Originally funded through U21’s Global Education Enhancement Funding initiative, this toolkit emerged from a collaborative project between University of California, Davis, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Tecnológico de Monterrey with participation from 8 faculty and 250 students. Since its completion in 2022, it has successfully supported educators across the network in designing and delivering virtual […]

U21 conducted a study on academic performance and graduate outcomes when students are provided extracurricular opportunities or opportunities for international mobility. The conclusions of the study suggested that extracurricular activities appeared to providea space that may often inherently generate reflection and personal growth. While studying abroad may be assumed to result in employment benefits, students […]

Four areas of focus within Educational Innovation developed following the U21 Educational Innovation Symposium in 2022. Following a call across the network for colleagues interested in participating in themed sub-cluster groups, small pilot groups were established with representative from several geographically diverse member universities. These groups have been working to develop resources and collaborations to provide leading, […]

This ambitious project represents a major step forward in global higher education’s journey towards disability inclusion. Drawing on extensive input from academic and professional staff across U21’s 30 member universities, the project provides a unique overview of disability-related policies and practices. It explores institutional approaches to inclusion across research, teaching, and campus life, offering practical, scalable recommendations that are relevant not only within the U21 network but to any university seeking to foster a more inclusive environment.

The U21 Employability Group, led by the University of Queensland, has developed a self-reflection toolkit, designed to support staff, students and alumni to integrate self-reflection into their academic journey. During the COVD pandemic the opportunities to undertake internships or to study abroad were severely limited. In turn, this hindered students’ opportunities to develop those key […]

Universities worldwide are rethinking many aspects of Teaching and Learning in response to rapid advances in digital technology—especially generative AI. This challenge, first spotlighted at the 2023 U21 Educational Innovation Symposium, led to the launch of two -year project Transforming Assessment in a New Era. As Project Lead, Prof Joanne Wright (University of Sydney), outlines […]

During the COVID pandemic, U21 funded many collaborative projects through a one-off Researcher Resiliency Fund. As one ECR researcher noted, U21 support was instrumental in building digital capacity within the U21 network to minimize barriers to career enhancement in times of unforeseen rapid social, economic, environmental, and political changes through culturally sensitive evidence-based mentorship and […]

This project investigated the ways in which research-intensive universities express the value they place on teaching excellence and teaching leadership. The framework created has a complete description of teaching standards, for teaching roles, for five levels of academic appointments in both research / teaching and teaching-focused appointments. Overview of the Conceptual Framework for Teaching & […]