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AbstractOn 9 December 2020, the International Association of Universities (IAU) celebrated the 70th anniversary of the historic signing of the IAU Constitution. The IAU was called into life when UNESCO and its Member States brought together universities of the world to jointly draft the founding text, signed on 9 December 1950, in Conference, in Nice, France. By doing so, they officialised the creation of an Association with a unique global mandate. The text of the Constitution opens with the following words, which still mark the work of IAU.

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  • Hilligje van’t Land, Andreas Corcoran, and Diana-Camelia IancuOn 9 December 2020, the International Association of Universities (IAU) celebrated the 70th anniversary of the historic signing of the IAU Constitution

  • The IAU was called into life when UNESCO and its Member States brought together universities of the world to jointly draft the founding text, signed on 9 December 1950, in Conference, in Nice, France

  • The text of the Constitution opens with the following words, which still mark the work of IAU: “Conscious of their high responsibility as guardians of the intellectual life; Conscious of the fundamental principles for which every university should stand, namely: the right to pursue knowledge for its own sake and to follow wherever the search for truth may lead; the tolerance of divergent opinion and freedom from political interference; Conscious of their obligation as social institutions to promote, through teaching and research, the principles of freedom and justice, of human dignity and solidarity; to develop mutually material and moral aid on an international level; The universities of the world, through their representatives assembled in conference at Nice, hereby decide to create an international association of universities.” (IAU 1950)

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On 9 December 2020, the International Association of Universities (IAU) celebrated the 70th anniversary of the historic signing of the IAU Constitution. It seems that this crisis is forcing all of us to look even more closely at the issue of Relevance and Value of Higher Education—the very theme selected by the IAU Board for the IAU 16th General Conference This is not necessarily ‘new’ as can be seen from the many IAU Conferences and themes that have marked the life of the IAU over the many years of its existence, yet each time these questions are raised within a specific context; it requires particular attention especially today when our societies are being reinvented at such a phenomenal pace: after all, higher education is one of the key stakeholders to building the kind of society we want (Harkavy et al 2020)

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