
Beth Button
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Beth Button
@BethButton
Director External Affairs @The_ACU- global network of 400+ unis across Commonwealth working together for SDGs. Lay Council member & Trustee @CardiffUni




Join us for the launch of the Centre for Excellence for Oceanography and the Blue Economy (#COBE) at @UN #SIDS4 and learn about the challenges and opportunities #SIDS face around the #BlueEconomy and #ClimateFinance. @UWIFiveIslands @UniofNewcastle acu.ac.uk/acu-events/the…










Claire's Campaign: Woman with incurable cancer using time left to improve outcomes for others | @katiefentonnews itv.com/news/wales/202…

Honoured to address the #ACUSummit24 evening reception ahead of #CCEM in London tomorrow. For decades, @The_ACU has been a beacon of excellence, fostering collaboration, innovation and inclusivity in higher education institutions within our diverse #Commonwealth family.

Constructing the future: a rich session on navigating #AI and digital in #HigherEd chaired by Lord @kulveerRanger @UKHouseofLords @TechUK and Prof @Wendy_Thomson_ CBE, Vice-Chancellor, @UoLondon addressing topics including ethics, regulation, governance, partnerships and teaching

Insightful session at our #ACUSummit24 on university #finance and #funding. Different funding models are needed that make the Global North-South divide better for mutual benefit - current models make it worse. Huge thanks to our session chair @GavanConlon.





Today we’re launching our campaign for policy change & progress on gynaecological cancers in Wales.Our aim is to ensure policy change through people’s voices & stories & ensuring change to the culture of dismissing women’s voices in healthcare settings, as was Claire’s experience

Prof Colin Riordan CBE, @The_ACU Secretary-General delivering opening remarks for our #ACUSummit24 welcoming vice-chancellors and ministers from 20+ countries across the #Commonweath



We were delighted to take a delegation of ACU Council members to Buckingham Palace today, ahead of our ACU vice chancellor summit #VCsummit24 and the @commonwealthsec meeting of education ministers #CCEM being held in London this week.










