RUR Partners - References and Resources

The Universities of Auckland, Glasgow and Melbourne have been awarded funding to establish a U21 interest group of academics within the fields of Lifelong Learning, Regional Development and cognate disciplines to share strategic vision, best practice and engage in benchmarking activities:

Universitas 21 [1]

WORLDWIDE

Universitas 21 is an international network of 23 leading research-intensive universities in fifteen countries. Collectively, its members enrol over 830,000 students, employ over 145,000 staff and have approaching 2.5 million alumni. Their collective budgets amount to over US$25bn and they have an annual research grant income of over US$4bn. The network's purpose is to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between the member universities and to create opportunities for them on a scale that none of them would be able to achieve operating independently or through traditional bilateral alliances.

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PASCAL International Observatory [2]

WORLDWIDE

PASCAL International Observatory is a dynamic and rapidly expanding organisation which aims to connect the communities of policy makers, practioners and researchers through an innovative approach to the sharing and exchange of cutting-edge best practice research, ideas and policies.

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University of Auckland [3]

New Zealand

The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s leading university and is the only one ranked among the world’s top 200 universities by the Times Higher Education World Rankings of Universities. It is also the highest ranked New Zealand university in the QS World University Rankings and the Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of World Universities.

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University of Glasgow [4]

United Kingdom

The University of Glasgow is one of the world's top 100 universities, and the European centre for PASCAL. By continuing to invest in internationally excellent research and by providing an outstanding learning environment for talented students from all backgrounds the aim of the University of Glasgow is not only to maintain this position, but to improve upon it, thereby retaining its status as one of the select number of institutions which are regarded as being the best in the world.

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University of Melbourne [5]

Australia

A pioneering research university the University of Melbourne is a leading Australian research university, with research expenditure second only to that of the CSIRO, and the largest cohort of research students in Australia. The University has a rich history of pioneering research and technological development, and we remain on the forefront of innovation.

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