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Sustainable Development Goals How can universities contribute to achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals? From research to mitigate the climate crisis and environmental damage to teaching through an SDG lens and creating more sustainable campuses, academics share strategies to tackle the most pressing global challenges of our time and build a sustainable future.
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How we partner with landowners to sequester carbon emissions
Universities are turning to external partnerships in a bid to adopt more sustainable practices . Here are tips on how to identify and build relationships and overcome the challenges these collaborations can …
Rewild your campus
Intentional planting and water and soil conservation can encourage wildlife back to our campuses and create a rich learning environment
Three ways to ensure you are teaching for lasting societal impact
Multidisciplinary courses , applied learning and personalisation will all help business schools prepare graduates to serve the needs of the global community . Baback …
Integrating sustainability into a financial and actuarial mathematics course
Advice on delivering sustainability - focused guest lectures in collaboration with industry experts and reinforcing learning with project - based assessments
Imagine an age - inclusive university sector
Age inclusion should be part of universities ’ mission , as well as their day - to - day operations . To not support staff and students at all stages of their academic life is an …
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How strategic sustainability can foster innovation
How to encourage reuse and recycling on campus
On climate change , are universities part of the problem ?
Tips for greener transport on your university campus
The renaissance of the essay starts here
In the age of AI , has long - form writing in higher education reached a dead end ? Martin Compton and Claire Gordon discuss the unique aspects of the essay and …
Dreaming of tu ī returning to campus
Collaboration between community groups , local government and university students has improved bird nest survival rates exponentially as part of a broader …
Productive disagreement is our best hope of tackling the climate crisis
As complex communities with a social purpose , universities are ideal places to foster and model difficult discussions around prioritising investment and effort towards …
It ’ s time to turn the tide on our clean energy ambitions
Universities have a pivotal role to play in inspiring the next generation to find sustainable energy solutions , from uniting researchers with business to translating …
Strategies to move universities to net zero
How one institution is reducing energy consumption , developing low - carbon infrastructure and rethinking campus spaces to reach net zero
Four strategies to turn climate anxiety into student - led action
With climate anxiety on the rise among young people , universities can adopt several strategies to help harness those concerns , empower students and effect real change
How can we improve the sustainability of labs ?
Small , incremental changes in how laboratories manage consumables and equipment can add up to a substantial reduction in the environmental footprint of …
How can we give students the agency to deal with the climate crisis ?
Climate impact needs to be the lens through which students view their studies , if we ’ re going to equip future generations to deal with the coming emergency . Here are the …
THE podcast : educating our way out of the climate crisis
Two academics share strategies for advancing climate action and boosting sustainability at an institutional and individual level
Knowledge exchange as a driver of better health outcomes
A model for how universities can collaborate with public or private sector organisations and community groups to co - develop solutions to local problems
Developing a circular economy for the data centre industry
With collaboration and stakeholder buy - in , universities can help solve global issues such as reducing e - waste and the environmental impact of internet servers
Measuring the environmental impact of student relocation
A simple but robust tool and methodology can help universities calculate the carbon emissions from student travel when they relocate for study
How to cultivate a green campus : the journey to carbon neutrality
Achieving carbon neutrality is not an easy task but it is a necessary one . Here are four strategies to achieve it
How to embed sustainability into different curricula
A framework to support sustainability education that works within different courses , with discipline - specific examples
The art of change : using creative research methods to solve the plastics crisis
Incorporating theatre , music and the visual arts as research tools complements analytical and qualitative approaches to environmental challenges – and goes …
Embedding the SDGs into curricula via an interdisciplinary approach
Incorporating the SDGs into teaching involves facilitating project collaboration among students from different disciplines . Here are examples of how this can work in …
Greening your university is not optional ; it ’ s urgent
Investing in greening your institution will result in huge savings in the long run . Here are some strategies that have worked for CETYS University
Building a sustainable future on campus
Work towards the UN ’ s Sustainable Development Goals starts from the ground up . Here ’ s how to cultivate a greener campus
How to include student voices in green campus initiatives
As centres of knowledge and innovation , higher education institutions have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to lead by example in promoting sustainability and …
Bridging the SDG awareness gap
Universities have a critical role to play in increasing awareness of the UN ’ s Sustainable Development Goals . Here ’ s how to do it
Three ways universities can enhance teacher engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals
Using the UN SDGs to teach core content in a ‘ real world ’ context can enhance student engagement – but what about overstretched educators ? Rebecca Watts Hull shares …
A five - step framework to integrate sustainability into higher education
To integrate the UN ’ s Sustainable Development Goals into curricula , students need to be truly engaged . The five - step SCORE framework could be the answer
Three ways to create lasting change towards sustainability in your university
Progress towards sustainability falters when institutions don ’ t understand how change works . Here , Nicola Rieg explains how to apply concepts from organisational …
Equipping university students to be leaders in addressing climate change
The world is hotter today than at any time in the past 100 , 000 years . Tripp Shealy offers educational strategies for universities to develop the leaders needed in the critical …
Decolonising sustainability : expanding understandings of the SDGs
Educators must create more collective and deliberative opportunities for themselves and their students to grapple with sustainability concepts together , writes …
Teaming up with students to design sustainability education
Involving students as co - creators and mentors in sustainability courses can help address differences in their understanding as well as issues such as eco - anxiety
Building blocks of a successful staff - student environmental , social and governance committee
To embed sustainability across institutions can be challenging . Find out how a staff - student environmental , social and governance committee can align priorities …
Using Sustainable Development Goals to foster innovation
The SDGs offer both a universal framework and a way to incorporate global perspectives into curricula . Here are strategies for integrating their outward …
International collaboration is a legal education opportunity
Cross - cultural understanding can enrich the ways in which educators in law integrate comparative legal analysis into their teaching , writes Petra Butler
What work - based learners need from sustainability education
Flexible course design , reasonable time commitments and real - life practice are vital if universities expect to train the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs …
How environmental issues can unite and inspire diverse student groups
Looking for ideas for next semester ’ s projects ? Climate change could be the answer , whatever your students ’ field of study , writes Jim Entwistle
Why visible senior leadership in sustainability matters
Successful or sustainable ? Is this the biggest challenge that universities face when striving to reduce their carbon footprint ? Jan Evans - Freeman explains where leadership …
How to unpick sustainability reporting in your business teaching
In this resource , Nick Rowbottom offers ways to help students distinguish and evaluate corporate sustainability within different international reporting standards
How to implement experiential learning into accounting education
The accounting landscape is evolving rapidly amid growing environmental and social challenges . There is a need for urgent action , yet finance teams lack essential …
Embrace broader definitions of accounting to help your students operate sustainably
Broader definitions of accounting help students redirect their energies and draw on broad - scope approaches to dealing with challenging issues to help shape a better …
THE podcast bonus episode : an interview with Kathryn Sikkink , Ryan Family professor of human rights policy at Harvard Kennedy School
Human rights scholar and award - winning author Kathryn Sikkink talks about her work with the Harvard Votes Challenge , how young people are more savvy about …
The climate crisis heralds an imperative for sustainable accountancy practices
Finance and accounting educators have a moral obligation to embed the principles of the SDGs into their courses . Thankfully , it ’ s easier than ever to do , write Shona Russell …
Empowering women leaders in fighting climate change : a call to action
Achieving gender balance goes beyond mere representation , writes Tahseen Jafry . Tackling the climate crisis necessitates a profound shift among the next generation …
Sustainability accounting is coming : here ’ s how to navigate it
We can expect radical changes in sustainability accounting over the next few years . Developing a sustainability mindset for yourself and your students seems like a …
Fostering student co - creation to give back to the community
Engaging in local civic projects offers students meaningful learning opportunities , fosters co - creation and supports the community at large . Here , Martha Sullivan …
