA.
WUN fosters the next generation of researchers
WUN announced it will fund sixteen young researchers from member institutions to spend periods of up to three months at partner institutions across the network through its Research Mobility Program (RMP).
Nobel Prize-winner delivers University of York lecture
The impact of the recession across Europe was the subject of the University of York’s James College Annual Lecture delivered this year by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Sir James Mirrlees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
WUN Research Development Fund 2010-2011
The WUN announces the results of its fund for research development.
3rd International Conference on Spintronics Materials and Technology
Registration is now open for WUNSPIN10 – the third WUN International Conference on “Spintronic Materials and Technology” – which will take place at the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) from June 21 to 23.
NERC grant for Himalayan Climate Change project
Congratulations to the WUN international team that has achieved this highly competitive support.
New study finds vitamin D3 improves heart function
A daily dose of vitamin D3 improves heart function in people with chronic heart failure, a five-year University of Leeds research project has found. Dr Klaus Witte, from the School of Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, led the study, known as VINDICATE. He said: “This is a significant breakthrough for patients. It is the first evidence that vitamin D3 can improve heart function of people with heart muscle weakness – known as heart failure. These findings could make a significant difference to the care of heart failure patients.”
Vice rector of Bergen joins the WUN leadership
Anne Christine Johannessen takes over as chair of the Worldwide Universities Network’s Public Health Global Challenge Steering Group.
Lost voices of the Holocaust: rediscovering music from a forgotten world
Music by a Jewish victim of the Nazis feared lost forever is being performed for the first time since the Holocaust, at the University of Leeds Clothworkers Concert Hall on Friday, March 14. Chad Gadya (One Little Goat), by Dovid Ajzensztadt, was uncovered in South Africa by a University of Leeds researcher.
Growing evidence of global warming threat to future food supplies
Increasingly hot summer weather could cause a fall in crop yields over the next two decades unless farming techniques are improved more quickly, scientists at the University have found.
A fine balance in the Arctic
Fifteen members of AEVO from five WUN institutions attended a two-day workshop at the University of Leeds, 12-13 September 2011, to launch this novel project which tackles the crucial issue of climate impacts on Arctic communities.
U of A researchers strive to increase awareness of forgotten essential nutrient
A group of researchers at the University of Alberta hopes to draw attention to what has become a forgotten essential nutrient.
