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Page 5 From the Chair Page 7 From the Secretariat Page 9 Gilbert Medal & U21 Awards Page 11 U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems

Educational Innovation Cluster

Page 13 Cluster Review Page 15 U21 Shared Online Course Page 17 EI Conference Page 19 Teaching Indicators Project Update

Researcher Engagement Cluster

Page 21 Cluster Review Page 23 RE Cluster Meeting Report Page 25 Research Collaboration Group Page 27 Early Career Researcher Workshop Page 29 ECR Workshop: Participant Review Page 31 Graduate Research Projects Page 33 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)

Student Experience Cluster

Page 35 Cluster Review Page 37 U21 Summer School Page 39 Undergraduate Research Conference Page 41 Social Entrepreneur Corps Page 43 Virtual Activities Page 45 Student Mobility

Collaborations

Page 47 Health Sciences Group Review

Page 50 Thank you from all at Universitas 21

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From the Chair

As a network, Universitas 21 operates across countries, It is testament to our network, and all of those who regions, continents, languages and most of the world’s contribute to its success, that this annual re ection of time zones. This creates a clear potential for linguistic Universitas 21’s achievements brings together so many and cultural misunderstanding and confusion in time di erent cultures to learn from and with one another, and space, when one person’s summer is another’s irrespective of which language they speak. winter and my ‘good morning’ is your ‘good night’. If you want to  nd out more about what else we Working internationally as we do, we must strive even have done over the past year, I think reading this harder to communicate clearly and sensitively with Annual Review o ers an impressive track record of one another, which, for all of us, means resisting the achievement. temptation to fall back on the tried and trusted idioms which act as shortcuts for some and barriers for others. As many of you will know, our Secretary General, It means concentrating as much on listening to others Jane Usherwood, is stepping down after more than a as speaking to them so that there is a genuine exchange decade at the heart of our network. She will be hugely and authentic and clear communication. missed, but her  ne legacy lives on in so much of what Universitas 21 does and is. I had cause to re ect on this in particular at our recent Presidential meeting in , a polyglot nation We owe her a huge debt for so many things, including state where, I was told, the airport has only international the jokes in this Chair’s Introduction! The best tribute to terminals. Sitting in a room with universities from all Jane is to build on her legacy, and now to read on and continents during this event, high-quality discussion advance the transformational work of the U21 network. ensued with many colleagues for whom English was not their  rst language and not even the second or third language for others. We also have colleagues from Professor Sir David Eastwood some countries where monolingualism is the exception Vice Chancellor, University of Birmingham rather than the rule, yet this linguistically global group Chair of Universitas 21 manages to communicate with great clarity, respectful of all parties.

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The more often you look back on things, the more you realise re ect on what we’ve achieved over the past 12 months, I am how things have changed. There is a temptation to exaggerate amazed at how much we’ve done and say to myself that the the past – summers were warmer, snow was deeper in winter next year we can’t possibly do so much – and of course we do. time, the food tasted better, people had time for one another, After 11 years, I am leaving U21 to take up fresh challenges things were just all round better. When younger, we would and I con dently predict that the person who writes next dismiss anything the generations before us said about how year’s Secretariat Update will have the same feeling that the great it all was in the past - embracing the now, yearning for past year must surely be the highpoint of activity …. Until the the future, running from any conversation which started with following year, that is. ‘back in the day…’. So it is with some trepidation that I put pen to paper to review the last year of Universitas 21’s achievements Jane Usherwood in case it has that same e ect on the reader, but I can honestly Secretary General say of the past year what a year it has been. Universitas 21

We have achieved and delivered much as the following pages It was with great pleasure that I took up the role of Provost of will report – more doctoral candidates participating in the U21 U21 in October 2016. I am very grateful to Sir David Eastwood, Three Minute Thesis competition; the re nement of thinking Chair of U21 and the Executive Committee for o ering me this on what de nes excellent teaching in a research-intensive very exciting and challenging opportunity. I also want to thank environment; yet more opportunities for undergraduate the President of University College Dublin, Professor Andrew students to learn with and from their peers around the world; Deeks, for agreeing that I could be seconded full-time to take the list goes on. We are fortunate in our network to have so on the role, and for supporting the establishment of a U21 many committed and innovative colleagues with whom we o ce in University College Dublin. work and whose enthusiasm sustains us to achieve more and more. On behalf of all my colleagues in the Secretariat we In my  rst weeks in the job I will be working closely with Jane thank them for their collegiality and enterprise. Usherwood and the U21 team. I have received a very warm welcome and I intend to explore the best use of technologies to The past year has been one of change on the Secretariat front, keep the geographically dispersed U21 team in regular contact and it is largely due to this collegiality and enthusiasm that we with each other during this signi cant period of change. have been able to do more despite so many changes on the sta ng front. Early in the year, Dr Christina Mellor joined us I am very aware of the debt owed to Jane Usherwood in from the as Cluster Manager with successfully steering the organisation of U21 over the years and the Researcher Engagement cluster – it is hard to remember of how much she will be missed. Her formidable, encyclopaedic a time when Chris wasn’t part of the team as she’s taken up knowledge not only of the operation of the U21 network, but her role with real gusto. We also said goodbye to the cluster’s of international higher education in general, has been part of Academic Lead, Professor Les Field of UNSW whose term of her trademark. However I am delighted to say that Jane has o ce came to an end: Professor Pat O’Shea of Maryland was agreed to stay involved on a part-time consultancy basis to selected as the new Academic Lead by his peers. review and enhance the recruitment strategies for the Gilbert Medal and U21 awards after she formally leaves U21 at the end On the Student Experience cluster there has also been some of November 2016. change – although we see the year out with Professor Frank Coton of Glasgow still as Academic Lead, there has been a As Professor Eva Wiberg returns to take up her full-time role change in Cluster Manager with Bernice Molloy joining us as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at , I also want to from the University of Calgary on her return to Ireland. Ninna acknowledge her considerable contribution to U21 during her Makrinov moved on to pastures new after a year marked by time as Executive Director. Eva broke new ground particularly energy and Latin American brio. in exploring new high-level international connections for U21 and I know that her meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban In 2015, Professor Eva Wiberg of Lund University joined us as our Ki-moon was a highlight of her time in post. inaugural Executive Director on a part time basis, sharing that role with her substantive role as Deputy Vice Chancellor. After I look forward to working with U21’s new Director of Operations, 18 months, she has returned to that position, leaving us with a Jade Bressington, who will take up her new post on December much clearer view of academic leadership in an international 1st 2016. Jade was formerly Head of Campaign Development network context. Replacing Eva’s energy and gusto was always and Deputy Head of Alumni Relations at the University of going to be di cult as she is a unique person, something to Birmingham. Jade will bring her considerable expertise in which all of those who worked with her would attest. We are leading international university projects in South-East Asia to fortunate that Professor Bairbre Redmond has taken up the the post as well as signi cant international fundraising and role, on a full time basis and with a new title: U21 Provost. development experience. Bairbre is well known to many around the network having been U21 Manager (now titled ‘U21 Senior Leader’) for many Looking at the U21 projects and initiatives in this Review years, a role in U21 she combined with being Academic Lead serves to remind me how much has been achieved by for the Educational Innovation cluster: so we are fortunate in colleagues across the network in the last year. I am very proud having one multi-tasking woman replace another! Professor to have been chosen to be a central part of the future of this Simon Bates of UBC has taken up the mantle with the EI cluster, distinguished network. working closely with Lavinia Winegar Gott who is our most established Cluster Manager. Professor Bairbre Redmond Provost Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose is a well-known Universitas 21 French epigram which seems to sum up how I feel as I write this, my last Secretariat Update. Each year, when I sit down to

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Gilbert Medal & U21 Awards

The 2016 Gilbert Medal for internationalisation, The Gilbert Medal itself features the winning design Universitas 21’s highest award for services to the from a competition among students at Lund University, internationalisation of higher education, was awarded the host of the  rst award presentation. The medal is at the National University of Singapore (NUS) to the manufactured in the world-renowned Jewellery Quarter former President of Ireland, Professor Mary McAleese. in Birmingham, UK.

Professor McAleese was presented with her award, The recipients of this year’s U21 Awards were also named in honour of the founder of the U21 network, the presented with hand-crafted globes, awarded in late Professor Alan Gilbert, by Chair of the U21 network recognition of individual e orts which further Professor Sir David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor at the internationalisation and build relations between U21 University of Birmingham, and Professor Tan Chorh members and beyond. The 2016 awardees were Dr Chuan, President of NUS. Wondwossen Gebreyes of The Ohio State University and Dr Michael Cli ord of The University of Nottingham. The award celebrates some of the core objectives of the U21 network, which aim to increase understanding, trust Dr Gebreyes’ award was presented for his commitment and partnership between international universities. to, and leadership in, international education, most notably for his work in the  elds of global health and Professor McAleese was inaugurated as the eighth veterinary medicine, as well as molecular epidemiology President of Ireland in 1997 where she served for two where he has initiated numerous collaborative terms, fourteen years in all. The theme of her Presidency partnerships which have inspired teaching, learning was ‘Building Bridges’, exempli ed by her sustained and research globally. attempts to reach out and negotiate constructive discussion between di erent communities in Northern A 2016 U21 Award was also presented to Dr Michael Ireland, including her work in brokering the Good Friday Cli ord in recognition of his long-term dedication to Agreement of 1998. Her widely admired work during the furthering of international education, in particular her Presidency was underpinned by her longstanding in relation to his sustained impact and leadership in commitment to national and international issues the development of the student learning experience as of justice, equality, educational opportunity, social well as with communities throughout the developing inclusion, anti-sectarianism and reconciliation. world.

Since the end of her Presidency Prof McAleese’s work Many congratulations to our 2016 award winners! has focused on her commitment to the reform and enhancement of international higher education. She Ben Gri ths returned to personal study, taking a Licentiate in Canon Communications Manager Law; she has been Boston College Burns Library Visiting Universitas 21 Scholar in Irish Studies (2013-2014) and is currently the Judge James J. Clynes Visiting Chair at Notre Dame Law School. In September 2011 EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliouto appointed her to chair the European Commission High Level Group on the Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe. This role recognised her considerable capacity to bring together and direct educational and political leaders from across Europe in order to successfully deliver international educational policies and strategies capable of reforming the fundamental nature and quality of 21st century European higher education, recognising education’s crucial role in individual, societal and economic development.

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U21 Ranking of National Higher Education Systems

The  fth annual Universitas 21 ranking of national Wider In uence of the U21 Ranking Project systems of higher education was published in May 2016. The release of the rankings again attracted much A motivation for the U21 rankings of systems of higher interest in the media internationally and a spike in tra c education was to encourage a movement away from on the U21 website. an excessive emphasis on the international rankings of research intensive universities. Higher education should In order to facilitate comparisons over time the rankings be judged on the performance of the whole system that kept the basic structure of four modules: Resources, includes a diversity of institutions to meet personal and Policy Environment, Connectivity (Engagement) and national needs. The tide is now turning. The OECD has Output. By so doing, it is possible for performance established a higher education Stakeholder Forum of in each module to be benchmarked against that which the U21 project is a participant. This is part of a in other countries. Also, by comparing outcomes broader OECD dialogue on ‘Enhancing Higher Education (Connectivity and Output) with Inputs (Resources and System Performance’. The respected commentator the Environment) it is possible to derive measures of Jamil Salmi, formerly head of education at the World the relative productivity of di erent national systems of Bank, is promoting the desirability of moving away from higher education. institutional ranking to evaluating national systems.

2016 results summary Policy makers in a number of countries  nd the U21 benchmarking exercise to be of value. In August 2016, Overall, the top ten ranked countries were, in rank order, at the request of the Malaysian Ministry of Higher the United States, , Denmark, the United Education, I was invited to discuss the U21 rankings with Kingdom, , Finland, the , Singapore, senior executives and the Minister. These meetings, in and . When the rankings are adjusted turn, help us to improve the data used in the rankings. to allow for di erences in GDP per capita the top ten countries are the , Serbia, Denmark, The Project has received a number of requests to Sweden, , Finland, , Portugal, Canada write articles on higher education. An entry entitled and . ‘Quality of Higher Education Systems’ is to appear in the forthcoming International Encyclopedia of Higher While annual changes in ranks are not large, as is to be Education Systems and Institutions, to be published expected, now with several years of data available some by Springer. Another invited article was published trends are emerging. Over the four years 2013 to 2016, in a symposium on ranking in International Higher China shows the greatest improvement, rising twelve Education, Winter, 2016. The article was entitled ‘National places; South Africa has risen nine places. The largest Systems of Higher Education: The U21 Rankings’. A more falls have occurred for Bulgaria (down ten places) and technical paper, ‘Pitfalls in Aggregating Performance Serbia (down seven places). Measures in Higher Education’, was published in Studies in Higher Education (vol. 41, nos. 1-2). In 2016, a ranking of productivity was presented for the  rst time. This was obtained by comparing outcomes The U21 rankings have now become  rmly embedded in with inputs. The eight countries where productivity the literature on higher education. To illustrate, Google of the sector was greatest were, in alphabetical order, Scholar reports 66 citations to the paper written for the Australia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Slovakia, South Africa  rst rankings in 2012. and the United Kingdom. As the measure controls for the policy environment, it is a measure of institutional productivity not national productivity. Professor Ross Williams Project Leader The full report, data, country snapshots and a web tool Institute allowing comparisons over time are available on the U21 website.

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Innovation in higher education is on all of our minds the U21 Educational Innovation conference hosted as we enter a phase of heightened experimentation by the University of Birmingham under the leadership and innovation in many aspects of higher education. of Professor Kathy Armour. Focusing on a theme Our institutions – like many others around us – are of “What is Teaching Excellence in a Contemporary experimenting with new ways of using technology to Research-Intensive University”, 45 delegates from support our educational goals and, indeed, with new 16 U21 institutions attended the three day event, educational goals a orded by technological change. underlining the strategic signi cance attached by The Educational Innovation (EI) cluster was created to member universities to contemporary opportunities add value to our individual institutional e orts to lead for educational innovation. A detailed report from the educational innovation. The Educational Innovation conference follows later in this Review. cluster aims to articulate the leadership challenges, and identify, share and develop strategies for advancing, at I am delighted to report that the 2017 Educational scale, the following challenges: Innovation Conference will be hosted by Tecnológico de Monterrey from October 31-November 2, with a • Eff ective and sustainable approaches to theme of “Challenging Traditional Thinking: Technology learning and teaching in a rapidly changing digital Enhanced Learning + Design Thinking”. environment (including through MOOCs, online and blended learning); In 2015, colleagues at University College Dublin were commissioned to develop a new U21 Shared Online • Broadening of the educational experience Course (U21 SOC). The  rst iteration of the U21 SOC, and strengthening of student engagement through a “Planetary Urbanisation: Global Challenges in a shared focus on global citizenship; Changing World”, has now taken place. Data is being analysed and will be reported at a later date. • Strengthened teaching-research nexus, supported by contemporary scholarship; Another large undertaking in 2015-16, which is continuing into this year, is a project looking at teaching • Eff ective virtual and physical learning excellence indicators, teaching practices and policies and environments, adaptable to changing learner needs. procedures at our member institutions for recognizing and rewarding teaching excellence. The initial project We recognise these challenges are multi-faceted and was led by Professor Graeme Aitken of the University will involve conceptual articulation. of Auckland and will continue under the leadership of Professors Stephen Marshall of UNSW Australia and In 2015-16, the EI Steering group membership included Simon Bates (University of British Columbia). More Professors Bairbre Redmond, Chair of the Steering detailed information about the project is available in Group and Academic Lead for the EI Cluster (University this publication, including a link to the  nal report. College Dublin), Graeme Aitken (Auckland), Je Bale (Birmingham), Simon Bates (University of British In 2017, we look forward to advancing the network’s EI Columbia), Susan Bridges (), Frank Coton agenda by further developing initiatives that harness (Glasgow), Stephen Marshall (UNSW), Asa Lindberg- the possibilities of online and blended learning and Sands (Lund). The many contributions of all members the research-intensive character of our member of the steering group are deeply appreciated. universities and by providing opportunities to re ect on and advance our shared strategic goals in the area In October 2016, Professor Simon Bates took over as of educational innovation and teaching excellence in Chair of the Steering Group and Academic Lead for the research-intensive universities. Professor Simon Bates EI Cluster when Professor Redmond took on the job of (U21 EI Academic Lead), the EI Steering Group and I look Provost for U21. She leaves the Cluster in excellent shape forward to working with all U21 members in 2017 to going forward! Professor Je Bale retired in July 2016 make educational innovation and teaching excellence and Professor Kathy Armour (University of Birmingham) one of our distinguishing features. joined the Steering Group in late October. Lavinia Winegar-Gott Our primary activities in 2015-16 have been to progress U21 EI Cluster Manager & Deputy Secretary General projects identi ed and approved in the programmatic Universitas 21 plan for the EI cluster. The EI plan includes an annual conference and a 2016 highlight for the cluster was

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U21 Shared Online Course (SOC)

The  rst iteration of the U21 SOC, “Planetary Urbanisation: Our multi-disciplinary team of academic specialists Global Challenges in a Changing World”, ran in October signposted the learning journey, but more importantly, 2016, with a second iteration planned for April 2017. engaged in ongoing discussion with students from across the U21 network, to exchange ideas, opinions Today more than 54% of the world’s population is urban, and experiences. Whether you are a medic, a scientist, a and by 2050 this  gure is predicted to rise to 70%. In social scientist, engineer or a scholar in the humanities, this 5-week course students were introduced to ideas of the questions discussed were elevant to the world you urbanisation and speci cally the challenges of planetary work and live in! urbanisation. Through reading, discussion and other activities students around the globe worked with sta Lavinia Winegar-Gott from multi-disciplinary perspectives to understand how EI Cluster Manager & Deputy Secretary General humans are responding to the global urban challenge. Universitas 21

By the end of this course, students were able to:

• Discuss important urban challenges facing societies globally

• Explain ‘planetary urbanisation’ and how it diff ers from historic urbanisation

• Identify planetary urbanisation in action in their “home city”

• Compare how urban experiences are diff erent across space and time

• Demonstrate the value, and appreciate the importance, of intercultural learning

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EI Conference

The annual U21 Educational Innovation Conference was In the current political context in the UK, research- hosted by the University of Birmingham from October intensive universities (like a number of their 26-28, 2016. The theme, “What is Teaching Excellence international counterparts) have struggled to articulate in a Contemporary Research-Intensive University?” the unique features of their education provision and resonated soundly with the more than 45 delegates politicians remain unconvinced of the inherent value from 16 U21 member institutions. of ‘research-led teaching’. There are lessons here for research-intensives around the world. In a context The purpose of this particular conference was for U21 that is characterised by a growing consumerist view colleagues to come together, with international experts of university education, greater accountability for in the  eld, to design a ‘Position Statement’ on the outcomes, pressure to equate teaching quality with the unique features of research-led teaching/education number of contact hours, and a trend towards open - in a contemporary research-intensive university. The and much quicker - access to research  ndings which Position Statement emerging from this conference will are freely available to all types of institutions, there is make an important contribution to the ongoing work of a need to rede ne the unique nature of education in a the U21 Educational Innovation Cluster on developing, research-intensive university. enhancing, recognising and rewarding teaching excellence in a research intensive context. U21 delegates The structure of the meeting took the form of a series of at the conference had the opportunity to re ect on expert inputs followed by working group (WG) sessions existing evidence about teaching excellence in higher led by a facilitator. Each delegate was placed in a WG education, situate this evidence in the challenges facing that met four times over the course of the meeting. The contemporary research-intensive universities, revisit the WGs used the evidence presented to build cumulatively meaning of ‘research-led teaching/education’ and to towards a U21 position statement that is in the  nal ensure that their views, and those of their institutions, stages of being drafted. The  nal document will be form part of U21’s work in educational innovation. available on the U21 webpage.

Research excellence has been evaluated for some time at Outcomes from the WG sessions were developed into national and international levels, resulting in a range of a draft U21 Position Statement on ‘Teaching Excellence rankings and league tables. Inevitably, these high stakes in a Contemporary Research-Intensive University’ which evaluations drive particular institutional behaviors. In was circulated to all participants. The statement can be a number of areas including the UK, Ireland, Australia used by U21 members to underpin teaching excellence and New Zealand and in the US and Canada, possible developments in their own countries. The idea of metrics that may be capable of measuring the quality ranking universities by teaching excellence may not of university teaching are increasingly being sought. For have reached your country yet…but I predict it will, and example, in the UK, this had led to the launch of a new research intensives need to be prepared! teaching excellence evaluation framework which will result in national rankings based on a range of proxy measures of ‘teaching quality’. Lavinia Winegar-Gott EI Cluster Manager & Deputy Secretary General Universitas 21

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Teaching Indicators Project

In 2014, the U21 Educational Innovation (EI) cluster Next, the framework validation portion of the project undertook to better understand indicators used across sought to test the face validity (i.e. the appropriateness, our institutions for rewarding excellence in teaching. comprehensiveness and  tness-for-purpose) of the Over the past two years, the project has grown. revised framework. There were three parallel elements to this project: The framework development project collected and analysed current promotion policies and procedures, • An online survey of stakeholders from across promotion applications, and teaching portfolios to the U21 network (100 respondents, equal proportion determine the nature of the indicators and evidence male and female, from U21 institutions in seven di erent that were currently used across the U21 network in the countries); promotion to the level of professor for academic sta in teaching only/focused positions. The data was used to • A consideration of the alignment of the data develop an initial proposed framework. set collected during the review of current practices and that informed the development of the initial framework, Testing of the initial proposed framework found that: and the proposed dimensions and forms of expression in the revised framework; • the framework had merit; • A consideration of the usefulness of the • the “Levels of Enactment” were deemed framework in supporting the process of re-developing appropriate in capturing the di erent purposes that promotion criteria for promotion to Professor of underlie di erent teaching roles; Teaching in a U21 member institution (over 200 sta involved in using the framework as part of this • the “Dimensions of Teaching” were appropriate process). in capturing the di erent responsibilities assumed by teachers – regardless of role. This project is intended as a conversation starter (about educational leadership - what it is and what it is not), However we found that the descriptors used to de ne a planning tool (annual review, pathway towards the “Dimensions of Teaching” did not resonate with promotion), a framework for building into professional sta and did not always speak clearly to what teachers development activities, and a jumping o point for do. A framework re-development project sought the (as important) discussions around IMPACT and to address the issues identi ed in the testing of the EVIDENCE. initial framework by redeveloping the descriptors for each of the “Dimensions of Teaching” and establishing A full report of the project is available at: descriptors for each of the “Levels of Enactment”. www.universitas21.com/link/TIP

Lavinia Winegar-Gott EI Cluster Manager & Deputy Secretary General Universitas 21

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This year has been one of considerable national and via social media to highlight the competition. A full international political change with the e ects of this report of the competition, including details of all the change and the impact on higher educational research winners can be found later in this review. still to be fully realised. We expect uncertainty in the international research landscape for some time to come, Within the Researcher Engagement Cluster we have but as a network we must continue with business as been working hard this year to facilitate new research usual. The Researcher Engagement Cluster focusses on collaborations across the network. The U21 Early Career inspiring a global perspective in researchers at the early Researchers’ workshop focussed on ‘Big Data’ and was stages of their career, actively promoting and facilitating hosted by the . Reports of the skills development and networking to create research workshop can be found in the following pages, however stars of the future. We will continue with our e ects to I wanted to highlight how great it was to see researchers ensure these junior researchers have the support they come together across a large range of disciplines and  nd need to navigate the myriad of international research they had many common interests and could learn from opportunities and the hurdles that, from time to time, each other. The Graduate Research Projects outlined are put before them. above are also bringing teams of junior researchers together. With regard to more senior researchers we Cluster activities this year started o with the have taken a di erent approach; by working with the annual RE Cluster meetings which took place at the research administration teams across the network University of Maryland. The DDoGS again held a pre- we are facilitating a better understanding of research meeting workshop, this year focusing on Graduate funding available for international collaboration (both Mobility, discussing the bene ts to students and some internal seed funding and external grant schemes). institutional barriers which many members face in Colleagues at the University of Maryland have been monitoring such mobility. Following the Workshop the running a series of workshops focussing on US Uniform Research Leaders and DDoGS held a joint meeting to Guidance for Foreign Entities, ensuring that colleagues discuss network activities before parallel meetings took across the network understand which US funding place to share best practice and to plan activities for the streams they can apply to and what their obligations coming year. A report of the workshop and meetings are in that process. can be read in the following pages. 2015/16 has seen some changes to the leadership of This year the DDoGS piloted a new activity - Graduate the RE Cluster. Prof Les Field (UNSW) stepped down Research Projects - which enable doctoral candidates from the Cluster with Prof Pat O’Shea, Vice President to develop and implement international research for Research at the University of Maryland, taking on collaborations within the U21 network. These projects the Academic Lead role. However, as the year ends we aim to be very  exible and encourage students to think look for new leadership of the Cluster following Pat’s innovatively about how their research could bene t from announcement that he will be taking up the role of engagement with other members of the U21 network. President of the University of Cork, Ireland in February In essence it’s a mini funding call, with international 2017. Although short lived, Pat bought boundless energy teams of students (supported by their PhD advisors) and enthusiasm as Academic Lead and we will be sorry submitting proposals for a collaborative project. You to see him leave the Cluster, and the network. We wish can read about how the  rst round of funding went in him well taking up the helm of his alma matter. New the following pages. We will be running a second call representatives joining the steering group in 2016 were: for proposals, following a review of the process, so keep Prof Orla Feely, Vice President for Research, Innovation an eye out on our website for updates and the 2017 and Impact at University College Dublin, Prof Andy Hor, timeline. Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research, and Prof Arturo Molina, Vice President for Research The 3 Minutes Thesis competition continues to impress, and Entrepreneurship, Tecnologico de Monterrey. Each with the judging panel this year noting the high quality brings with them operation knowledge and a regional of all entries. This year’s winner was Kate Rielge van West outlook which will help to broaden the outlook of the from the whose presentation Cluster and I look forward to working with them as we was titled ‘Poi for your health: a spin on ageing’ and move forward in to 2017. highlighted the potential health and wellbeing bene ts of Poi in healthy older patients – it’s well worth a watch, as are the rest of the 2016 entries which are still available Dr Christina Mellor to view online at http://www.u213mt.com/. This year Researcher Engagement Cluster Manager saw the highest number of people’s choice votes and it Universitas 21 was pleasing to see so many members getting involved

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RE Cluster Meeting Report

In early May, Research Leaders and Deans and Directors Following this joint session the Research Leaders and of Graduate Studies (DDoGS) from around the network DDoGS held separate meetings to discuss matters of gathered in the US for their annual meeting. Hosted by importance to their individual groups. The Research the University of Maryland, the meetings drew together Leaders discussed a variety of topics including career colleagues from 18 member universities, including pathways of researchers, communicating the value of Auckland, Birmingham, Connecticut, Dublin, Edinburgh, research and government regulation of research, in Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Korea, Lund, Maryland, particular export controls, the understanding of which Melbourne, Monterrey, Nottingham, Ohio, Queensland, is becoming increasingly important for international Santiago, Singapore and Sydney. collaborations.

Prior to the o cial meetings the DDoGS group held a Research collaborations were also a hot topic, with separate workshop, this year on the theme of Doctoral Professor Ben Shneiderman (Computer Science, UMD) Mobility. Our hosts in Maryland had lined up some presenting on his new book “The new ABCs of Research” interesting speakers and following a roundtable which outlined how research had changed over recent discussion which brought up many common issues, most decades and proposed new ways of doing impactful notably a lack of monitoring and support for doctoral research – by doing applied and basic research mobility, we heard from Dr Suzanne Ortega from the US combined. Council of Graduate Schools who addressed the impact of internationalisation on doctoral students and their In their meeting the DDoGS group discussed careers. Initial studies carried out in the US have shown employability of doctoral students including what clear bene ts of international mobility including higher skills they need if they are not planning to continue in publication rates and increased cultural competencies. academia; mental health issues which are an increasing We also heard from a number of UMD doctoral students concern for Graduate Schools; mutual expectations and supervisors on their very positive experiences of between students and supervisors, along with plans for mobility, highlighting the strong personal connections a new activity – Graduate Research Projects – which are developed which had led to lasting collaborations, the outlined on page 29. new skills they learnt and bought back to their home department and the general theme of being able to The next RE meetings will take place in March 2017, conduct research as part of a team which would not at University College Dublin. There will be a workshop have been possible working alone. before the two-day meeting, where the DDoGS will focus their minds on the ‘Future of the Doctorate’. The o cial meetings started with a joint session where the U21 Executive Director, Professor Eva Wiberg, Dr Christina Mellor presented on activities related to the ‘Future Societies’ Researcher Engagement Cluster Manager theme including workshops on language science and Universitas 21 global migration and on climate action.

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Research Collaboration Group

The fourth annual meeting of the U21 Research funding. Plans were in place to run workshops in Collaboration Group (RCG) was held at the University and Ireland (UCD workshop aligned to Research Leaders of New South Wales (UNSW) on 8-9 September 2016. meeting in March 2017). Additional hosts were sought 24 delegates from 15 member universities participated to ensure all U21 members have the opportunity for in the meeting. Professor Emma Johnson, UNSW’s their sta to attend these workshops, with Andy Hor PVC Research, opened the meeting and highlighted o ering to host at HKU and Carol Nonkwelo o ering to that supporting international collaborations and host in Johannesburg. partnerships were part of UNSW’s new strategic priorities for 2025. Denise Clark (UMD), Co-Chair of the • SciVal: It was suggested that SciVal could be used to RCG, highlighted to the group the positive response identify research hot spots across the network, show from the Research Leaders on the re ned RCG Terms where strong bilaterals occur and see where overlap is of Reference, particularly the emphasis on strong bi- for suggested collaborations. and tri-laterals and professional knowledge exchange strategies such as UMD’s BRAKE (Borderless Research • Template agreements and letters of support: It was Administration Knowledge Exchange) initiative. Steven agreed that the RCG should be used as the place to bring Hardy (Nottingham) led a session on seed grants for these opportunities to the group’s attention, particularly international collaboration, with most members noting when collaborative grants involving U21 members were they had access to either internal funds or funding being submitted, as letters of support from U21 could council grants for such programmes. Professor John be used to add weight to the applications. Whitelock (UNSW) presented to the group on his experiences of international collaborations, noting that • Professional Staff Exchange/Fellowship: Julie Ward researchers are very happy to receive small amounts (UNSW) and Jill Franken eld (UMD) discussed the of funding to set up and keep collaborations going bene ts of their sta exchange and noted some advice and that emerging research stars are the ones most and tips for colleagues coordinating future exchanges/ in need of seed funds. Martin Kirk (UBC) presented an fellowships - an ideal length of time was 4 weeks, this update on the SciVal project, reporting that publication should include a comprehensive agenda with a speci c data showed that U21’s key research competencies project to work on but also include opportunities to meet included “nanoparticles”, “conductivity” (graphene), with key contacts (including researchers and funding “Alzheimer’s”, “nanotubes”, “Parkinson’s” and “quantum”. bodies where possible) with a focus on professional Rosie Hicks, CEO of the Australian National Fabrication development as well as institutional bene t. Facility (ANFF) and Aapo Skorulis, General Manager of the NSW/ACT State O ce for AusIndustry presented Actions arising from the meeting included follow up on the internationalization of research infrastructures on each of the discussion items above, along with the and of industry engagement, respectively. There was setting up of a document repository as a means to collect also a site visit to the Sydney Institute of Marine Science proposals, risk management information, compliance where global research collaborations were showcased issues, and to allow dissemination of current funding such as the World Harbour Project in which many U21 announcements. members are involved. The visit was rounded o with a tour of the facilities and the opportunity to chat with The University of Johannesburg kindly agreed to host the researchers about their projects and the potential the next meeting which will take place in May 2017. for collaboration. Beth Brittan Powell, Discussion sessions focussed on: Director of Joint Research Collaborations

• UMD BRAKE initiative: Denise Clark (Maryland) Denise Clark, updated the group on the BRAKE workshops that had AVP Research Administration taken place earlier in the week at UNSW, which involved University of Maryland training research administration sta on the Uniform Guidance regulations which now cover all US grant

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Early Career Researcher Workshop

Why Big Data? In simple terms, data science is transforming many areas other’s research. U21’s Research Manager, Dr Christina of research. Beyond academia, data science is having a Mellor led and organised the Pecha Kucha sessions and major impact on many parts of all our lives. The ubiquity her focused e orts made for an outstanding experience. of data in many  elds of research means that much more Thanks Chris! can be measured and areas of study that were qualitative become quantitative. Large data sets o er researchers What else happened? across disciplines unprecedented opportunities to We paid close attention to the social programme – address important questions, but will require new viewing it as an integral component of the workshop. methodological and ethical considerations. Our ambition was to create a holistic experience for the delegates that maximised their opportunities to engage Who attended? with each other and to create a sense of togetherness 40 early stage post-doctoral researchers, from 13 U21 and community. At the start of the workshop we hosted universities, from 8 countries – it was a very diverse an evening of informal tapas style dining in a local group! restaurant as an icebreaker. Our workshop venue was the modern Informatics Forum – to provide a contrast, What happened? dinner on the second evening was served on long tables In practice, we wanted to introduce delegates to the in the University’s atmospheric and ancient Rainy Hall. opportunities and challenges faced during a typical An experience one delegate comparted to having a lifecycle of a big data project (focus on 4 main areas: meal at Hogwarts! A few of the delegates then joined a data governance/study design/technical work and couple of Edinburgh’s leading data science professors to presentation to stakeholders) and allow opportunities be treated to a glass of single malt whisky in a traditional to explore issues. Scottish pub on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile.

The workshop’s academic leaders put in a huge amount Would we do it again? of e ort to identify delegate interests and from there Absolutely! And we would recommend the opportunity build a programme that would inform and stimulate to host the ERC Workshop to all of our peer U21 member further ideas. We aimed to facilitate collaborative and universities. Big thanks and gratitude to amazing team based approaches to overcoming challenges University of Edinburgh and Universitas 21 colleagues. and working across disciplines and expose delegates Co-organisers: Dr Caroline Jackson, Dr Miguel O. to a range of di erent perspectives on data science Bernabeu and Dr Sarah Chan at the Usher Institute in di erent  elds. The workshop kicked o with a for Population Health Science; and Dr Fiona Philippi, series of short TED type talks from leading researchers Institute for Academic Development. University of followed by time for dialogue with the speakers. The Edinburgh Sponsors: Prof Dave Roberson, Vice Principal delegates also engaged through deep-dive small Prof Andrew Morris, Vice Principal Prof James Smith. group discussions and interactive exercises. By way of Universitas 21 lead: Dr Christina Mellor, Researcher footnote - an unconventional indicator for the quality Engagement Cluster Manager. of the speaker line-up was the appearance of a number of university professors who ‘gatecrashed’ the sessions Jake Broadhurst to listen in. U21 ERC Workshop co-organiser and Head of Global Projects, The University of Edinburgh The chance to make a Pecha Kucha style presentation was a highlight for many of the delegates. Some described the process as a little nerve-wracking. All appreciated the chance to re ne their presentation skills though this innovative format – and to learn about each

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ECR Workshop Participant Review

I attended the Universitas 21 workshop on Big Data (held The keynotes spanned topics related to genomics, text in Edinburgh, Scotland) where I met 40 delegates from mining, learning analytics, crowd-sourced data and 8 countries, all with one agenda - to better understand social computing and ethics. The keynote by Dr Sarah the issues associated with big data and data science. Chan on the ethics and legal issues of big data was my The workshop spanned two and half days; two full days favourite; the associated small group discussion of the of workshop activities and knowledge acquisition (plus same topic chaired by Dr Leslie Stevens was my close- a great workshop dinner) and a meet and greet dinner second favourite. the evening before the workshop commenced. Whilst the programme for the meeting was full, it ran It is important to understand, attendance at the U21 to time. This included allocating time for attendees to Big Data workshop was not an open invitation. U21 and review and discuss with authors the 15 posters that were the University of Edinburgh covered all the costs of the on display over the two days and listening to 19 delegates workshop whilst the attendees’ institutions covered the deliver Pecha Kucha presentations. If you haven’t done cost of transport, accommodation and per-diems. This one of these – you are yet to truly challenge yourself arrangement typically led to U21 universities having a when giving oral presentations. Kudos to Christina and review process to select the crème-de-la-crème of Early Jake for including these. As a side note, my Pecha Kucha Career Researchers, who were active in the Big Data was timed perfectly, until the last slide --- talking for 6 space. more seconds when the screen was blank.

For those 40 delegates who were fortunate enough Finally, I must add, whilst the University of Edinburgh and to go, the University of Edinburgh and U21 put on a U21 delivered so too did the beautiful city of Edinburgh. top-tier workshop. Speci cally, Dr Christina Mellor, the We had it all, for the few days I was there: clear days, rainy Researcher Engagement Cluster Manager for U21, made days, and Scottish winds – it created a brochure style sure that everything, for everyone, ran smoothly. I didn’t experience. The castle, Arthur’s seat, and the old-town hear an echo of disappointment from the delegates. provided the perfect downtime experience; something that was necessary with all the amazing knowledge On the programme side, Mr Jake Broadhurst, the Head transfer that occurred over the two-and-a-half days the of Global Projects at the University of Edinburgh, workshop spanned. delivered a brilliant line-up of key-notes and social venues. After an entertaining opening by the University On behalf of all the delegates thank you to Christina and of Edinburgh’s Professor of Medicine, Andrew Morris, Jake, Universitas 21 and the University of Edinburgh for the scene was set for the next two-days. An interesting an excellent programme and venue. Thanks also to the piece of the University of Edinburgh trivia (highlighted universities who supported the ECRs in attending. Such by Professor Morris) is the university has quite a famous activities hosted by Universitas 21 need to be on the list of alumni - Charles Darwin, J K Rowling and the radar of all academics. humanoid robot NASA Valkyrie. Dr Jason Ferris PhD, MBiostatistics NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow Senior Research Fellow, Programme Director of MFSAS (Methods for Social Analysis and Statistics),Institute for Social Science Research, The

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U21 15 - 16 Review FINAL PRINT FULL packaged.indd 31 21/04/2017 12:01:51 Researcher Engagement 31 | 21/04/2017 12:01:51 Graduate Studies Graduate www.universitas21.com www.universitas21.com Associate Professor Caroline Daley, Caroline Professor Associate Dean of the Graduate Studies at the University of the University at Studies Dean of the Graduate Auckland and Chair of the U21 Deans of and Directors in behavioural assessments of emotional processing, processing, of emotional assessments in behavioural analysis. in psychophysiological work and Edinburgh’s behavioural neuroscience, from students Participating in will be trained and clinical psychology psychology will and measurement, and physiological programming co-author on cross-cultural face least one publication at perception. lasting all of the funded projects hope that While their from will result (and publications) collaborations some of the students grant, Project Research Graduate networkthe within their own develop also keen to are and social work law, Sociology, wider U21 relationship. NUS, Queensland Kong, Hong from students geography student a graduate create planning to and Auckland are c Region. Paci in the Asia network on family migration the students for will also help fund training grant Their Skills development with interpreters. work to on how see in all applications. keen to were is something we participating teachers’ Those explores in a project that and Sweden in England, education in privatised work their skillsChile will develop (and will in social media the wider to their research promote use social media to chemists and physicists public), while the synthetic Auckland, between in a new collaboration involved Birmingham and Melbourne on their work hope that their t from will bene devices photovoltaic organic c backgrounds. scienti erent di and ts of cross-cultural collaboration bene The known. well Doctoral co-publishing are international also understand the importancecandidates of teamwork the When skills. transferable develop and the need to Project Research nal reports Graduate of the inaugural  been have will see whether we we received are grants the strengthening while assist our candidates able to as important become the yet to pilot may The network. as the U21 cluster Engagement of the Researcher work competition. Thesis Minute Three Universitas Universitas is the opportunity the network provides for students. 21 is the opportunity students. for the network provides tting from bene are our doctoral candidates year This of the under the auspices piloted being a new initiative Research Graduate Cluster. Engagement Researcher support grants who want doctoral students Project research international and implement develop to the replace grants The projects within the network. U21 has supported that Conference Research Graduate this funding for that ‘Repurposing’ years. many for but based on strikesome as risky, pilot project may our clear that it’s of applications, round the inaugural cross-cultural in exciting engage keen to are candidates collaborations. the Deans the grants, for In up the parameters setting each decided that Studies of Graduate and Directors least at from doctoral candidates project must involve must be the students and that U21 institutions, three reach, regional Beyond countries. least two based in at in terms exible should be  we that agreed though, it was of the nature from, come of disciplines the applicants undertake, to types and the they proposed the research Cross-disciplinary each grant. of outputs expected from that told were students welcomed, were applications long and as in-person and/or virtually, work they could accessible publically produce going to as they were these were the form open as to remained we outputs, take. going to we in September, which closed rst round, In the  from 127 students involving 35 applications, received not able were we Unfortunately, 22 U21 members. fund all of the wonderful to projects our students our judging deliberation, But after careful proposed. panel (made up of Deans of Graduate and Directors Johannesburg Connecticut, Auckland, from Studies the Chris Mellor by from and Nottingham, ably assisted Those projects. seven to grants awarded Secretariat) 15 U21 universities. from 35 students projects involve importanceThe U21 network of the is clear in all A study of facial emotional of the funded projects. from students will allow example, for communication, expertise Nottingham’s t from bene members to ve  strength NUS’s and visual research, in programming One of the many advantages of belonging to to of belonging advantages One of the many Graduate Research Projects Research Graduate U21 15 - 16 Review FINAL PRINT FULL packaged.indd 32 32

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Cluster Review Student Experience

Universitas 21 aims to enhance global opportunities, Entrepreneur Corps (organised by the University of perspectives, and experiences for students through Connecticut), where students work closely with rural sharing best practice, information, and connecting key communities, moved location to Ecuador this year. institutional leaders (in student experience, student mobility, careers and employability, and student The U21 Global Ingenuity Challenge, now in its second services). The Student Experience cluster focuses on year, continued to attract interest. There was an increase increasing active student engagement in U21 activities, this year in the number of institutions participating from and creating additional opportunities for students. This seven in 2015 to twelve in 2016. This on-line competition, year marks the mid-way point through our programmatic which aligns with our strong focus on developing plan (2013-18) and we have started to consider the next scalable network-wide, student-engagement activities, stage of the plan (2019-23). This next stage will focus challenges teams of undergraduate students to come on identifying how the U21 network can increase the up with solutions to a real-life problem. The theme this added value it brings to the student experience in the year focussed on the challenge of sustainable housing partner institutions through, for example, the expansion and students developed a diverse range of solutions to of network-wide virtual opportunities for students. this issue with the Universities of Connecticut and Korea jointly claiming the  rst prize. The SE Steering group has seen some changes during the year. David Garza (Tecnológico de Monterrey), Eluned Continuing the virtual theme, we completed a review of Jones (University of Birmingham), Brendan Mosely the Global Issues Programme (GIP) this year and made (University of Auckland), and Anouk Tso (University of the decision to move it to ‘teach-out’ (while allowing Amsterdam) have continued to provide their expertise students who had already started the programme and support to the group. They were joined this year the opportunity to complete it). This programme was by a representative from the Student Leaders’ Group, ahead of its time and we will consider the valuable Danielle Curtis (University College Dublin) and Bernice lessons learnt, including understanding the challenges Molloy, who took over the role of cluster manager of successfully coordinating multilateral mobility from Ninna Makrinov. We said goodbye to Katherine initiatives between U21 members. This experience will Beaumont (University of Melbourne), Fiona Docherty help to shape out thinking on new physical and virtual (University of New South Wales), Julie Duck (University of activities within the network. Queensland), Katie Grainger (University of Nottingham), and Liang Guo (Shanghai Jiao Tong University). We Student mobility within the network continued to would like to take this opportunity to thank them for increase (further facilitated by bi-lateral arrangements their valuable contributions to the cluster during their amongst members). We will continue to work with the respective tenures. Student Mobility group to support this further. Work is in progress on a project that will allow us to further We continued with our annual student events this enhance our mobility o erings, particularly around year. The University of Connecticut hosted the Student sharing information to help members boost short-term Leaders’ Group meeting, where activities included a mobility programmes, via the development of a U21 roundtable discussion on multiculturalism, diversity, Bene t Package and a Short-Term Mobility database. and global education. The U21 Summer School was hosted by Shanghai Jiao Tong University on the theme Finally, as this will also be my last year as a member of of ‘Traditional Chinese Medicine and its Culture’. In a the Steering group, I would like to take this opportunity new departure, this programme incorporated a virtual to wish the Cluster well as it continues its collaborative element - all students and sta in the U21 network were endeavour to enhance the U21 Student Experience. invited to take part in an online MOOC on traditional Chinese medicine prior to the start of the Summer School. Professor Frank Coton The U21 Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) was Vice Principal (Academic and Educational Innovation) hosted by Tecnológico de Monterrey on the theme of ‘A Global Perspective on Ageing Societies’. Again, there was a new virtual element to the programme this year - panel discussions were transmitted via LiveStream to 273 participants across 25 countries. The U21 Social

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U21 Summer School

The U21 Summer School was hosted this year by Student Testimonials Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) over a two- week period in July 2016. Focussing on the theme of “The U21 Summer School was so unique in that we ‘Traditional Medicine and Chinese Culture’ it brought were able to get an insight not only into the history, together 65 delegates from 17 member institutions. In use, practice and manufacture of Traditional Chinese a new departure for this popular annual U21 activity, Medicine but also how TCM is viewed by the Chinese all students and sta in the U21 network were invited public and internationally and how TCM is constantly to take part in a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) changing with new technologies and research.” on traditional Chinese medicine prior to the start of the Aisling Roche (University College Dublin) programme. “On travelling to China my expectations were high and I During the programme, students gained  rst-hand was not disappointed. Not only did the summer school experience in traditional Chinese medicine drug o er a unique learning experience, it also enabled us to discovery, development, and manufacturing, not only engage with other students from around the world with in the traditional classroom setting but through visiting di erent cultures, experiences and talents.” research and commercial laboratories. They also had the Joanne Chadwick (University College Dublin) option to participate in more hands-on clinical practices at Shanghai traditional Chinese medicine hospitals Bernice Molloy where they had an opportunity to train in therapies Student Experience Cluster Manager such as acupuncture and moxibustion. Recreational Universitas 21 and cultural activities were built into the programme, ensuring students had a well-rounded academic and cultural experience.

Finally, a special mention to the students who won prizes over the course of the event! A ‘Group Show’ prize was awarded to Fernanda Guadalupe Valdez Blanco (Tecnológico de Monterrey), He Ronghui (National University of Singapore), Jose Fabian Retamal Velasco (Ponti cia Universidad Católica de ), Meaghan Crooks (University of Queensland), Le Viet Hang (University of Nottingham), Alexandra Lee (University of Birmingham), Petr Perina (University of Glasgow), and Norine Ma (University of Melbourne). Hazel Williams (University of Birmingham) was awarded a prize for logo design.

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U21 15 - 16 Review FINAL PRINT FULL packaged.indd 39 21/04/2017 12:01:57 Student Experience 39 | 21/04/2017 12:01:58 www.universitas21.com www.universitas21.com Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico de Monterrey, Tecnológico Cooperation Director, International A airs A International Director, Cooperation Patricia Montaño, International Planning and International Planning Montaño, Patricia were transmitted via LiveStream to 273 participants to LiveStream via transmitted were and cultural also incorporated We 25 countries. across - programme activities the conference into recreational salsa classes! and took Park Fundidora visited delegates and - 52 students attended well was conference The 20 member from attended members of sta seven de Tecnológico from professors Eight institutions. members (from and 38 additional sta Monterrey Audiovisual/ Design, Creative Design, Educational and Special Services/Projects) Production, Technological supported the conference. on Ageing Global Perspective “A 2016 U21 URC The an opportunity to provided delegates for Societies” ect on the importance in contributing of their work re people where society, inclusive and more a fairer towards projects The old with security and dignity. can grow rming the high con quality, of excellent were presented as well U21 member universities at of research standards of our students! talent the collective for as evidence Tecnológico de Monterrey had the great honour of honour had the great de Monterrey Tecnológico Conference Research hosting the U21 Undergraduate Perspective Global ‘A (URC) in July 2016 on the theme of has traditionally conference This Societies’. on Ageing students undergraduate for served as a showcase in, and results issues with, developments share to institutions. their respective projects at of research host to our proposal initially putting forward Since its approach to intention our it was this conference, this in mind, With way. innovative in an development the FIT model based around a programme designed we learning) where Technology-based Interactive, (Flexible, of instructional/graphic under the guidance students, were of online programmes, and producers designers the medium of through their research present to taught video and graphics. the with designed activities were conference The in mind: key elements following • elements? participants innovative to Innovation • - was of a new skill? the development promoting the activity Developing exposing a • new skill - networking encouraged that among participants?way was the activity Networking - was • the activity designed in a be FUN? to designed Strong ludic in a very interactive resulted these elements Combining components - was the activity and visiting faculty in which both students conference important an structuring, in the design, played role The topics. and discussion of research presentation, reviewing spent were of the conference days rst two  presentations. and recording materials presentation had the students days, three Over the following projects in eight opportunity their research present to panel discussions These themed discussion panels. Undergraduate Research Research Undergraduate Conference U21 15 - 16 Review FINAL PRINT FULL packaged.indd 40 40

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Universitas 21 continues to explore ways of expanding Continuing the virtual theme, we completed a review of its virtual opportunities and programmes for students. the Global Issues Programme (GIP) this year and made Virtual o erings extend mobility opportunities to the decision to move it to ‘teach-out’ (allowing students students who may not be able to go abroad, and thus who had already started the programme the opportunity provide a mechanism for more students to bene t from to complete it). This programme was ahead of its being part of the U21 network. time and we will consider the valuable lessons learnt, including understanding the challenges of successfully The online Global Ingenuity Challenge (GIC) is facilitated coordinating multilateral mobility initiatives between via Ingenuity Online, a creative problem solving tool U21 members. This experience will help to shape our developed at The University of Nottingham Business thinking on new physical and virtual activities within School’s Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and the network as we move towards the development of Entrepreneurship. This competition, which aligns with the next phase of the Student Experience Programmatic our strong focus on developing scalable network-wide, Plan (2019 – 23). student-engagement activities, challenges teams of undergraduate students to come up with solutions Bernice Molloy to a real-life problem. The second iteration of the GIC Student Experience Cluster Manager saw an increase this year in the number of institutions Universitas 21 participating from seven in 2015 to twelve in 2016.

The theme this year focussed on the challenge of sustainable housing and sixteen teams of students generated some superb and novel solutions to the issue. The Universities of Connecticut and Korea jointly claimed the  rst prize. The team from addressed the isolation of a single person household in a fast-growing economy while the students from the University of Connecticut approached the problem of urban decay in the United States through the model of micro nancing. The Peer’s Choice Award was another tie between Korea and Lund Universities. The submissions by Lund University, , and the University of Nottingham were also highly commended by the judging panel. These teams provided innovative solutions to refugee housing and integration, reducing energy waste by students, and a ordable  exible accommodation for job seekers.

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Health Sciences Group

U21 HSG Global Learning Partnership in Nepal U21 Health Sciences Summer School – Ponti cia Universidad Católica de Chile The  rst U21 HS Global Learning Partnership was piloted from 17 April to 14 May 2016 in collaboration with the The 3rd U21 Health Sciences Summer School ran from University of Kathmandu in Nepal. The programme 11-23 July 2016 and was hosted by Ponti cia Universidad was an initiative of the U21 Health Sciences SDG group Católica de Chile on the theme of “Early critical windows and a focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals of preventative interventions”. 32 students from 12 underpinned the four-week engagement. Thirteen U21 institutions participated, making it the most attended health sciences students representing 7 health disciplines edition of the U21 HS Summer School to date. The from UBC, Birmingham, Fudan, Auckland, Johannesburg, programme included workshops, lectures and visits to Melbourne and Glasgow participated in the programme clinical settings on the importance of how preventative alongside 19 physiotherapy students from the University interventions in maternal and infant health can  ght of Kathmandu. The project went remarkably well and a chronic diseases later in life. The programme also lot of data was collected as part of the evaluation, that included tours of Santiago and Valparaiso. Testimonials will likely lead to a number of publications. A detailed from participants can be found on the U21 HSG website report of the project was presented at the U21 HSG at www.u21health.org/summer-school-2016. The 2017 Annual Meeting in Birmingham and is available online. Summer School will be hosted by the University of Dr Rajendra Koju, Associate Dean, Kathmandu University Johannesburg on 16-28 July 2017. School of Medical Sciences, attended the U21 HS Annual Meeting in Birmingham in September 2016, and restated his commitment to an ongoing partnership with the U21 U21 Health Sciences Doctoral Student Forum Health Sciences Group. A second iteration of the GLP is currently being planned for March 2018. The U21 Health Sciences Doctoral Student Forum took place on Monday 12 September 2016 at the University of Birmingham. Student presentations centered on some of U21 European SDG Student Workshop – University of the issues they have encountered in increasing the global Nottingham relevance of their doctoral research and showed the importance of situating their research topic in a broader, On June 10-11th 2016, the University of Nottingham hosted global context and communicating and disseminating to the annual U21 European UNSDG student workshop, a global audience. The Doctoral Student Forum featured now in its sixth year. Building on the previous annual 11 oral presentations from doctoral students from 6 workshops which have focused on the UN Millennium universities. Additional doctoral students presented Development Goals, and 2015’s workshop hosted by posters and attended the forum to interact with their Lund University which made the transition to the SDG’s, fellow students and U21 academics. The 2017 HS the event brought together 60 students and sta from the Doctoral Student Forum will be hosted by the University Universities of Birmingham, Dublin, Glasgow, Lund and of Johannesburg on Monday 18 September on the theme Nottingham encompassing seven di erent health care “Sustaining Communities through my Research”. disciplines. Participants were welcomed to Nottingham by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir David Greenaway, Caroline Voisine who emphasised the need to look outwards to the world, Executive O cer, U21 Health Sciences Group but bring the learning to bear on local issues. The focus www.u21health.org throughout the workshop was on health and social care systems, cultural aspects and uni- and inter-professional implications. The presentations stimulated some degree of questioning and challenge from the  oor, which lead to some heated debate, but con rmed the engagement of all of the students with the material delivered and developed during the workshop. The outputs from the workshop will form the basis of further developments of learning resources undertaken by academics and students from the U21 HS SDG group. The 7th U21 European UNSDG Student Workshop will be hosted by the University of Glasgow on May 26-27th 2017.

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U21 Health Sciences Annual Meeting in Birmingham

The U21 Health Sciences Group Annual Meeting took Simulation workshop was very well attended. Interested place in Birmingham on 12-16 September 2016 with participants will be invited to complete a survey in the the focus on “Global Health and Health & Wellbeing in coming months that will feed the creation of a U21 Guide Health Sciences education and professional practice”. for Best Practice in Clinical Simulation. The meeting explored several topics including global wellbeing along the continuum of our lifespan, social The two winners of the inaugural U21 Health Sciences inequalities and health, healthy aging, and the impact Teaching Excellence Award ran a workshop on “Learning of stress on our lives. The meeting was attended by 145 from, with and about each other in health science delegates from 18 universities and featured high quality education”, which o ered a re ection on their experience speakers from across the U21 network. working together and explored strategies such as simulation to help students learn how to communicate The  rst day of the week was dedicated to the United better with people from di erent backgrounds. The Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) initiative winners of the 2016 Teaching Excellence Award were also and the Doctoral Student Forum. The SDG workshop announced: Emma Beckman (UQ) and Donna Drynan included a presentation about the Health of the World’s (UBC). In addition to lively plenary sessions, delegates Youth as well as a powerful testimonial of a nursing had the opportunity to attend two inter-professional student from Sierra Leone about the Ebola outbreak. The workshops on the topics of “Teaching violence against workshop was also the occasion to report extensively women and girls”, and the “Impact of climate change on on the  rst U21 Global Learning Partnership. Five health”. Attendees debated how to best educate health participating students shared their meaningful re ections professional students to deal with these issues and it and provided the group with valuable feedback to sustain is hoped that other workshops can run in the future to this programme. Participants were also asked to provide further address these topics. ideas on future activities for the SDG group, including an SDG Awareness Week and a Global Citizenship award. The 2017 U21 Health Sciences Group Annual Meeting will be hosted by the University of Johannesburg on 18-22 On the second day, the Social Media for Education in September and will focus on Global Health. Health workshop took place. There were examples of the Caroline Voisine use of Social Media both in health profession educational Executive O cer, U21 Health Sciences Group practice and educational interventions that train www.u21health.org students and/or sta in the professional use of Social Media. Participants were invited to implement one of the interventions presented in their universities and measure the impact on students. In the afternoon, a Clinical

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Many thanks to all members who have hosted U21 events over the course of 2015/16.

Universitas 21 projects and activities would not be possible without the support of our members and we are grateful for the resources and time that you have contributed over the year.

We look forward to working with you all during 2016/17 and beyond.

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