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This year’s QS rankings of the top global universities have been published.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ will be hosting EUTOPIA week from Monday 30 June to Friday 4 July as part of our 60th anniversary celebrations, welcoming participants from across Europe and beyond.

A team of second year ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Engineering students has qualified for the Grand Finals of the Engineering for People Design Challenge (UK & Ireland). Their project, Brikcycle, transforms hard to recycle plastic waste into durable, interlocking bricks for affordable housing. Your vote can help them towards the People's Prize Award! Discover more about the challenge and vote by 1pm on Friday 20 June.

Say hello to Bolatito, Jesslyn and Leti – the three of them each shared a dish that celebrates their home and their culture, and Eatwise Test Kitchen prepared their beloved dishes as part of a special winners’ lunch. Find out more, and discover how you can recreate the recipes yourself at home.

Take a look at the current seed funds to support collaborations between ¹û¶³´«Ã½ academics and academics in partner institutions worldwide.

We’ll be inviting those involved in research to share, collaborate and discuss research culture at the International Research Culture Conference on 17 September. Want to join the conversation? You’ve got until 11 April to submit your idea for a poster, talk or workshop.

Did you know that more than 34,000 learners and 1,100 teachers in Ghana and South Africa have been supported by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ in Africa programme, in the last three years? Read our volunteers’ stories in the latest annual report and see how to stay up to date.

Next week, we’re bringing together early career researchers from eight countries – in fields such as environmental science, economics, political science, sociology and anthropology – to advance interdisciplinary research and global collaboration in sustainability science.