Worldwide Universities Network
| Worldwide Universities Network | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Established | 2000 |
| Members | 20 |
| Continents | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, |
| Countries | Australia, Canada, China, Ghana, Hong Kong, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States |
| Chair | Professor Joseph Sung, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Executive Director | Professor John Hearn |
| General Manager | Nicholas Haskins |
| Acronym | WUN |
| Homepage | http://www.wun.ac.uk |
The Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) is an alliance of 20 research-intensive universities. WUN provides financial and infrastructural support to member universities to foster international research collaboration and facilitate academic mobility.
Founded in 2000, the Worldwide Universities Network is a nonprofit group of research universities from Australia, Canada, China, Ghana, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
WUN originally comprised ten universities, but has since expanded. The current members are:
The network is funded principally by its member universities, who each pay an annual subscription fee.
WUN is managed by a Secretariat, which is responsible for the operations, communications and strategy implementation of the network.
Partnership Board
The Partnership Board provides entrepreneurial leadership of the company. The Board sets the strategic direction and vision of the company. The Board comprises the Presidents, Vice-Chancellors or Rectors of the member universities and the WUN Executive Director.
Chair: Professor Joseph Sung, Vice-Chancellor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Board Members
Academic Advisory Group
The Academic Advisory Group is responsible for overseeing the academic portfolio of the Network and advising the Partnership Board on strategic direction. It is made up senior administrators, usually at the level of Vice-President or Deputy Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for the research or internationalisation priorities of the member universities.
Institutional Coordinators
Each WUN member university appoints an administrator to manage the implementation of the WUN strategies and programs on campus and to serve as the main contact point for network initiatives. This group shares information on collaborative opportunities and develops WUN’s research programs.
WUN has identified four Global Challenges as the focus for its thematic research areas. There are numerous research groups within each Global Challenge. They are:
The Responding to Climate Change Global Challenge encapsulates a number of research projects that address scientific, cultural, health and social issues relating to climate change. Broad themes of the research include:
The Public Health and Non-Communicable Disease Global Challenge emphasizes a life-course approach to opportunities for addressing non-communicable diseases, especially in low and middle income countries and transitioning populations, as well as developed societies where there are social disparities in risk. There is a particular focus on:
...
Wikipedia