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U21:Connect
May 2015
 
Welcome to this month's news from the
Universitas 21 network.
 
U21:Connect contains the latest news and items of interest to staff and students across the Universitas 21 network.
Read on for a summary of the May articles or access the full version here: 
www.universitas21.com/link/ConnectMay2015
U21 News
UC Chile to host 2015 Presidential Meetings

  • Annual opportunity for Presidents and U21 Managers discuss plans for coming year and learn more about our new Executive Director’s vision for the network
  • Symposium topic: building and maintaining sustainable relations with universities in South America
  • Also presentation of 2015 Gilbert Medal to Professor Celso Lafer and U21 Awards for Internationalisation to Professor Stephen Hillier and Dr Rob Forage
  • www.universitas21.com/link/GilbertMedal
    U21 Ranking of International Higher Education Systems announced 21 May 

    • 4th U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems
    • Looks at the standing of the whole higher education system in each country
    • Developed as a benchmark for governments, education institutions and individuals
    • Recently incorporated into Malaysian Government’s planning inputs (http://ow.ly/M9UUc)
    • www.universitas21.com/link/rankings
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    Educational Innovation
    U21 SOC (Shared Online Course) 

    • Second iteration of U21 SOC, Critical Thinking in Global Challenges ran through April
    • 1,455 students from 17 member institutions registered
    • 28% successfully completed the course, more than double the completion rate for the first offering
    • Third iteration is planned and dates will be circulated soon
    • www.universitas21.com/link/SOC

     
    U21 Teaching Indicators Project 

    • Working group met in London in April to advance the work on Teaching Indicators
    • Looks to understand the extent to which U21 universities value, reward and recognise excellence in teaching
    • Research headed by Dr Graeme Aitken at the University of Auckland and a paper is being finalised with results and recommendations based on the findings
    • www.universitas21.com/link/EIpositionpaper4

     
    U21 International Peer Review Project 

    • Project team leaders met in Chicago on 16 April to further work on two projects
    • The Ideal School is a collaboration between the Universities of Lund, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Auckland and Dublin
    • The second project is about lesson planning for novice teachers, giving those studying a BEd programme the opportunity to exchange ideas - at this first stage between students at UNSW Australia and the University of Hong Kong
    • A second workshop is planned for December 2015 at the University of Hong Kong
    • www.universitas21.com/link/IPRworkshop

     
    Researcher Engagement
    U21 3MT 2015

    • U21 Three Minute Thesis  (3MT) competition set to run again in October. 
    • PhD students are taking part in the local 3MT heats – the winner of each local competition will go forward to the network-wide U21 competition.
    • Dates finalised for the U21 3MT virtual final and International People’s Choice competition:
    • People’s Choice voting open 12 to 26 October 2015
    • Winner announced 3 November 2015
    • www.universitas21.com/link/3MT

     
    Host announced for 2016 U21 ECR workshop 

    • University of Edinburgh will host the next U21 Early Career Researcher Workshop in early 2016
    • Theme Big Data at the heart of 21st century research
    • Vice Principal Professor Andrew Morris, head of Edinburgh’s new Usher Institute to lead workshop programme development
    • Every U21 member can nominate up to seven ECRs (within 8 years of gaining their doctorate) to attend
    • Registration will open later this year
    • www.universitas21.com/link/ECRworkshops

     
    Graduate Research Conference

    • Registration for the 2015 GRC is now open
    • Hosted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 9 -12 June 2015 with the theme Digital Futures
    • Each university may send up to five students to present research related to conference theme 
    • Nomination deadline extended to 8 May!
    • www.universitas21.com/link/GRC2015 

     
    Student Experience
    Global Ingenuity Competition 

    • Inaugural competition winners to be announced 5 May
    • Teams from 11 countries around the network competed
    • The brief: How do we move people around in cities? 
    • Using the University of Nottingham’s online creative problem solving tool, Ingenuity Online, to develop innovative and scalable solutions
    • Teams have submitted a three-minute video outlining their solutions
    • www.universitas21.com/link/GIChallenge   #U21ingenuity 
    Global Internship Conference 

    • U21 leading a session at the Global Internship Conference in Dublin from 9 to 12 June this year. 
    • The Trials and Tribulations of setting up a Global Internship Programme.
    • Colleagues from Birmingham along with U21 Student Intern Martin Bain and U21 Student Experience Manager Sue Dengate to present
    • http://globalinternshipconference.org/

     
    Student Mobility Network meeting

    • Registration open for the 2015 Student Mobility Network meeting
    • Hosted by University of Connecticut on 21 and 22 May
    • Theme: Quality standards in student mobility: raising the bar on best practice
    • All our member universities are invited to send representatives 
    • www.universitas21.com/link/SMN2015 
    People & Places
    Farewell to U21 Managers’ Group Chair
     
    At the U21 Managers’ Meeting in Chile, we will be saying farewell to Ian Marshman, who has been chairing the Managers’ Group since 2008.  Ian has been U21 Manager for the University of Melbourne since the earliest days of the network and over the past years has carefully steered the Managers’ group through a number of strategic developments.  He will be missed by his colleagues from around the world, a number of whom will be in Chile to wish him well in person.  Ian will be retiring from the University of Melbourne, where he is currently Senior Vice Principal, so we thank him for his dedication and hard work over the years and wish him a very happy and relaxing retirement.
     
    Goodbye to U21 RE Cluster Manager
     
    This month we also say goodbye to Dr Gemma Marakas, who has been managing the U21 Researcher Engagement Cluster since it was formed in 2011, when the cluster structure was put in place.  Gemma has created a strong and vibrant cluster, which continues to gather momentum with activities such as the ECR workshops, 3MT competition, Researcher Collaboration Group and Research Integrity Group, all of which she developed and oversaw.  Gemma is going on to become Community Engagement Manager (Postgraduate) at the University of Warwick and we wish her every success in her future career.
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