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COP26 has come to an end, bringing significant highlights but also disappointments for many who believe the negotiations and subsequent outputs didn’t go far enough. Our delegation give you their reflections, and you can see . There’s no doubt that climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our present time. But ? Hear from Dr Lory Barile.

We’ll be evaluating Term 1, to look at how we can enhance the learning experience for the next term. We’ll be sharing resources to help departments promote the survey to students from the end of this week.

As cricketer Azeem Rafiq gives evidence this week about his experiences at Yorkshire County Cricket Club, hear from Dr Jane Bryan on the impact of not using someone’s given name because you can’t pronounce it, and how the ‘Say My Name’ project at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ aims to explore and promote respectful interactions around names.

To celebrate World Kindness Day, the Kindness on Campus Awards were launched by the Community Values Education Programme. Share your stories of acts of kindness and nominate staff or students you think deserve a Kindness on Campus award by 30 November. You may even win a £20 Kindness voucher.

Congratulations to Andrew Todd, who has been appointed Director for Regional Engagement.

Hear from Mike Tildesley (School of Life Sciences and Mathematics Institute) on his work modelling the spread of infectious diseases to inform government decision making: from foot-and-mouth disease to Covid-19. Click here to join the meeting at 2pm on Friday 19 November.

Personal tutors are invited to attend a series of online enhancement sessions to support them in their roles, with upcoming sessions on supporting international students, and on how the SU Advice Centre can help support students.

A new pilot fund aims to enable the development of staff and student collaborations between two or more Higher Education Institutions, to develop and share knowledge, experience and capabilities to address current challenges within the HE sector. Find out more on the WIHEA pages.

See the online open sessions available at EUTOPIA Week, when the universities of the EUTOPIA alliance will meet in Barcelona to discuss the present and the future of European higher education. Find out more and register.