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May 18, 2022

Fish offer global look at microplastic pollution

SUMMARY “Microplastics are like dust. We’re breathing them all the time and they’re accumulating in us,” says ecologist Adrian Jordaan. He and...
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May 16, 2022

WUN AGM 2022

© LT/www.diapo.ch The Worldwide Universities Network Annual General Meeting is the central event in the WUN calendar, drawing together colleagues fr...
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Mar 28, 2022

Are universities of the past still the future?

On 24 January 2022, on the fourth annual UNESCO International Day of Education, Ernst & Young (EY) launched their global “Future of Higher Educa...
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Mar 23, 2022

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...
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Mar 16, 2022

WUN consortium launches ‘Tertiary Education in a Warming World’ Report

Higher education institutes have a critical role to play in driving the scientific, political, technological, and cultural change needed to avoid the ...
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Mar 15, 2022

UP launches national network to support UN Sustainable Development Goals

The University of Pretoria (UP) has launched SDSN South Africa, a national network for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Networ...
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Mar 12, 2022

WUN-supported global research network aims to improve opportunities and outcomes for women

The Global Research Network on the Economic Empowerment of Women (ReNEW) seeks to examine innovative approaches to research and policy development to ...
Feb 14, 2022

Sheffield researcher & WUN project lead recognised for her influence on social policy

Professor Sue Yeandle from The University of Sheffield has been recognised for her influence on social policy, and specialises in the relationship bet...
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Jan 26, 2022

Where do climate migrants go?

As climate change renders populated areas uninhabitable, what does justice look like for those who must relocate? A forthcoming collection of papers i...