issue 30 - Universitas 21

U21: Discover
Issue 30, July 2014
www.universitas21.com
In This Issue
Network News
Educa onal
Innova on
Researcher
Engagement
Student
Experience
Collabora ons
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Page 11
Page 14
Changing Faces Page 15
Events
Calendar
Back Page
Interview
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niversitas 21 is looking
to find the best photo to
represent the tle Working
Worldwide within the realm of
academia.
The second U21 Interna onal
Photography Compe on
is open to anyone – staff,
students or faculty – at a
U21 university. “Some of
our founding principles as a
network focus on working
together to foster global
ci zenship and ins tu onal
innova on at all levels within
the university – and beyond
– so we wanted to see how
this could be captured in a
single photo,” commented
U21’s Secretary General, Jane
Usherwood. “We frequently
have photos of interna onal
delegates standing in rows
for a formal photograph, but
rarely does this capture this
collabora on at work. This is
an opportunity to do just that.”
From the Secretariat...
When I le to go on maternity
leave in February 2013, U21
had reached an interes ng
point in its history and there
was a real sense of an cipa on
looking forward to the next
chapter in the network’s story.
Eighteen months later, this
thir eth edi on of the newlyrenamed U21:Discover is
testament to the vision
and hard work with which
this new chapter has been
opened. The clusters are now
well established, all forging
ahead with new ini a ves
and engaging ever-increasing
numbers of staff, students and
faculty around the network.
The U21 Ranking of Na onal
Higher Educa on Systems has
started to garner significant
interest from the wider world,
pu ng Universitas 21 firmly
on the map as a provider of
an alterna ve view of ter ary
educa on. The Student Summit
has become an established
part of the network’s annual
mee ng, crea ng a bridge
between students and senior
management and addressing
some of the issues which are
To enter the compe on,
send your photo, along with a
brief commentary, your name,
university and email address,
to the U21 Secretariat at
[email protected] by
Friday 31 October 2014.
Further details and the
compe on’s terms and
condi ons can be found at
www.universitas21.com/link/
photocompe on.
of importance to the enormous
student body our network
represents. All the while, our
flagship groups and events
con nue to go from strength to
strength, building on years of
experience and enthusiasm.
My older son, since his baby
brother arrived in March
2013, has really grown up
and is looking forward to the
new adventure of school in
September. In these past 18
months, it feels as if U21 has
also grown up, asserted its
adult iden ty and it, too, is
embarking on the next chapter
in its life with zest and drive.
NETWORK NEWS
U21 Award for InternaƟonalisaƟon
T
he 2014 U21 Awards for
Interna onalisa on, recognising
individual efforts which further
interna onalisa on and build
rela ons between U21 members,
were presented at special events
in London and Glasgow in May this
year. Professor James Murdoch was
nominated on the strength of his
pioneering teaching of human rights
law in an interna onal context, while
Professor Martyn Poliakoff ’s award
was for his long and dis nguished
career in academe, but most notably
for finding innova ve ways to
popularise science around the world,
par cularly through The Periodic
Table of Videos.
reconcilia on through the medium
of human rights at a me when the
wounds caused by atroci es and
war crimes were s ll very much
raw. This was one small example of
how universi es can work together
with outside partners such as
the Council of Europe – and our
alumni – to help to iden fy and
exploit possibili es for placements
to assist our students to assist
others, and in doing so, gain unique
interna onal perspec ves that
can influence future careers. The
poten al for higher educa on to
help shape the future – and for the
be er – is self-evident.
Professor Jim Murdoch with his U21 Award
At the main award ceremony during
the network’s Annual Presiden al
Mee ng in Glasgow, Professor Murdoch
accepted his award and also spoke on
behalf of Professor Poliakoff and the
2014 Gilbert Medal winner, Dr Domenico
Lenarduzzi:
“I have been asked to say a few words
on behalf of the three of us honoured
here today. The [2014 Presiden al]
symposium and [student] summit
have been examining how best to
prepare our students for careers of
the future. Inevitably, this involves
interna onalisa on of the kind that
Universitas 21 is promo ng. We have
heard of Dr Lenarduzzi’s contribu on
to the development of the European
Union’s ERASMUS programme. My own
involvement with study abroad started
almost 25 years ago, and on the very
day that the Berlin Wall fell, three of us
from the School of Law arrived in Mainz
to establish our first partnership. That
day marked a new beginning for Europe,
and a new beginning for our students.
For within a very short period of me,
students, staff and employers began to
recognise the transforma ve effect of
study abroad. The poten al unleashed
by mobility is extraordinary.
A second aspect of interna onalisa on
promoted by U21 – and the aspect
featured in the award to Professor
Poliakoff – is of sharing understanding
across borders (what would now
be called ‘knowledge exchange and
impact’). In my case, it was a privilege
to have our Glasgow students work
with law students from the three
communi es in Bosnia and Herzegovina
to develop understanding and
U21 Rankings 2014
120,520
TwiƩer
impressions
But in expressing our collec ve
thanks for these awards, I am sure
that each of us would also wish to
acknowledge our apprecia on to our
respec ve ins tu ons – in my case, the
University of Glasgow – for allowing us
the opportuni es to undertake the range
of work recognised here today. For the
me, resources and support, as well as
for these awards, our sincerest thanks.”
Professor Poliakoff, along with his
sister Miranda, joined the then Chair
of the network Professor Fred Hilmer,
Professor Roger Woods of the University
of No ngham and Clare Noakes of
Universitas 21 to receive his award at
an informal ceremony at the Connaught
Hotel in London in early May, while Dr
Lenarduzzi was presented with the 2014
Gilbert Medal in April, as reported in the
last edi on of U21:Discover.
www.universitas21.com/link/GilbertMedal
103 arƟcles
published in
20 countries
17,201 unique
website views
50 countries featured
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More details online at
www.universitas21.
com/link/rankings
 USA tops main
ranking
 Sweden tops
ranking adjusted
for GDP
 Malaysia
tops chart for
resources when
adjusted for GDP
 South Africa
tops chart for
connec vity
when adjusted
NETWORK NEWS
New Network Chair Elected
T
Vice Chancellor of
UNSW Australia.
Speaking a er the elec on, Sir David
said: “I am delighted to have been asked
to chair the Universitas 21 network.
The strength and diversity of its
members create a powerful global force
within higher educa on. The sector is
undergoing rapid change and it is clear
that interna onal collabora on is vital
to the long-term success of universi es
and of the sector as a whole. As chair I
will endeavour to ensure that Universitas
21 con nues to provide a dynamic
framework that fosters interna onal
collabora on between leading research
universi es.” Sir David takes over from
Professor Fred Hilmer, President and
Jane Usherwood, U21’s
Secretary General
commented: “We
are very pleased that
Professor Eastwood
has been elected by
his fellow university
presidents to lead
our network for the
next two years. Over
the 17 years since we
were founded, the
network has developed
collabora ve projects
in the areas of student
experience, educa onal
innova on and
researcher engagement
and Professor Eastwood’s leadership
in these, and other areas where we
work together, will prove invaluable in
maximising the poten al that such an
established set of rela onships might
he Vice Chancellor of the University
of Birmingham, Professor Sir David
Eastwood, has been elected as the new
chair of the network. Chairmanship of
the network now rotates on a biannual
basis and Professor Eastwood was
elected unanimously at the Universitas
21 Annual General Mee ng in Glasgow
on 16 May.
Professor Sir David Eastwood
bring. We look forward to working
with him to capitalise on the exci ng
opportuni es for our members, students
and staff.”
www.universitas21.com/link/Chair
PromoƟng U21 at home and abroad
W
e are always on the look out
for examples of best prac ce
around the network. The University of
Birmingham holds an annual event for
all students, staff and faculty who have
been awarded University of Birmingham
places in U21 mobility ac vity over the
year, and gives everyone involved a
chance to exchange experiences, give
those who haven’t yet travelled some
ps and generally help promote U21
within the university.
Ma Clulee, U21 Project Officer at the
University of Birmingham writes:
“The University of Birmingham hosted
its annual Universitas 21 Celebra on
Event on 18 June in the Bramall Music
Building. U21 Manager, Provost and
Vice Principal Professor Adam Tickell
welcomed staff and students who had
“Carol Solley, Research and Knowledge
Transfer Manager, a recipient of the Staff
Fellowship who travelled to Hong Kong,
Melbourne and PUC spoke about the
benefits she has taken from her award,
and Thea Buckley from the university’s
Shakespeare Ins tute spoke about
the opportunity she had to further
her postgraduate research into Indian
adapta ons of Shakespeare at the
University of Delhi.
succeeded in securing funding to
a end U21 partner events such as the
Summer School or Graduate Research
Conference, or for specific purposes
such as the PhD Scholarships, and also
staff who have received Fellowships
and project funding. The evening is
also to thank those colleagues who
have supported our engagement with
U21, from senior management, our
U21 interest group and those who have
promoted the opportuni es available,
or sat on selec on and interview panels.
Applica ons for all awards increased by
36% in 2013-14, so awardees are to be
congratulated in succeeding in what was
a very compe ve applica on process
against other outstanding candidates.”
“This event is to celebrate the
achievement of our undergraduate
and postgraduate students who have
We would welcome other examples of
how U21 membership is celebrated and
promoted at our member universi es!
been awarded funding to support their
engagement with U21 partners, and
spoke of the value the university placed
on its membership of the network and
the benefits of the collabora on it
enabled.
The University of Birmingham’s 2014 travel fellowship awardees
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EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
T
he past few months have seen a
flurry of ac vity in the Educa onal
Innova on (EI) Cluster. At the AGM in
Glasgow this May, presidents reaffirmed
the network’s commitment to the
cluster approach to ac vi es, aligning to
an agreed set of strategic priori es for
each cluster.
This spring, we issued a call for
proposed ac vi es and ini a ves from
around the network which would align
with the EI priori es. Two grants were
awarded at the end of May to roll out
innova ve prac ces in educa on to
members, projects which have the
poten al to impact on the ways in
which students learn together across
the globe.
The first is a collabora ve project
between the Universi es of Bri sh
Columbia, Auckland and Edinburgh,
known as PeerWise. It is an online
repository of mul ple-choice ques ons
which are created, answered, rated
and discussed by students. Seventeen
U21 members have joined PeerWise
and collec vely have created 654
submissions. The new project will
leverage connec ons resul ng from
this by crea ng an extension which will
further support student learning across
a wider range of subject areas.
The second project is led by the
University of Hong Kong and expands
Interna onal Peer Review (IPR) which
was developed by Dr Karen Gardner
of UBC, a member of the Health
Sciences Group and winner of one of
the inaugural U21 Awards in 2012. This
project will look to expand IPR into
Schools of Educa on, with the longerterm aim of rolling it out into a broader
range of disciplines. Watch for details
as these projects progress.
We are also pursuing the crea on of
two new collabora ve sub-groups
within the cluster – one comprised of
PVCs/DVCs Academic (or similar) and
the second cons tuted of Directors of
Centres for Learning & Teaching. These
two groups will work closely together in
the wider EI group, while s ll providing
an opportunity to share best prac ce
around their differing roles within our
ins tu ons. Those interested in joining
the groups should contact me for more
informa on.
Work con nues on a project looking
at prac ce around the recogni on
of teaching excellence in research
intensive universi es. This work is
being undertaken by the University
of Auckland and the paper produced
will form the agenda for a workshop
to highlight results in October at
Lavinia Winegar-Go
UNSW Australia (in conjunc on
with the annual U21 EI Conference).
Programme planning is well underway
for the conference and pre-conference
workshops. Addi onal details can
be found on page 6 and on the U21
website (www.universitas21.com/link/
EIconference2014)
We are excited to see growing interest
in the U21 Shared Online Course
(U21 SOC), Cri cal Thinking in Global
Challenges, which will be offered for
the first me in November of this year.
Details about this ini a ve can be found
below and online (www.univers as21.
com/link/SOC).
Lavinia Winegar-Go
Educa onal Innova on Manager
lavinia.winegar-go @universitas21.com
www.universitas21.com/link/EI
U21’s Shared Online Course update
T
here is s ll me to get involved in
U21’s Cri cal Thinking Shared Online
Course (SOC). The first itera on of the
programme begins in November 2014
and at present 18 U21 members (see
list below) are signed up to this or a
subsequent run of the course.
Final plans are being put in place,
with sign-up to the U21 SOC closing
on Monday 10 November. Students
can also sign up a er this date to be
informed of the second and poten ally
third itera ons of the course in 2015.
The U21 Cri cal Thinking Shared
Online Course is a version of a MOOC
developed by the University of
Edinburgh, which is being tailored just
for U21 students. All U21 universi es
• University of Amsterdam
• University of Auckland
• University of Birmingham
• Pon ficia Universidad Católica
de Chile
Everywhere can be a study room with online learning
have a stated commitment to their
students developing a strong sense of
interna onalisa on and of developing
the capacity for cri cal thought, and
par cipa on in the course will allow
students a unique opportunity to
experience a MOOC-type learning
• University of Connec cut
• University College Dublin
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• University of Johannesburg
experience while communica ng with
fellow U21 students across the world.
In this first itera on of the U21 course,
English will be the language of delivery.
However, if it is successful, future
itera ons may include other languages,
depending on the need and enthusiasm
within the group. The pla orm is
designed for an interna onal audience
and crowd collabora on – students may
choose to develop other language study
groups within the pla orm, or contribute
other language sub tles and upload
these to the video resources.
Anyone interested in finding out more
about the U21 SOC, on an ins tu onal
or individual level, should contact Lavinia
Winegar-Go or visit
www.universitas21.com/link/SOC
• Korea University
• McGill University
• University of Melbourne
• UNSW Australia
• University of No ngham
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• Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Na onal University of Singapore
• University of Virginia
• Waseda University
www.universitas21.com/link/SOC
EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
Deans of EducaƟon Annual MeeƟng
T
he representa on of fourteen
U21 Schools of Educa on at our
annual mee ng records yet another
high point in a endance. Together
with the number of guests, the level
of a endance suggests that the U21
Deans of Educa on mee ng is widely
recognised as a valuable forum for
networking between Schools of
Educa on interna onally.
A er some of the more rou ne business
– an update on ac vity around the
network, a report from the FINE group
and a brief roundtable where each
member represented gave a short
report on their own ac vity and areas of
par cular
interest
which could
be pursued,
the mee ng
turned to
a focus
discussion.
Educa on have not enjoyed the status
of Facul es of Medicine (for example)
within their own universi es. What is
the role of Schools of Educa on within
the contemporary university? How
frequently and in what ways does the
university community make use of the
exper se to be found in a School of
Educa on? What is the relevance of a
School of Educa on to the mission of the
contemporary university?
Discussion of both topics centred on
an examina on of the role of Schools
of Educa on (and the purpose of
educa on, in general) in contemporary
educa onal contexts. The growing
Brief
posi on
papers were
presented
on two
The U21 Deans of Educa on at their mee ng in Philadelphia
topics of
interest to U21 Deans’ group. The first,
a en on being paid to Character
on Character Educa on was presented
Educa on or Civics and Ci zenship was
by delegates from Glasgow, UBC and
noted and discussed in rela on to the
guest university Pretoria. Character
obliga ons of Schools of Educa on to
educa on is an umbrella term loosely
address this trend in pre-service teacher
used to describe the teaching of
educa on programmes. The addi onal
children in a manner that will help them
and related issue of professionalism was
develop variously as moral, civic, good,
raised and discussed with interest.
mannered, behaved, non-bullying,
The concluding discussion addressed
healthy, cri cal, successful, tradi onal,
the need for consequent ac on and
compliant and/or socially acceptable
par cipants undertook to provide details
beings. The term has also been used to
regarding ac ons arising from the U21
embrace such programmes as religious
Deans’ mee ng and the discussion in
educa on and moral educa on. Current
par cular.
interest in educa on for civics and
ci zenship and in posi ve psychology
Members of the Deans’ group ran a
interpret the same agenda in a different
symposium session at the April AERA
form. The presenta on therefore
Conference with the tle: Clinical
posed the ques on: what are the
Approaches to Teacher Educa on:
responsibili es of Schools of Educa on
Connec ng Research in Ireland, the USA,
with respect to Character Educa on?
Scotland and Australia. This symposium
was a direct consequence of the Focus
The second paper was en tled The
Discussion from a previous Deans’
contribu on, role and relevance
mee ng. Presenters at the symposium
of Schools of Educa on in the
contemporary university, presented by
were: Ciaran Sugrue (Dublin), Ellie
Sinikka Neuhaus of Lund. She suggested Wilson (Virginia), Jim Conroy (Glasgow),
that in most communi es, Schools of
Larissa McLean Davies & Field Rickards
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(Melbourne), and the discussant was
Linda Darling-Hammond (Stanford).
Members of the Deans’ group are
also considering submi ng another
proposal for inclusion in the 2015 AERA
conference in Chicago.
Yet another record level of
representa on and the construc ve
interac vity of the group discussion,
confirms the role of the annual mee ng
of the U21 Deans of Educa on group as
an energe c and necessary forum for
the sharing and addressing of challenges
across U21 Schools of Educa on
interna onally. The perspec ves of
the observers are also illumina ng and
illustrate the
extent to
which U21
is leading
the field in
providing a
forum for
this level of
interna onal
sharing of
prac ces and
concerns. The
con nued
ac vity of
the FINE
group of research students is par cularly
pleasing. The FINE group’s ac vi es
are en rely subsidised by the Deans’
group and provide an outstanding return
in effort and outcomes on a minimal
investment of funds. The FINE group
offers an important model for other
interna onal student networks.
The U21 Deans of Educa on group has
been mee ng for 15 years. Its longevity
and remarkable (and increasing) level
of par cipa on by Schools of Educa on
suggests that it provides a valued
forum. The recent connec on with
AERA’s Organiza on of Ins tu onal
Affiliates suggests that U21 is seen as
a making an important contribu on to
the interna onal Educa on community
beyond its U21 membership.
Professor David Clarke
Deans of Educa on Group Convenor
University of Melbourne
www.universitas21.com/link/educa on
EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
A FINE feeling in Philadelphia!
The Forum for Interna onal Networking
in Educa on (FINE) con nues to engage
students from U21 ins tu ons through
mee ngs at conferences, newsle er and
email communica on and through our
FINE rep network.
In April, FINE held three events at
the 2014 annual mee ng of the
American Educa onal Research
Associa on (AERA) in Philadelphia.
The FINE Forum was the flagship
event and was a ended by
27 postgraduate scholars and
four professors from the US,
Canada, Scotland, Australia,
New Zealand and Hong Kong.
The forum provided par cipants
with informa on about pursuing
different academic pathways, with
guest speakers leading discussions
the following topics:
Leadership Team members, we have put
in place a more formal transi on plan.
The plan involves one-on-one mentoring
via Skype to help new Leadership Team
members learn their role, and exi ng
members staying on for two to three
months to cover the period
The FINE Leadership team with David Clarke (centre)
of transi on.
conducted a short survey of FINE forum
a endees with the aim of gaining insight
into their research and networking
interests.
• How to Navigate the AERA
conference as a postgraduate
student
• Becoming an academic: Minion,
Manager, Mentor and Maniac
• Considera ons of seeking an
academic posi on in a different
context
• The interna onal postdoc search
• Noncogni ve factors in academic
and professional success
These topics were complemented by
an interac ve, collabora ve ac vity in
which par cipants shared their ps,
sugges ons and ques ons about the
various phases of the PhD process. Guest
speakers helped to facilitate these small
group discussions, focussing largely on
the proposal phase; working with data;
wri ng up; publishing; interna onal
collabora on and networking to align
with FINE’s goals; the job search.
Following the Forum, a networking
dinner was held where emerging
scholars were able to con nue their
networking informally. In addi on to the
Forum, FINE also held two networking
breakfast mee ngs, each a ended by
25 FINE members, and Deans from UBC,
Lund, and Glasgow. For the second
year, the FINE Leadership Team also
Postgraduate FINE scholars were also
well represented as AERA presenters.
Our FINE members presented in
symposia (1), paper sessions (14),
roundtables (3) and posters (2) with
some FINE scholars presen ng mul ple
papers. The strong showing of accepted
papers demonstrates the high level
of scholarship by U21 postgraduate
students that translates into strong
poten al for future research connec ons
within the U21 network. We have also
invested significant effort in recrui ng
U21 FINE representa ves. We currently
have 19 ac ve U21 FINE representa ves.
Our presence at interna onal
conferences, and the distribu on of our
newsle er are cri cal to the recruitment
of more FINE representa ves. We would
also like to thank the Deans of Educa on
group for ac vely assis ng us to iden fy
postgraduate students suited for the
FINE representa ve role. In light of
the re rement of three long-standing
Finally, FINE has con nued
to produce our newsle er,
The FINE Times. In the
past academic year, we
have produced three
issues, and distributed it
to U21 Educa on students
worldwide. The newsle er,
which is in its sixth year of
circula on, o en features
new FINE members,
provides updates on past
and upcoming events, includes a career
sec on, and other topics relevant to
students interested in interna onal
networking.
It is very pleasing to see con nued
high levels of interest and engagement
within the FINE network. For the past
three years, our FINE forum event
at each year’s AERA conference has
consistently been a ended by 25 to 30
FINE members up to five Deans from
across the network. We are also equally
pleased to report findings of ‘returning’
FINE members at our events who we are
seeing year a er year, and some mes at
different interna onal conferences.
We would also like to formally
acknowledge our deep gra tude and
thanks to the U21 Deans of Educa on
group for suppor ng our FINE ac vi es
throughout the year.
Jennifer Tatebe
FINE Leadership Team member
University of Auckland
www.universitas21.com/link/FINE
Don’t forget...
The EI Conference takes place at UNSW Australia from 23 to 24 October, preceded by two workshops on 22 October:
Virtual Mobility and Shared Learning workshop & Rewarding Teaching Excellence workshop
Booking deadline is 18 September, a er which accommoda on availability and preferen al rates are not guaranteed!
More details can be found atwww.universitas21.com/link/EIConference2014
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RESEARCHER ENGAGEMENT
F
eeling energised by the face-to-face
mee ngs held recently in San ago, I
am excited to be pushing forward with
two new ini a ves within the cluster,
improving exis ng events and welcoming
colleagues from our newer member
universi es.
will be progressing via a network-wide
symposium in 2015, and the U21 3MT is
set to reach an even wider audience this
year with a high profile judging panel
and exci ng new prize for the People’s
Choice winner, as detailed in the ar cle
on page 8.
At the recent RE mee ngs we were
pleased to have ac ve involvement
by four new colleagues from the
University of Maryland (UMD) and The
Ohio State University. Colleagues from
UMD introduced the topic of Language
Science to the Research Leaders, which
will be followed up by the Researcher
Collabora on Group; colleagues from
UCD and UNSW Australia presented on
a new project on research supervisor
support and development, which we
We have also welcomed two new
members to the Researcher Engagement
Cluster’s Steering Group. Professor
Pat O’Shea, Vice President and Chief
Research Officer at the University of
Maryland and Professor Gavin Schaffer,
Director of the Graduate School at
the University of Birmingham were
both appointed recently, bringing new
perspec ves and experience which
extends the breadth of the cluster’s
Steering Group.
Gemma Marakas
More informa on on all the cluster’s
ac vi es can be found on the RE pages
on the U21 website.
Dr Gemma Marakas
Researcher Development Manager
[email protected]
www.universitas21.com/link/RE
InvesƟgaƟng research impact
O
ver the past few years, the Research
Leaders have been sharing
experience on the area of research
impact – bibliometrics, resources
allocated to impact assessments
and other related issues. Recent
developments and new policies around
the world have made it mely to hold a
focused workshop on this topic, which
will take place on 12 and 13 August at
UNSW Australia.
Many governments and research
sponsors have expecta ons that the
research they fund will deliver economic,
social or cultural impacts. In the past
these expecta ons have been more
implicit than explicit. But universi es
in many countries have staked their
claims for increased funding on their
pivotal role in delivering economic
growth through research and its impact
on innova on, and funders are now
expec ng the sector to demonstrate
delivery.
This workshop will be looking at three
key areas rela ng to this:
Session 1: Measuring Impact
It could be argued that measuring the
ul mate impact of research is a great
way to measure the performance of the
whole research-to-innova on system
but not a good measure of university
performance in isola on. Universi es
rarely deliver impact directly outside of
academia – this is the role of industry,
third sector bodies, governments,
policy makers and the crea ve sector.
Nevertheless, we now have to assess
impact. This will be explored in two
sessions:
Topic A: Approaches to measuring
impact – are case studies enough? What
other metrics could be applied? How
difficult/challenging are such metrics to
capture?
Topic B: Capturing impact – what
systems and resources need to be put
UNSW Australia’s Sydney campus
in place to ensure that ins tu ons can
evidence the impact made by their
research. What issues arise in iden fying
and evidencing impact in different
disciplines?
Session 2: Engagement Metrics
This session will explore the concept
of Engagement Metrics as a means of
measuring how effec vely universi es
transfer knowledge to research users.
Topic A: What metrics could we use?
Topic B: What do we want to use the
data for?
Session 3: Driving Engagement
An opportunity to share experience of
what works best to deliver ‘reach’ and
‘significance’ (the dimensions of the UK’s
impact assessment metric in REF2014).
Examples would cover the merits/
drawbacks of:
• Collabora ve research
• Joint research ins tutes/innova on
centres
• Licensing
• Spinout companies
• Knowledge Exchange networks
• Policy forums
• Easy Access IP as a mechanism to
deliver more impact than paid-for
licenses
Registra ons have closed, although
there may be some last minute places please contact Gemma Marakas to see if
this is possible.
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www.universitas21.com/link/
RIworkshop2014
RESEARCHER ENGAGEMENT
RE Cluster meeƟng in SanƟago
In April 2014, the two core groups of
the RE cluster, the Research Leaders
and the DDoGS, were honoured to
be the first U21 delega on hosted
by Pon ficia Universidad Católica
de Chile (PUC) in San ago for their
annual mee ngs. PUC’s VP Research,
Professor Juan Larrian and Director
for Research & Graduate Studies, Dr
Jani Brouwer hosted parallel mee ngs
for the groups which took place at
their historic Casa Central Campus,
providing delegates with an opportunity
to see teaching and faculty facili es
amongst the bustle of student life. The
event began with a warm welcome
from Rector Ignacio Sánchez, who
highlighted the importance of nurturing
new partnerships and interna onal
collabora on to PUC, especially to
enhance their growing research por olio
and graduate student experience.
The Rector also hosted a formal dinner
where the delegates were introduced
to other academics and administrators
from PUC, as well as to local dignitaries.
21 delegates from 16 member
universi es a ended the mee ngs over
two days.
Professor Les Field, Deputy Vice
Chancellor Research, UNSW Australia
remains chair of the Research Leaders
Group, and the DDoGS named a new
chair while in San ago – Associate
Professor Caroline Daley, Dean of
Graduate Studies, University of
Auckland.
www.universitas21.com/link/DDOGS
www.universitas21.com/link/researchleaders
The U21 Researcher Engagement Cluster Mee ng delegates
3 minutes to explain your thesis?
C
an you explain your thesis to
an interna onal audience of
non-specialists in your subject in
three minutes? Then the U21 3MT
compe on is for you!
Following the highly successful inaugural
U21 3MT compe on last year, the 2014
compe on has now been launched in a
bid to find the best three minute thesis
video from across the U21 network.
Each U21 university is invited to run
an internal compe on, challenging
PhD students to summarise their thesis
findings in a video las ng no more
than three minutes, and the winners of
each university compe on will be put
forward to the U21 network-wide final.
As in last year’s compe on, there will
be three prizes – a first prize of a travel
bursary of US$2,500, with a second prize
of US$500 and a ‘People’s Choice’ prize
of US$300.
The judging panel will be:
• Associate Professor Caroline Daley,
Dean of Graduate Studies, University
of Auckland (and U21 DDoGS chair)
• Mr Phil Baty, Editor-at-large, Times
Higher Educa on
• Dr Jani Brouwer, Director of Research
and PhD Programmes, Pon ficia
Universidad Católica de Chile
• Dr Allan Goodman, CEO Ins tute of
Interna onal Educa on (and 2012
Gilbert Medal Awardee)
• Dr Patrick Chu, Chairman of
99Scholars (an academic event
pla orm for research scholars) and
UNSW alumnus.
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99Scholars will also be sponsoring an
addi onal prize this year: they will
work with the People’s Choice winner
to create an animated video of their
presenta on which can be used to
promote their work in an innova ve way
online and via social media. 99Scholars
will also provide the other two winners
with top ps for raising their online
research profile.
More details can be found on the U21
website, or ask your graduate school for
informa on about the local compe on
at your university.
www.universitas21.com/link/3MT
RESEARCHER ENGAGEMENT
Funding, FacilitaƟng & Fostering Research
T
he 2014 Researcher Collabora on
Group (RCG) workshop was hosted
by the University of Maryland, College
Park on the 7 and 8 April 2014 with
the theme of Funding, Facilita ng &
Fostering Research.
The programme included a full
day mee ng with various sessions
incorpora ng a panel presenta on
from US Federal Agencies (Office of
Science and Technology Policy – The
White House, Department of State,
Office of Naval Research, Na onal
Science Founda on, Na onal Ins tutes
of Health), an interna onal roundtable
discussion about funding opportuni es
and parameters for U21 joint
collabora ons, case study presenta ons
from various ins tu ons on interna onal
collabora on and a presenta on on
US funding opportuni es. The second
day included two site visits, the first to
the Na onal Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administra on (NOAA) and the second
to Na onal Aeronau cs & Space
Administra on (NASA) Goddard. There
were 30 delegates who a ended from
18 member ins tu ons.
The convenor of the 2014 RCG workshop
was Denise Clark from the University of
Maryland, assisted by Warwick Dawson
and Julie Ward from UNSW Australia.
Since the mee ng it has been decided
that Denise will take over as Chair for
the group, with Warwick as co-chair.
Following the mee ng at UMD, a
teleconference was held to progress
items arising from the workshop. It
was noted that the recent mee ng
delivered what it set out to achieve. The
success of the mee ng was helped by
the number of members and regions
represented and the opportunity it
provided to understand processes and
prac ces in different parts of the world
and build rela onships with counterparts
across the network. This collegial spirit
and personal networking (ideally with
con nuity of member representa ves
a ending) are essen al to make the
group work. Including members of the
US federal funding agencies was integral
to the workshop and provided a handson approach for the a endees, allowing
all the delegates to hear first hand from
the major sponsors and encourage a
dialogue between all on how to garner
support and move toward iden fying
strategic partnerships and poten al
collabora ons.
All agreed that some clear next steps
were needed to keep momentum:
a. To agree on a vision and Terms of
Reference for the group
b. To call all members to provide the
appropriate contact person to
engage in the group. This would
likely be a Director of Research
Partnerships or similar – individuals
who have a deep understanding of
their ins tu on’s research strengths
and top researchers, are able to
levy funds to seed/support new
collabora ons and who, in principle,
commit to a ending the annual faceto-face mee ng to enable con nuity
of rela onship-building within the
group as much as possible. Ideally
these members would have a level
of signature authority within their
ins tu on and would be day-to-day
administra ve decision makers.
c. To hone in on up to three research
themes in which the group can
explore collabora on and seek
external funding. Each theme would
be led by a different member.
Following the last mee ng and
ac vity/research over the past few
months, two areas have already
been highlighted:
i. Food Security, being led by
No ngham with plans to submit
a bid to the EU Horizon 2020
programme in 2015
ii. Language Sciences led by UMD
Although building collabora ons and
seeking funding would be top priori es,
it was also noted that the group would
concurrently seek to streamline the
mechanisms which support interna onal
research collabora on, i.e. terms and
condi ons applicable to par cular
jurisdic ons.
The next face to face mee ng of the
RCG will take place at the University
of No ngham in June/July 2015. The
group will be ac ve virtually before this
me, therefore any members (directors
of research partnerships or similar)
keen to engage should contact Gemma
Marakas.
www.universitas21.com/link/RCG
The Researcher Collabora on Group workshop delegates
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RESEARCHER ENGAGEMENT
Two Early Career Researcher events
U21 ECR workshop
Following last year’s successful Early
Career Researcher workshop hosted by
Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico
City, we look forward to heading for
slightly cooler climes in Ireland in 2015.
University College Dublin, through
its Innova on Academy, will host
UNNC ECR workshop
shaping crea ve thought – delegates
should be prepared to collaborate
with colleagues of disciplines en rely
different to their own, working in
crea ve learning spaces to tackle real
world problems, and being challenged to
think in new ways.
University College Dublin’s campus
The University of No ngham
Ningbo China will be hos ng a oneday interdisciplinary workshop
on interdisciplinary educa on,
interna onalisa on and the rise of
virtual learning pla orms. It is open
to all academic staff and postgraduate
students in the U21 network. It will aim
in par cular to a ract par cipants from
the Asia and Australia/New Zealand
regions to establish closer rela onships
between U21 members in this part of
the world and begin to ar culate the
challenges and opportuni es of Higher
Educa on for early career researchers
and more experienced colleagues across
the two regions.
Expected outcomes include sharing ideas
about innova ve teaching prac ces,
developing research networks across
the two regions, and a possible edited
collec on comprising the best papers.
colleagues from 4 to 6 March 2015,
with a workshop theme of Innova on
and Entrepreneurship. ECRs within
eight years of gaining their PhD in any
discipline are eligible to a end.
The key objec ve of this workshop is
to increase the research capabili es
of ECRs and enhance skills associated
with career development in academia.
The workshop will also have a strong
focus on networking and gaining an
interna onal perspec ve on the possible
roles and career routes of researchers.
The Innova on Academy specialises in
It is expected that each ins tu on will
conduct an internal selec on process to
iden fy the most appropriate candidates
for a endance. Each university may
nominate up to seven early career
researchers: three guaranteed places
and four reserve nominees (who will
be offered a place at a later date if
spaces are available). Please contact
Gemma Marakas for informa on on
who is running the selec on process at
your university. The deadline for the
Secretariat to receive nomina ons is 23
January 2015.
www.universitas21.com/link/ECRworkshops
It will take place on Saturday 1
November – more details and
registra on informa on to follow in the
next edi on of U21:Connect and online.
www.universitas21.com/link/ECR2014
University of No ngham Ningbo campus
Graduate Research Conference 2014
T
he U21 Graduate Research
Conference was hosted by the
University of Auckland in early July.
Christopher Heffner,
Theresa Smith and
Alessandra Presacco
from the University of
Maryland with Dr M.
Fabiana Kubke (second
from right), one of
the keynote speakers
at the conference.
Fabiana did her PhD
at the University of
Connec cut and a
postdoctorate at the
University of Maryland,
before moving to New
Zealand.
Forty two research candidates from
around the network a ended the
conference; 31 gave oral presenta ons
and 11 presented posters.
A full report will be available on the
website in the coming months and
will be published in the next edi on of
U21:Discover.
www.universitas21.com/link/GRC
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STUDENT EXPERIENCE
T
he Student Experience Steering
Group has recently commenced
work on two major projects – the U21
Student Internship Programme and the
U21 incubator. To assist with the U21
Student Internships programme, the
cluster has engaged a student intern
for the (UK) summer. The intern will be
based at the University of Glasgow and
will work closely with the SE Steering
Group, the Careers and Employability
Group, the Student Services Group, and
the student representa ve on the SE
Steering Group (who is also based at
Glasgow).
The Student Summit, hosted by the
University of Glasgow, in conjunc on
with the AGM, was a resounding
success. The students presented
mul ple challenges to the Presidents
and the SE cluster will be taking the
students’ views into account as they
plan the clusters’ ac vi es. The theme
for the summit was How can universi es
best prepare students for the careers of
the future?. See the report on page 12.
Straight a er this, members from the
Student Mobility Network par cipated
in a very successful annual mee ng in
San Diego in May (see page 13).
The Summer School (UNSW Australia),
Undergraduate Research Conference
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University), and
Social Entrepreneur Corps (University of
Connec cut) all took place in July and
Sue Dengate
reports will be available in the coming
months.
Sue Dengate
Student Experience Manager
[email protected]
www.univeristas21.com/link/SE
A life-changing U21 experience
I
f I had to describe my experience
within the U21 network in one phrase,
it would be this – life-changing! My
par cipa on in both the Global Issues
Programme and the Social Entrepreneur
Corps Programme in Guatemala has
truly shaped not only my university
studies, but my future career plans.
lessons, before commencing work
in the social enterprise, Soluciones
Comunitarias. We worked on a wide
range of programmes – assis ng local
entrepreneurs in their sales campaigns
of goods such as glasses, seeds and solar
lamps; conduc ng surveys into water
and wood consump on habits; providing
consulta on for local community groups;
While in my third year of a
Bachelor of Commerce and
Bachelor of Economics at the
University of Queensland, I
began to develop an interest
in the aid and development
sector. This led me to the U21
Global Issues Programme,
a concurrent course of
study which gave me the
opportunity to study a broad
range of subjects outside
Ginevra and friends speaking at a Guatemalan school
the standard scope of my
undergraduate degree. I opted to take
and holding nutri on workshops for
my cross-ins tu onal subjects online
women’s groups, before consolida ng
– so far I’ve taken two subjects at Lund
our experience into a closing report and
University, and plan to take another at
recommenda ons for the growth of
Tecnológico de Monterrey. Exposure to
Soluciones Comunitarias.
this global learning environment has
provided invaluable insights into the
The home-stay aspect of the programme
issues facing the world.
ensured true cultural immersion, living
with two different families in two very
My most eye-opening experience,
different towns – one, an urban capital
however, was during the Social
city, and the other a remote village in
Entrepreneur Corps Programme in
the mountains where tradi onal dress
Guatemala. In June 2013 I embarked on
is s ll worn by all. Even the relaxa on
my first overseas trip, speaking basically
me was a new experience – we hiked
no Spanish – I was certainly in for a
volcanoes, relaxed in hot springs,
challenge, and the next four weeks of
explored Mayan ruins, and watched the
my life were truly indescribable. I joined
sun set over a volcanic crater lake. It was
eleven other students from across the
on this project that I truly discovered my
globe for a week of intensive Spanish
strengths, and iden fied how I can best
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u lise my skills, knowledge and passion
to make an impact on the lives of others.
Since returning, I have honed my studies
and my extracurricular ac vi es to best
serve my career plans. A er gradua on
I plan to return to La n America and
work in local NGOs to gain on-theground experience, before moving into
the field of not-for-profit consul ng.
I have found that consulta on
makes the best use of my skills and
educa on, and enables me to make
an impact in the most effec ve way.
Furthermore, my studies (par cularly
in the Global Issues Programme) have
helped me form the belief that locals
know best – rather than designing
and implemen ng policy from afar,
I hope to assist local entrepreneurs
in achieving their desired impact,
through innova ve business solu ons.
I can honestly say that my university
studies and future career plans
would not be as certain as they are
without having taken part in the U21
programmes. The U21 network enables
students such as myself to explore
their interests outside of their standard
university studies, and truly engage in
a global learning environment. I would
recommend U21 opportuni es to all
university students wan ng to step
outside of the comfort zone that is the
university classroom, as the benefits are
endless – who knows, like me, you just
might find your passion!
Ginevra Jarmaine
University of Queensland
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
EducaƟng Global CiƟzens of the Future
The 2014 Student Summit
The aim of day two was to create a
Student Experience
“Excellent, one of
offered a s mula ng and
presenta on to support the delivery
the highlights of my Manager Sue Dengate,
varied programme of
of the challenge to the Presidents at
and Hugh Roberts (UoG
undergrad!”
speakers and workshops,
the Presiden al mee ng the following
student) summarised
and promoted shared
day. Each group was asked to confirm
outcomes from the
learning and par cipa on from across
between them the details of the vigne e
recent U21 Global Ci zenship and U21
the network’s universi es, cultures
they wanted to use
Student Leaders’ Network
“It was very thought and then to create
and geographical loca ons. Member
events. The second day
provoking and
universi es were invited to send up to
a script and three
featured presenta ons from
provided lots of
three students to a end the summit and Dr Sue Rigby, Vice Principal for
PowerPoint slides
in total, 42 students from 20 universi es Learning and Teaching at the
to use for their part
opportunity for
a ended the summit.
University of Edinburgh, Aus n
growth at various of the presenta on.
At the same me,
Lally, CEO of Global Braun, who
universiƟes. I
spoke about global leadership,
The goal of the Student Summit was
one member of each
certainly took a lot group volunteered to
and Kevin Cullen, of UNSW
to create a challenge to the Presidents
away from it and
Australia, who spoke about the
of U21 universi es and to deliver that
leave their group and
importance of innova on in
challenge in a presenta on at the
form the coordina ng
had a fantasƟc
careers of the future.
annual Presiden al mee ng. Crea ng a
team. The remit of this
experience.”
presenta on that would bring together
eighth team was to
Being able to hear the voices
the ideas of 42 students from across the
write the introductory
and opinions of every student was of
globe into one coherent challenge was
and concluding slides and scripts, to
utmost importance in construc ng
an exci ng opportunity.
coordinate the other teams and to order
their vigne es in a manner
Students working together at the Student Summit
The Student
that worked to challenge
Summit was
the Presidents.
organised to allow
the students
The final challenge the
to hear from
students created was a
a number of
mul -faceted piece that
presenters while
reflected the vigne es
also having me
that each group felt were
to produce the
most important to them.
presenta on.
It was delivered on day
Each of the two
three to the Presidents
days began with
and other senior university
talks from people
representa ves by one
who gave the
member of each team,
students differing
plus three members
perspec ves on
of the coordina ng
the effec veness
group. Following the
of their studies
presenta on, an ac on
and on life
plan was developed
and work a er
by U21 Managers and
a challenge that represented all the
university. These talks were followed
Student Summit par cipants, for
students, not just a few. To that end
by me for the students to work
implementa on across the network.
the students were split into
together to create the
challenge.
The summit offered a s mula ng and
“My most memorable seven groups of six and then
spent day one iden fying
varied programme of speakers and
part was having
one vigne e on which
Dr Vicky Gunn
workshops, and promoted shared
the opportunity
they all agreed that either
introduced students
learning and par cipa on from across
to meet all of the
highlighted good prac ce or
to the summit theme
the network’s universi es, cultures and
other delegates,
areas in which the universi es geographical loca ons.
by presen ng a talk,
could improve when
Loca ng your inner
culminaƟng in our
preparing students for future
dragon, on developing
opportunity to
Sarah Ward
employment in a globalised
global leadership
present to the U21 world. The steps the students U21 Coordinator
skills and vision. Ma
Presidents.”
University of Glasgow
used were in the form of
Fountain talked about
ques ons, and in three stages:
his social enterprise
www.universitas21.com/link/
Global Ci zenship, Global Challenges,
start-up business, the Freedom Bakery,
studentsummit
Global Careers.
which trains ex-prisoners ready for
employment on their release. U21
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STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Edinburgh and Delhi on Wheels
I
n September 2013 the University
of Edinburgh joined the University
of Delhi’s College on Wheels project,
crea ng a unique go abroad experience
for staff and students.
India. In Chandigarh the students
were invited to a recep on hosted by
the Punjab University which provided
a memorable experience along with
subsequent cultural ac vi es and
visits to the Rose and Rock Gardens in
Chandigarh. The cultural programme
was hugely enjoyable with songs, dance
and music crea ng real interac on
between the students. Edinburgh
students even staged their own highland
dancing at one point. It was obvious
This experience included travel by train
around northwest India for one week,
learning about one of the world’s most
culturally and economically diverse
countries. The journey began in Delhi
and led into the economic heart of
Punjab – an area of
One of the stops along the College on Wheels journey
significant agricultural
importance for the
country.
On board the train, the
students were taught
about India’s history
and undertook projects,
wrote book reviews
and kept diaries of the
journey. Students and
staff from University of
Edinburgh joined their
counterparts from the
University of Delhi to go
on the College on Wheels’s GYANODAYA
III Educa onal Train Journey 2013.
The train travelled to loca ons including
Amritsar, the spiritual home of the Sikh
religion; Ludhiana, the industrial hub
of North India; and Chandigarh, the
first planned city in post-independence
that the trip was successful in crea ng
a deep bond between the students of
Delhi and Edinburgh while deepening
the rela onship between the two
universi es.
The educa onal journey also provided
an incredible opportunity to learn about
the rich historic, cultural and religious
facets of life in Punjab. It gave students
the chance to appreciate its rapid
strides in urbaniza on and industry
as well as the great diversity of India
as a whole. The College on Wheels
provided a taste of life in a developing
country context, with its contrasts and
paradoxes, within the unique se ng of a
moving train.
The journey not only provided the
students from Edinburgh with
the chance to get to know India
be er, but also opened up new
channels of student interac on
and exchange.
The rich and colourful experience
was echoed in the reflec ons of
one student: “I had dreamed of
going to India for a long me,
College on Wheels provided me
with the most unique travelling
and educa onal experience. The
week-long journey was intense,
filled with incredible historical and
cultural sites. College on Wheels
allowed me to be fully immersed and
surrounded by the sights, sounds, and
flavours of India. Truly a chance of a
life me journey!”
www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/
interna onal-office/go-abroad/shortprogrammes/college-on-wheels
Student Mobility Network MeeƟng
T
wenty-seven par cipants from 19
member ins tu ons met in San
Diego on 22 and 23 May, for the annual
Student Mobility Network mee ng,
prior to the NAFSA Conference. New
members to the U21 network joined in a
morning session to discuss the workings
of U21. Patricia Montaño, a member
of the Student Experience Steering
Group from Tecnológico de Monterrey,
welcomed members to the formal
mee ng, commencing on Thursday
a ernoon.
The a ernoon sessions concentrated
on new ac vi es and opportuni es
available in member ins tu ons,
including the Study Asia Summer
Programme at Edinburgh and discussion
around opportuni es for Professional
Development for mobility staff. Some
members provided excellent
examples of good prac ce, including a
course equivalency database at McGill;
Interna onal Staff Week, a collabora ve
event held in February at Amsterdam
and Lund; new hybrid agreements
and promo on at UNSW Australia,
and discussion on the sustainability of
interna onal educa on, led by UBC.
There was a lively ‘speed-da ng’ session
where members had an opportunity to
speak with new counterparts. Willeke
Jeeninga, Amsterdam, provided an
update on the U21 European Group
mee ng and all members discussed
a range of topics around mobility.
Friday’s session was dedicated to
discussion of strategic priori es in the
network and group discussions around
‘wow’ projects, with some innova ve
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sugges ons put forward by the group.
The next formal mee ng will take place
prior to the 2015 NAFSA Conference
in Boston. However, interested U21
members a ending EAIE in Prague (16 –
19 September), will join for an informal
lunch during the conference.
www.universitas21.com/link/SE
COLLABORATIONS
Health Sciences
Social Media for EducaƟon in Health
S
ocial media has great poten al
to support and enable health
professional educa on to promote
knowledge sharing, communica on,
networking and research/evalua on.
While most health professional
trainees are already using social
media unofficially in health educa on,
professional schools and licensing bodies
are s ll catching up in establishing
pathways and policies to support social
media use in health. There is also a
need to iden fy key issues that need
further research and evalua on for
evidence-based implementa on and
improvement.
The key objec ve of this one year
ini a ve is to iden fy and recommend
strategies to integrate and harmonise
social media into the full spectrum
of health professional educa on, and
to carry out educa onal research
and evalua on to follow social media
evolu on in the future. The project will
specifically examine three areas:
• Examples and good prac ces in
the use of social media for health
educa on
• Examples and types of policies to
guide social media use in health
educa on
• Poten al areas of educa onal
research in using social media for
health educa on
Thirteen members of the U21 Social
U21 European UNMDG workshop
O
n 13 and 14 June 2014, the fourth
U21 European United Na onal
Millennium Development Goals
(UNMDG) student workshop took
place. UCD’s Dr Mar n McNamara
(Dean of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Systems) and Ms Nadia D’Alton (Health
Sciences Programme Office Director), as
members of the U21 UNMDG Strategy
Working Group, were pleased to host the
workshop at University College Dublin.
Two keynote speakers also presented
on the day. Dr George Lueddeke,
Educa onal Consultant in Higher
and Medical Educa on, delivered a
presenta on on Global Health Today
and Tomorrow: Towards a New World
View and Dr Victor M. Mukonka, a UCD
PhD student, presented on Community
Interven on Trial in Zambia to Improve
Ins tu onal Deliveries.
Other representa ves included Professor
Desmond Fitzgerald, College Principal,
UCD College of Health Sciences, Professor
Patrick Murray, Dean of Medicine, Head
of UCD School of Medicine and Medical
Science and Professor Bairbre Redmond,
Dean of Undergraduate Studies and
Deputy Registrar for Teaching & Learning.
The UNMDG student workshop delegates
45 health sciences students from
across Europe, represen ng a range of
disciplines including medicine, nursing,
midwifery, physiotherapy, den stry,
pharmacy and public health a ended
the workshop. The students engaged in
group-based case studies and delivered
group presenta ons at the end of the
workshop.
As the workshop concluded, Nadia
D’Alton commented “this was a perfect
opportunity to generate awareness and
encourage Health Sciences students
across Europe to address UNMDGs
by ac vely par cipa ng in these
workshops.”
Anna Matuszak and Nadia D’Alton
School of Medicine and Medical Sciences
University College Dublin
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Media for Educa on in Health steering
commi ee met in Vancouver on 10
May 2014 to discuss the progress of the
project to date and plan future steps.
The steering commi ee is made up of
eight academics and eight students
from U21 ins tu ons. The first eight
par cipa ng universi es have now
received ethics approval to circulate the
survey among their students and staff,
and more than 1,000 responses to the
survey have been received so far. The
group discussed publica on ideas and
strategies and has already approached
some poten al editors to publish the
preliminary results of their work. The
group also worked on the structure of
their next workshop on 23 September at
Fudan University.
For more informa on on this project,
please visit www.u21health.org/SoMe_
educa on_health.
HSG Summer
School
The inaugural HSG Summer School took
place at the University of Auckland
from 7 to 18 July. 26 students from 14
ins tu ons and 8 health disciplines were
selected for the programme that focused
on Substance Misuse: a Harm Reduc on
Approach. During the programme,
each student was assigned to a mul professional team, and the team worked
together for the two weeks towards
developing an ‘educa onal interven on’
designed to reduce the harm associated
with the use of a par cular substance.
The Summer School included a mixture
of lectures from interna onal and local
experts, workshops, visits to clinical and
other sites, and self-directed learning,
and culminated in the presenta on of
the interven on to an expert team.
The U21 HSG was pleased to award five
‘Execu ve Scholarships’ of $750 USD to
some of the par cipa ng students for
this inaugural Summer School. A full
report will be available online shortly
and will appear in the next edi on of
U21:Discover.
www.u21health.org/summer-school-2014
CHANGING FACES
T
here have been a lot of changes over
the past few months, par cularly
among our colleagues in North and
Central America.
Ian Marshman (U21 Manager, Melbourne) with Peter Low and Enrique Zepeda
At our mee ng in May, we said a fond
farewell to Professor Peter Low of the
University of Virginia, who had been
U21 Manager for the university since
it joined the network in 2001. Peter
re red in May and we thank him for all
his hard work and dedica on to U21
over the years. He has handed over his
U21 du es to Professor Jeff Legro, who
we men oned in the last edi on.
At the same mee ng, Dr Enrique
Zepeda, U21 Manager for Tecnológico de
Monterrey since it joined the network
in 2006, stood down as he too re res.
Enrique has also been an ac ve part
of the network, ensuring his university
became fully involved in ac vity and
we wish him well in his re rement. We
are, however, delighted to welcome
Joaquín Guerra as Tecnológico de
Monterrey’s new U21 Manager. Joaquín
is Vice Rector of Interna onal Affairs
at ITESM and coordinates the global
vision agenda there, overseeing the
interna onalisa on experiences of
ITESM’s students. He has been also a
professor at ITESM since 1995 working
in the subjects of calculus, trigonometry,
digital circuits, microprocessors,
opera ve systems, digital computer
design, electronic circuits and
organisa onal strategy.
Professor Joaquín Guerra
Moving further north, Professor Ollivier
Dyens has taken over from Professor Jan
Jorgensen as U21 Manager for McGill
University. Professor Dyens is Deputy
Provost (Student Life and Learning) and
is the liaison between McGill’s senior
administra on, Senate, facul es, and
student socie es. His por olio includes
Student Services, Teaching and Learning
Services, Athle cs and Recrea on,
Student Housing and Hospitality
Services, Enrolment Services, the Office
of the Dean of Students, and the Office
of the Deputy Provost and we look
forward to welcoming him and engaging
further with McGill over the coming
months and years.
We are also pleased to welcome Keira
Williams, who will be assis ng U21
Manager William Brustein (see the
Back Page Interview) at The Ohio State
University. Throughout the network,
the U21 Managers who have some
dedicated support seem to be able to
make the most of their involvement in
Universitas 21 and we look forward to
working with Keira and William, as one
of our newest members con nues to
make an important contribu on to the
network’s ac vity.
www.universitas21.com/member
Professor Ollivier Dyens
Keira Williams
Not sure who to contact at your university about ge ng involved in U21 ac vity?
Keep an eye on the website!
In the coming month we’ll be adding ins tu onal contacts for each U21 ac vity.
www.universitas21.com/member
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FORTHCOMING U21 EVENTS
12 - 13 August 2014
Research Impact workshop
UNSW Australia
22 - 26 September 2014
U21 Health Sciences Group mee ng
Fudan University, China
16 - 17 October 2014
U21 Managers’ mee ng
University of Melbourne, Australia
22 October 2014
Virtual Mobility and Shared Learning
workshop
UNSW Australia
22 October 2014
Rewarding Teaching Excellence
workshop
UNSW Australia
23 - 24 October 2014
U21 Educa onal Innova on Conference
UNSW Australia
1 November 2014
ECR workshop: the Future of
Interna onal Higher Educa on
University of No ngham, Ningbo
Campus, China
4 - 6 March 2015
ECR workshop: Innova on &
Entrepreneurship
University College Dublin, Ireland
26 - 27 March 2015
Researcher Engagement Cluster
mee ngs
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
6 - 9 May 2015
U21 Annual Network Mee ng &
Presiden al Symposium
Pon ficia Universidad Católica de Chile
Details of all U21 ac vi es and events can be found online at
www.universitas21.com/event
U21 Presidents, Managers and Student Summit par cipants in Glasgow for the Annual Network Mee ng
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THE BACK PAGE INTERVIEW
Professor William Brustein
This edi on’s Back
Page Interview is with
Professor William
Brustein, Vice Provost
for Global Strategies
and Interna onal
Affairs and U21
Manager at The Ohio
State University.
opportuni es for
collabora on as well
as best prac ces
in many higher
educa on arenas.
For Ohio State,
membership in U21
has the poten al to
offer our students
high quality educa on
What is a typical day
abroad opportuni es
in your job?
and to open up new
When I am not
teaching and research
traveling I typically
collabora ons as well
as to gain exposure to
rise around 5:30am
best prac ces for our
to respond to emails
faculty and staff in the
accumula ng
Professor William Brustein
areas of teaching and
overnight from the
learning, research and discovery, and
Asia-Pacific. I arrive at my university
university management.
office around 7am. My diary has
been filled with mee ngs with
What are your favourite parts of your
faculty, administrators, students,
job?
visi ng scholars and dignitaries, and
I truly enjoy crea ng opportuni es for
community and corporate leaders
our faculty and students to enhance
taking up most of the day and
their research and discovery and
some mes early evening hours. One
teaching and learning. I would add
or two nights a week there will be a
that I thoroughly enjoy overseas travel
business dinner with colleagues or
for no ma er how many mes I visit a
visi ng scholars. Free moments, rare
country or a world region I s ll learn
as they are, find me exercising and
something new which enriches me as a
comple ng my forthcoming manuscript
scholar and a global ci zen.
en tled The Socialism of Fools?: Le ist
Origins of Modern An -Semi sm to
What would you most like to change in
be published in 2015 by Cambridge
Higher Educa on?
University Press.
I would like to see more emphasis on
the outcomes and impact of student
What are the key challenges you are
learning. Also, I would like to see
facing currently?
the day when the higher educa on
My key challenge is to not allow an
community as well as the general
environment of limited resources cause
public embrace the no on that global
us to lose momentum in advancing
Ohio State’s ambi ous global strategies. competency for all students and faculty
is not a luxury but a necessity.
With more resources we would be able
to achieve greater progress with our
What does ‘interna onalisa on’ mean
two signature global programs: the
to you?
global gateways and the global op on.
I automa cally equate it with the
process of developing within our
What does OSU have to offer U21 from
your perspec ve? What do you hope to students and faculty a par cular mind
set, a set of skills, and knowledge
get from it?
base reflec ng an ability to work
As a comprehensive research US
effec vely in interna onal se ngs,
flagship land-grant university with
a familiarity with the major currents
a significant global reach Ohio State
of global change and the issues they
can offer U21 members numerous
raise, an awareness of and adaptability
to diverse cultures, percep ons and
approaches, an ability to communicate
effec vely across both cultural and
linguis c boundaries and the ability
to comprehend the interna onal
dimension of one’s field of study. These
cons tute for me the founda on for
global competency and will likely
contribute greatly to the ability of
our students and faculty working
coopera vely to understand as well as
to design and implement solu ons to
the cri cal global challenges of the 21st
century. But interna onaliza on is a
means to an end, not an end in itself
to strengthening the core missions of
higher educa on.
What has been the greatest influence
on your professional life to date?
Three key opportuni es: first, working
with the Harlem Globetro ers
in the early 1960s to establish a
comprehensive partnership between
my high school in Connec cut with a
high school in Lagos, Nigeria; second,
spending the 1967-68 year abroad
as a university student in Rouen and
becoming involved in the May 1968
French student uprising; and third,
recrui ng and leading eight of my
undergraduates and graduate students
to Berlin in 1989 to work with me in the
Berlin Document Center on the largest
data collec on ever undertaken of
individual joiners of the German Nazi
Party.
What’s on your ipod at the moment?
Mozart, Brahms, Sarah Brightman, and
the Rolling Stones.
What or where was your most
memorable holiday/business trip/
lecture?
A private business dinner with the
President of Ethiopia in the Na onal
Palace in Addis Ababa discussing the
works of Thomas Jefferson.
If you were star ng out your career,
what might you do differently?
Study Mandarin.
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