What they say

Gong Qihuang, president of Peking University

Peking University and Fudan University will continue to enhance their ability to serve major national strategies and regional economic and social development, promote exchanges and cooperation, and work together on the new journey of building a strong country in terms of education, science and technology, and talent.

Erik Lithander, deputy vice-chancellor of the University of Auckland in New Zealand

We must rethink not only what we teach, but also how we teach if we want the next generation of leaders to turn what our generation sees as challenges into opportunities. Also, let us recommit to the principles of global citizenship so that they can become second nature to our students, disregarding difference and automatically seeking a common purpose.

Irene Martin Cortes, vice-rectorate for internationalization of the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain

At our university, we are introducing sustainability by different means. For example, we have created a cross curricular undergraduate course on climate change from a global perspective, and we are trying to attract more students from humanity and social sciences disciplines for this course.

Svein Stolen, rector of the University of Oslo in Norway

As universities, we must make sure that we have communication across the borders. We're launching a center for global sustainability next week to enhance interaction across disciplines and also to better watch Europe and beyond, which includes Africa and Asia.