NOVEMBER 2024
In our rapidly changing world, the issues we face are increasingly complex, interconnected, and global in nature, and no institution can address these in isolation. From climate change to public health crises, the pressing issues of our time demand a collective response, and by working together we can develop innovative solutions at a pace that would otherwise be unattainable.
In March of this year, the University of Glasgow launched our Partnerships for the World campaign, which aims to celebrate those partnerships and collaborations which support us in our ambition to address global challenges and improve the lives of the communities we serve locally, nationally and internationally.
This campaign strives to shine a spotlight on what we can achieve when we work together, and I am delighted to launch the next instalment, which focuses on our ground-breaking partnership with the University of Sydney.
There is a real kinship and agreed sense of purpose between our two institutions. Our goals, ambitions, and sense of civic responsibility have always been aligned. Since signing our original Memorandum of Understanding in 2016, our institutions have engaged in numerous joint ventures that have enabled us to strengthen the academic and research ties between our two communities.
From the agreement between our Adam Smith Business School and the University of Sydney Business School, to the partnership between Charles Perkins Centre and our College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences, our collaborations are testament to the power of collective action. I am proud that joint investments by both institutions are directly addressing health inequalities across the communities that we serve and beyond.
Let us embrace the spirit of collaboration and commit to working together in the knowledge that we can go further, and get there faster, as a team. Together, we can change the world.
Best wishes,
Professor Rachel Sandison OBE
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Engagement)
Contact us
international-partners@glasgow.ac.uk
Partnerships for the world
A partnership with purpose
"Both universities have, and will, change the world, but we know we can go further, and get there faster, together."
The Universities of Glasgow and Sydney are united by a shared mission to have a transformative impact on the communities that we serve locally, nationally and internationally. We are advancing health inequalities initiatives to address systemic issues facing the health and wellbeing of society. Our universities are investing in joint research with the aim of this leading to sustainable collaborations with real-world impact.
"The partnership transverses the molecular to the societal."
Addressing health inequalities
Professor Rachel Sandison OBE and Professor Stephen Simpson, Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney, discuss how both universities are leaning into each other’s strengths to address health inequalities.
In conversation
Professor Rachel Sandison OBE and Professor Kathy Belov speak to their bilateral university partnership, how it has evolved and what the universities are doing to tackle world challenges together.
Contact us
Professor Clare McManus, Dean for Global Engagement for Southeast Asia and Australasia: clare.mcmanus@glasgow.ac.uk