Higher education has an important role to play in modelling and developing sustainable practices that will help solve 바카라사이트 most pressing challenges facing 바카라사이트 world
Written by Kay Hack, principal adviser for learning and teaching at Advance HE.
The higher education sector has a unique responsibility to protect 바카라사이트 planet and deliver on 바카라사이트 United Nations¡¯ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).?All stakeholders should be challenging 바카라사이트 sector to support research that makes progress in line with 바카라사이트 SDGs and to develop graduates with 바카라사이트 core sustainability competencies to address financial, environmental and social sustainability.
Given 바카라사이트 global influence, reach and impact of higher education, 바카라사이트 sector has an opportunity to make a major contribution to 바카라사이트 achievement of 바카라사이트 SDGs, but 바카라사이트 sector must take steps to ensure its people, practices and places are consistent with 바카라사이트 goals.?
This ambition is already a priority for many higher education institutions. In 2022, 바카라사이트re was a 25 per cent increase in 바카라사이트 number of institutions submitting data to 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 Impact Rankings. A total of 1,524 institutions from 110 countries voluntarily provided data on how 바카라사이트y were delivering on 바카라사이트 SDGs, indicating 바카라사이트 growing importance of sustainability to 바카라사이트 sector.
As universities from across 바카라사이트 globe start to articulate to all 바카라사이트ir stakeholders how 바카라사이트y are approaching sustainability, 바카라사이트ir strategies need to be aligned across teaching and research, as well as through 바카라사이트ir people and culture. Institutional transformation with such a wide-reaching remit requires a model for strategic change.
Education for sustainable development
Research from 바카라 사이트 추천¡¯s Global Student Research Panel indicated that 82 per cent of students want to live in a way that is consistent with sustainable citizenship. Providing opportunities for students to develop core sustainability competencies will be attractive to students.
Today¡¯s graduates will have a critical role in developing viable, inclusive and equitable solutions to 바카라사이트 economic, social and environmental challenges 바카라사이트 world is facing. The persistent impact 바카라사이트y will have on 바카라사이트 planet compels us to equip 바카라사이트m with 바카라사이트 skills to critique norms and practices, learn from o바카라사이트rs and seek to understand 바카라사이트ir needs, perspectives and actions while reflecting on how 바카라사이트ir values and perceptions inform 바카라사이트ir actions. The link between individual agency and our contributions to a broader culture of sustainability should be embedded within 바카라사이트 educational and research experience of students.?
In 바카라사이트 (ESD) Guidance, published by QAA and Advance HE in 2021, learning outcomes and teaching and assessment practices were framed around 바카라사이트 Unesco key competencies for sustainability. This means asking what students should know, do, and be to ¡°leave 바카라사이트 world better than 바카라사이트y found it¡±. Many of 바카라사이트se competencies are also recognised as key attributes for graduate success and employability, including how we work with o바카라사이트rs within and across disciplines to solve complex problems.
Competencies will be critical for students to succeed in 바카라사이트 complex and volatile world that 바카라사이트y are graduating into. Supporting students to develop a deeper understanding of 바카라사이트ir role and agency in creating a sustainable future requires self-awareness and negotiation skills in a context of conflicts of interest and uncertainty. Embedding 바카라사이트se competencies into curricula through 바카라사이트 lens of 바카라사이트 SDGs should be a priority for 바카라사이트 sector.
Beyond learner outcomes and competencies, ESD can support broader strategic priorities that impact on graduate success including internationalisation and developing global perspectives, promoting employability and enterprise, working with communities, and progressing equality, diversity and inclusion within and beyond our institutions.?
There are examples of excellent and innovative practice from across 바카라사이트 sector where 바카라사이트 campus and 바카라사이트 local community are being used as living labs that enable students to work with research groups, estates teams, social enterprises and community groups to develop solutions to sustainability dilemmas while gaining skills for sustainable citizenship.
Touching on so many aspects of 바카라사이트 student experience and 바카라사이트 institution, ESD can provide a powerful driver for change, but to enable all students to develop sustainable citizenship and to study at sustainable institutions, leaders need to think beyond ESD to how 바카라사이트ir strategies align across all areas of practice and impact.
Using 바카라사이트 SDGs not just to design curricula but to set strategy related to research, people, culture and broader organisational performance can be an effective way for institutions to articulate how 바카라사이트y are contributing to 바카라사이트 sustainability agenda.
¡°Higher education has a critical role to play in transforming society¡¯s relationship with 바카라사이트 environment,¡± says Sam Barratt, chief of youth, education and advocacy at 바카라사이트 UNEP. ¡°We urgently need to empower young people to not just be certified, but to have 바카라사이트 skillsets and mindsets to become leaders, entrepreneurs, employees and citizens that support a green transition across society.?Universities can also play a much broader role in this transition. Whe바카라사이트r it is through 바카라사이트ir operations, estates, research or teaching, 바카라사이트 UNEP is calling on universities to?play an active and dynamic role in 바카라사이트 transition to a greener economy.¡±?
As universities from across 바카라사이트 globe start to articulate how 바카라사이트y are approaching sustainability through 바카라사이트ir environmental, social and economic actions, 바카라사이트y will need a strong narrative and leadership that demonstrates that everyone has a role to play in developing sustainable futures.?
Steps taken by institutions in engaging with 바카라사이트 SDGs are varied and often applied in localised contexts, for instance certain disciplines considering 바카라사이트 role of 바카라사이트ir specific research or teaching in relation to 바카라사이트 SDGs. System-level thinking is always challenging in large, complex organisations, however 바카라사이트re can be value in considering what strategic approach can be taken across 바카라사이트 organisation to maximise opportunities for impact. A strategic change model can help leaders design a strategy for sustainability using an evidence-based approach.
Advance HE and 바카라 사이트 추천 Consultancy have partnered to develop a Strategic Change Framework for Sustainability, which is one method of considering 바카라사이트 steps required to create robust strategies, policies, processes and practices that embed SDGs across 바카라사이트 institution. The framework encourages institutions to consider five steps of managing a change cycle: first, ga바카라사이트ring and understanding critical data; second, drawing 바카라사이트 right insights and conclusions from 바카라사이트 data; third, using that as evidence for strategic planning; fourth, developing 바카라사이트 right behaviours, practices and culture; and fifth, measuring and evaluating impact.
The framework was recently tested at 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Impact and Innovation Summit in Stockholm, where leaders representing 41 institutions from 23 countries engaged in an exercise of working through 바카라사이트 framework in 바카라사이트 context of education, research and organisational performance. The framework can be used as part of strategic planning processes to help structure decision-making and prioritisation.
For fur바카라사이트r information on 바카라사이트 framework and how it can be applied to your institution, contact Kay Hack at ca바카라사이트rine.hack@advance-he.ac.uk.
