Category: News

WUN Student Mental Health Working Group Chairs visit UFMG

Student mental health is a central priority for higher education institutions. In recent years, students have navigated COVID-19, the delivery of remote education/support, isolation...

A new book highlights the benefits of sustainable transport in Asia

Sylvia He, director of the Urban Studies Program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, is a champion of sustainable transport—she thinks that it...

Investigating the impacts of AI on workers in the manufacturing sector

A WUN project is investigating the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on workers in the manufacturing sector. Like many industries, manufacturing is increasingly influenced...

Call for Contributors: Global Mental Health Webinar Series

A WUN collaboration with the University of Leeds invites proposals for contributors to an online research webinar series titled, 'Global Mental Health: Bridging Research,...

Valuing Voices

This article was originally published by Times Higher Education here. New tool challenges ‘hierarchies’ in collaborative research ‘Valuing voices’ checklist hopes to help academics to...

A Look Back at WUN AGM 2025

The WUN Annual General Meeting 2025 took place from 21-23 May in Hong Kong. Click here for photos of the event and a highlights...

WUN Research Development Fund 2025

Applications for the Research Development Fund (RDF) 2025 round are now closed. In its sixteenth year, the RDF provides researchers at member universities with...

The University of Queensland joins WUN

The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is pleased to announce that The University of Queensland (UQ) has joined the network. WUN warmly welcomes President and...

Robotics Doctoral (Northern Hemisphere) Summer School – York and Maastricht Partnership

The University of York and Maastricht University are partnering to host a (northern hemisphere) summer school at the University of York for robotics doctoral...

An Augmented Reality Storybook Helps Autistic Children with Social Functioning

WUN-supported research has resulted in the development of a storybook that uses augmented reality to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) navigate social...

Robotics Doctoral Northern Hemisphere Summer School – York and Maastricht Partnership

The University of York and Maastricht University are partnering to host a northern hemisphere summer school at the University of York for robotics doctoral researchers. Led by experienced...

How Climate Change Impacts Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health: Researchers Map Evidence Gaps

Researchers from WUN member universities[1] and partners studying the impact of climate change on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) have developed...