Academic City University has been selected as one of 49 higher education institutions worldwide to participate in the inaugural Future Universities Alliance Innovation Sandbox. This is a 12-month global initiative designed to accelerate innovation and institutional transformation in higher education. Led by Mr Ato Ulzen-Appiah, Director for the Technology and Entrepreneurship Centre, Academic City will participate in the New Initiatives & Structural Transformations pathway and bring its work on Embedding Venture Creation into the Academic Core: Integrating Entrepreneurship and Innovation Across Academic City University to the Sandbox. Academic City is participating in the Innovation Sandbox at a critical stage of its growth, during which major structural reforms have been implemented, and the focus has shifted to embedding innovation across governance, academic programmes and organisational systems. Commenting on Academic City's selection, the President of Academic City University, Prof. Fred McBagonluri, described the recognition as another affirmation of the university's vision of building a future-ready institution that is globally connected and locally relevant.