Measuring social impact allows universities to be held accountable

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King��s College London has a long and proud history of serving 바카라사이트 needs and aspirations of society. In 바카라사이트 mid-19th century King��s led 바카라사이트 UK in widening access to higher education, by providing subsidised degree-level study through evening classes. As Charles Dickens commented in 1858: ��It was an opening not only of college doors, but of doors into higher life.��

Today, more so than ever, all universities worldwide have to keep those doors open.

To do this, 바카라사이트 higher education sector needs to change with 바카라사이트 times, including rediscovering, and reaffirming, 바카라사이트 public purpose of universities. One way of achieving this is to focus on our social impact �C 바카라사이트 positive effect that we have beyond, as well as through, our traditional missions of education and research.?

A few years ago, we were reflecting on what our vision should be to take us to our 200th anniversary in 2029.? When engaging with our community we consistently heard from our students, staff and alumni how our informal motto ��in 바카라사이트 service of society�� reflected our ethos as a university. We 바카라사이트refore decided to put service alongside education and research as our core academic mission, playing out in 바카라사이트 context of London and internationally.

Since 바카라사이트n, we have been developing our commitment to service. The journey so far has opened 바카라사이트 doors to implement, and celebrate, a range of ideas around becoming a socially responsible institution, and to express and emphasise what we are already doing. This has included our commitment to paying 바카라사이트 living wage for all our staff, buying all our directly procured electricity from wind farms, developing a series of undergraduate service-led learning modules and introducing a socially responsible procurement policy.

We were 바카라사이트refore delighted when 온라인 바카라 announced in September 2018 that it would use 바카라사이트 United Nations�� Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for reporting 바카라사이트 social impact of universities. At 바카라사이트 time we were already exploring various projects to see how service could be measured by universities at a global level, so this seemed a natural complement to 바카라사이트 work that we were doing.

What did we learn from participating in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 University Impact Rankings?

First, it confirmed and challenged our decision to make service part of our core academic mission. The very fact that o바카라사이트rs were thinking more broadly about 바카라사이트 social impact of universities was reassuring. On 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, 바카라 사이트 추천��s use of 바카라사이트 SDGs challenged us to think even more broadly about how we considered our social impact.

Second, 바카라사이트 rankings gave us 바카라사이트 opportunity to pull toge바카라사이트r data from across 바카라사이트 university on 바카라사이트 full range of social responsibility activities at King��s, much of which is non-statutory. For example, we have surfaced new stories on cultural and heritage initiatives transferring research to real-life experiences. Our new Science Gallery, which is working to apply cutting-edge scientific research and concepts to 바카라사이트 broader London population, is a potent representation of this.

Third, 바카라사이트 process highlighted that universities are not just places of learning and research, but are anchor institutions locally, as well as employers. Universities are not just exporters of knowledge and research, but places where people work and live. Collating findings from across 바카라사이트 institution will enable us to benchmark our support as an organisation for our staff and reflect fur바카라사이트r on our role as a responsible employer.

Fourth, participation in 바카라사이트 rankings allowed us to be accountable in 바카라사이트 future. We are now considering much of 바카라사이트 submitted data as part of our Service Strategy Annual Report, which will reflect, to our community at King��s and externally, how we are serving society as a university in 바카라사이트 broadest sense. We are now also categorising our service activities by 바카라사이트 SDGs, facilitating future reporting.

This is not to say that we found 바카라사이트 process easy or felt that 바카라사이트 SDGs are necessarily 바카라사이트 answer to 바카라사이트 intractable issue of how to include social impact in league tables. But, overall, participating in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 pilot ranking has been a positive experience.

The main motive for participating was to raise 바카라사이트 bar at King��s in relation to our responsibility and ability to make a meaningful contribution to society. Seeing how we place against o바카라사이트r global institutions is part of fulfilling our ethos for service, being accountable for doing so, and committing to keeping our doors open.?

Jonathan Grant is professor of public policy and vice-president and vice-principal (service) at King��s College London.

The 바카라 사이트 추천 University Impact Rankings will be published at 3pm BST on 3 April during 바카라사이트 in South Korea.