Brendan O'Malley

1 month ago | universityworldnews.com | Brendan O'Malley

UNITED STATES The Trump administration has applied further pressure on Harvard University, cutting an additional US$450 million in grants as part of continuing efforts to impose its political agenda on universities, including ending diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes.

Dec 17, 2023 | universityworldnews.com | Brendan O'Malley

GLOBAL Scientists have described the commitment of COP28, the UN climate summit, to “transition away” from fossil fuels as a “significant step forward” but far short of the commitment that was needed to meet the goal of holding global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Climate scientists had hoped for a commitment to “phase out” the use of fossil fuels.

Dec 3, 2023 | universityworldnews.com | Brendan O'Malley

GLOBAL Tensions spawned by the conflict in Israel and Gaza are making the task of engaging students in intercultural dialogue and international collaborations nigh impossible in some countries, the annual conference of the International Association of Universities (IAU) was told this week. University leaders are facing an ongoing dilemma over how to respond to rising tension affecting their own campus, the conference, hosted in Doha, Qatar, heard.

Nov 27, 2023 | theaustralian.com.au | Jordan McCarthy |Brendan O'Malley |Madura McCormack |Imran Ali

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Nov 3, 2023 | universityworldnews.com | Brendan O'Malley

GLOBAL For the past few weeks our news bulletins have been filled with distressing images of victims from both sides in Israel and Palestine, and warnings of humanitarian catastrophe. This comes on top of the ongoing tragedy of war in Ukraine and the conflict in Sudan. I was invited to speak at the Magna Charta Observatory conference on ‘Universities and reconstruction of cities: the role of research and education’, held in Lodz, Poland on 23-25 October.