UniLead's aims was to give high achieving PhD students who are likely to be the future leaders of universities the opportunity to become exposed to the various activities and management issues of university leadership. Successful candidates have interacted with key people from IARU institutions and were tasked to develop a leadership program for their own university. Two pilot programs – UniGo and UniLead – were held at the University of Copenhagen and the Australian National University respectively in 2010. Similar programs may be organised in IARU institutions in the future.

 

The inaugural ANU Asia Pacific Week brought leading regional experts and 100 of the world's top students together for a series of academic and networking events focused on the Asia Pacific region. The opening address on 11 July was delivered by the Hon. Kevin Rudd MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs.

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Participating universities	:	ANU, Cambridge, KU, NUS and Oxford
Event(s)	:	Asia Pacific Week 10 - 14 July, 2011

ETH Zurich conducted a Summer Course on innovative product design and new ways of confronting waste and related problems responsibly. For three weeks, students worked together with industry partners to create solutions for concrete case studies.

 

A network of senior academic administrators met to discuss how global education can have a transformational effect in helping our students become successful and responsible global citizens. The network also explored possibilities of collaborating on educational programs in global education.

 

The Transforming Power of Undergraduate Education was a comparative study of undergraduate educational practices of IARU member institutions, leading to a richer understanding of best practices in undergraduate education for IARU members.  The workgroup centred on three main topics: a) Curriculum; b) Research, Professional, Educational and Life-long Purposes of Undergraduate Education; and c) Undergraduate Learning Environments.  The workshop also discussed developing joint courses, and identified e-resources for sharing – including academic integrity, academic inquiry, citations and plagiarism.  The group also compiled resources to be shared with other partners:

 

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Excellence in Graduate Education

Excellence in Graduate Education was an international symposium drawing together attendees from around the world whose interests in and pursuit of excellence in graduate education is paramount.  It provided both an opportunity to exchange ideas and address graduate education issues, as well as a forum for the presentation of papers on attributes of graduate education, good supervisory practice and curriculum designed with "ideal attributes" in mind.