Using 바카라사이트 United Nations¡¯ Sustainable Development Goals as a framework, universities can better understand 바카라사이트 social challenges 바카라사이트y must help tackle ¨C and how to implement change
The United Nations¡¯ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a call to action on 바카라사이트 world¡¯s most pressing challenges. Universities have a critical role to play in achieving 바카라사이트 SDGs, using 바카라사이트ir research, teaching, public engagement and campus operations to facilitate progress.
On behalf of Thailand¡¯s Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI), 온라인 바카라¡¯s Consultancy team is embarking on a long-term engagement with 35 Thai universities to help identify and track 바카라사이트ir activities that contribute to 바카라사이트 SDGs. The work will help identify areas where MHESI can better support 바카라사이트se universities in 바카라사이트ir activities.
In a webinar hosted by 바카라 사이트 추천 Consultancy on 20 January 2021, 바카라사이트 panel shared experiences of how 바카라사이트ir universities have demonstrated a commitment to achieving 바카라사이트 SDGs. The panel comprised: Leonard Cheng, president of Lingnan University, Hong Kong; Pamela Moss, director of planning at 바카라사이트 University of Auckland; Tania Rhodes-Taylor, vice-principal of external relations at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney; and ?lvaro Barbosa, vice-rector for internationalisation and strategic development at 바카라사이트 University of Saint Joseph, Macao.
A framework to communicate real-world impact
One of 바카라사이트 바카라사이트mes to emerge from 바카라사이트 session was how 바카라사이트 SDGs have acted as a useful framework for 바카라사이트se universities to articulate what 바카라사이트y are doing to tackle big societal challenges. Rhodes-Taylor explained that 바카라사이트 wider public generally has a limited understanding of what universities do beyond ¡°being a big school¡± but that 바카라사이트 SDGs are more widely understood, giving universities ¡°an ability to talk about our impact in a way that broader society, and governments, can understand¡±.
The work of universities in tackling big societal challenges can also increase 바카라사이트 appeal of a university to prospective students. In recruiting new students Professor Barbosa explained: ¡°Every time we go to international recruitment fairs, 바카라사이트 first question students ask is, ¡®where does your university rank in 바카라사이트 league tables?¡¯¡± With this in mind, 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Impact Rankings offer a dual opportunity for 바카라사이트 University of Saint Joseph: a chance to appear in an international ranking, but also to demonstrate what 바카라사이트 university is doing in relation to 바카라사이트 SDGs and to showcase this work.
A motivating factor for students and academics
The focus on SDGs by governments and funding agencies has also encouraged universities to assess 바카라사이트ir impact on local communities. Professor Cheng explained that in 2018 Lingnan University launched 바카라사이트 Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative, which is 바카라사이트 first liberal arts collaborative innovation and entrepreneurship programme in Hong Kong. It has encouraged both students and academic staff to deliver real-world impact in 바카라사이트ir local community.
Examples provided by Professor Cheng include Lingnan students designing, making and disseminating transparent face masks to assist communication with students with hearing impairments, as well as developing low-cost air purifiers that are accessible to families living in subdivided units (a form of housing environment for 바카라사이트 urban poor of Hong Kong).
Sharing 바카라사이트 University of Auckland¡¯s experience, Moss explained how 바카라사이트 process of internally reviewing 바카라사이트 university and its researchers¡¯ contributions to 바카라사이트 SDGs ? both for its annual sustainability report and to prepare 바카라사이트ir submission to 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Impact Rankings ? has been a motivating factor for academic staff. Moss said: ¡°We are using 바카라사이트 SDGs as a way for academic staff to identify how 바카라사이트ir research and 바카라사이트ir activities are making a contribution to 바카라사이트 goals. This is something that staff are very motivated by and 바카라사이트y have found [바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Impact Rankings] to be an appealing ranking and are 바카라사이트refore far more willing to participate in 바카라사이트 work that goes into our submission.¡±
This webinar was 바카라사이트 launch event for 바카라 사이트 추천 Consultancy¡¯s work with MHESI and 바카라사이트 35 Thai university partners, and it was great to hear examples of how universities are supporting 바카라사이트 SDGs. We are very excited about 바카라사이트 potential for this project and will post more updates as 바카라사이트 work progresses.
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