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Indiana University Launches Global Gateway office in Ghana

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The IU Ghana Gateway, part of the university’s 2030 strategic plan, is in the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in the Airport Residential District in Accra and serves as a hub to support IU in Ghana.

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The Path to 2030: An extended learning opportunity at The University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In this post, Amanda Meyer, based in the Global Health Academy, shares an inspiring example of extended learning with MSc Global Challenges alumni. In 2021, a group of MSc Global Challenges alumni found themselves in exactly this position. With any project such as this there were, of course, challenges.

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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As we are preparing our students for skills in artificial intelligence, we know that by 2030 there will be new positions that we don’t even know what they’re called at this point, but we want our students to be ready.” Smith-Jackson, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs. “As Hilton III, N.C.

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Sustainable heat: Options, challenges and opportunities for campuses

University Business

At least one university shared that sustainability ranked second-highest on alumni interest surveys (even higher than the athletics program), with alums graduating after 2000 ranking it first. Using this alternative biofuel, Bates reached its goal of carbon neutrality and is now working on a new goal of becoming climate-positive by 2030.

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The Path to 2030: An extended learning opportunity at The University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In this post, Amanda Meyer, based in the Global Health Academy, shares an inspiring example of extended learning with MSc Global Challenges alumni. This project illustrates several examples of Enhancement Themes in practice, and this post forms part of the 20 Years of Enhancement theme.

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Building Futures: Collaborative working for sustainability and future learning

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The project tasked John’s MSc students with re-envisioning 7 Bristo Square on central campus not only for sustainability and climate change adaptation in 2030, but also considering new learning and teaching methods that could define student spaces in the future.

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Mini-series: Water Logic: Designing for sustainability along the Union Canal

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Last year, students turned their vision to a campus building, redesigning 7 Bristo Square for future learning, climate (adaptation) and sustainability to 2030 in a project called Building Futures. Photo credit: Resilient Borders.