The lastest workshop of the U21 RUR network on the topic of Research Universities and their Learning Cities was held at Hong Kong University on 21 November 2013, and hosted by Professor Mark Bray. Delegates attended from the University of Glasgow, Hong Kong University and UBC as well as collaborating universities and cities who are not part of U21. These included the University of Catania, the cities of Cork and Helsinki, Simon Fraser University and the University of Tampere. 

At this point some practical suggestions that emerged from discussion include the following:

Subscribers will find attached a recent presentation at the 5th International Conference on World-Class Universities, 3 to 6 November 2013 in Shanghai, China made by Prof. Dr. Barbara M. Kehm of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change at the University of Glasgow:

Some of the participants in the green and health strands of the 11th PASCAL conference ready themselves for another day of discussion, and field trips starting at the main campus of the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Scholars from around the globe can now look to the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) as the source for the world’s largest collection of research literature on how to connect teaching and scholarship to community needs. Starting this month, UNO becomes the custodian of more than 10,000 volumes of scholarly work on service-learning and community engagement.

The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) has named Northern Illinois University one of four recipients of its inaugural Economic Prosperity University awards.