By Peter Smith. Sustaining higher education's role as an engine of social mobility requires an unsparing look at where it isn't hitting the mark now. More...
30 janvier 2020
Staying Viable as a Key Source of Opportunity
14 janvier 2020
SDGs out of reach without HE, say uni associations
By Viggo Stacey. All of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals cannot be achieved without the contribution of higher education and research, three prestigious international university associations, representing more than 2,000 universities, have said in a joint statement. More...13 octobre 2019
Committed to the SDGs for the Global Day of Action!
The 25th of September 2019 marks the 4th anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals. Worldwide this day is marked as a Global Day of Action, under the #Act4SDGs Campaign.The aim of the 2030 Agenda is for nobody to be left behind, and universities together with all other actors should play a leading role in its achievement. To celebrate the 4th anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we are excited to share with you some of the work we have done so far and future actions in the framework of the strategic line that GUNi adopted around the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. More...
25 août 2019
Green chemistry labs teach students a sustainable and innovative mindset
The chemical industry has been responsible for numerous technological advancements, but also many environmental problems and disasters. Principles applied through what’s called green chemistry seek to reduce or eliminate hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and use of chemical products. More...
12 juillet 2019
Getting the world back on track
The UNESCO projections, published in Meeting Commitments: Are countries on track to achieve SDG 4?, show that the countries of the world will fail to meet the commitments of Sustainable Development Goal 4 – ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’ – unless there is serious progress over the coming decade. More...
28 mai 2019
Moving Towards Sustainable Policy and Practice – A Five Level Framework for Online Learning Sustainability
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Moving Towards Sustainable Policy and Practice – A Five Level Framework for Online Learning Sustainability
Diogo Casanova, Linda Price, Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2019/01/08
I'm never sure when I read an article of this sort whether the main purpose is the categorization into five components, or the arrangement of them into a hierarchy. If the former, then this paper (20 page PDF) is an innocuous survey of factors influencing the sustainability of online learning. More...
06 mai 2019
What does public procurement have to do with sustainability?
The global financial crisis brought significant economic, social and political changes. It fostered the transition from a shareholders’ capitalism model to a new form of stakeholders’ capitalism, moving from maximising shareholders’ wealth to measuring a company’s social responsibility and environmental impact along with its economic value. More...
28 avril 2019
Is Australia’s World Class Research Performance Sustainable?
The NTEU is calling on Australia’s universities and the government to acknowledge that Australia’s world class research as revealed by the latest ERA results is due to the talent and dedication of Australian research and support staff, many of who do not enjoy secure jobs and the bulk of whom work many unpaid hours. More...
Streamlining sustainability within the university
The results of the THE University Impact Ranking were released in early April, for the first time using the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as criteria to rank global universities. More...
Creating value and doing good: Governance solutions for sustainable enterprises
Charitable institutions are an established concept. So is the concept of cooperatives that advance some social goals through business activities. What is relatively new, however, are two related ideas: one is the idea that the pursuit of social goals is the business itself, and the other that the business pursuit of social goals does not mean giving up profits. More...
