We are delighted to announce 15 awards under our 2024-25 Global Impact Grants programme to support international member institutions in sharing good practice in higher education.

The grants were awarded from a large and competitive field and will allow the winners to develop case studies showcasing successful higher education initiatives that have demonstrated meaningful impact on students and staff.

Applications were made under four themes that our members regard as key challenges in higher education: Leading and Governing Transformation, Protecting Inclusion in Times of Change, Securing Student Outcomes, and Designing Education for the Future.

The awardees, by category, are:

Securing student outcomes

• Deakin University, Australia – ‘Coffee Conversations at Deakin – A Relationship-Rich Approach to Student Success’, Cassandra Iannucci
• Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan – ‘Enhancing Student Outcomes through Integrated Career Development Initiatives’, Gaini Yessembekova
• RMIT, Vietnam – ‘From Exam Halls to Hackathons: Authentic Learning Through Competitive Assessment in Software Engineering’,Tom Huynh
• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan – ‘Creativity in SDGs Action: Empowering Student Sustainability through Competition-Based Learning’, Dr Sirirat Sae Lim
• The University of Queensland, Australia – ‘Across the student lifecycle’ ,Renee de Simone & The Young Achievers Program
• University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR – ‘Developing tomorrow’s global healthcare professionals: Integrating leadership skills in the undergraduate curriculum’, Prof. Fred Ganoce & Jannie Roed

Governing and leading transformation

•  Western Sydney University, Australia – ‘Charting the Future: Transforming Project Management Education for Industry-Ready Graduates’, Xiaohua Jin

Designing education for the future

• RMIT, Vietnam – ‘Immersive & Industry-Integrated Learning: Future-Proofing Tourism Education’,Dr Daisy Kanagasapapathy 
• University of Newcastle, Australia – ‘Future Pedagogy in Action: Engaging Gen Z in Experiential Digital Learning for Sustainable Futures’,Tamara Young
• University of Kurdistan Hêwler, Iraq – ‘Reimagining Assessment: A Modern Approach to Student Evaluation’,Tarik A. Rashid & Hussein M. Ali
• Monash University, Australia – ‘Advancing cultural competence in healthcare education: Indigenous AI avatars as a model for diverse cultural learning’,Amna Mazeh
• Dubai Medical University, United Arab Emirates – ‘AI-Powered Pathways: Transforming Medical Education for the Future’, Dr Shifan Khanday
• Monash University, Australia – ‘Preparing the future workforce for the next pandemic through innovative AI-based simulation training’, Bethany Howard
• Dublin City University, Ireland – ‘Empowering the 21st Century Learner: A Scalable and Flexible Approach to Data Literacy and Analytics’, Yalemisew Abgaz