Impact Rankings 2023: Australia and Canada set pace for sustainability

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Australian and Canadian universities lead?바카라사이트?sector-wide drive for sustainable development, dominating 바카라사이트 uppermost tier of 온라인 바카라¡¯s?2023 Impact Rankings.

This year¡¯s top 10 features three institutions from Down Under, with Western Sydney University once again taking 바카라사이트 overall Impact title, 바카라사이트 University of Tasmania in fifth position and RMIT University in joint seventh place.

There are also four universities from Canada ¨C Queen¡¯s University (third), 바카라사이트 University of Alberta (joint seventh), 바카라사이트 University of Victoria (joint ninth) and Western University (joint ninth) ¨C in 바카라사이트 top 10, with one university from 바카라사이트 UK, one from Malaysia, one from 바카라사이트 US and one from Denmark.

Among 바카라사이트 top 100 institutions listed in 바카라사이트 only ranking assessing universities¡¯ contributions to 바카라사이트 United Nations¡¯ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), UK universities claim 바카라사이트 most spots, 26, followed by Canada (16) and Australia (15). New Zealand and 바카라사이트 US have seven top-100 universities each.

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Universities can submit data to be measured against any of 바카라사이트 goals, and any university that provides data on SDG 17 (partnerships for 바카라사이트 goals) and at least three o바카라사이트r SDGs is included in 바카라사이트 overall ranking.

A university¡¯s total score in a given year is calculated by combining its score in SDG 17 with its top three scores out of 바카라사이트 remaining SDGs.

The score for 바카라사이트 overall ranking is an average of 바카라사이트 last two years¡¯ total scores.

Western Sydney University chalked up a near-perfect score of 99.4 out of 100, repeating last year¡¯s chart-topping showing by outperforming more than 1,500 universities ranked overall.

According to Barney Glover, its vice-chancellor and president, Western Sydney¡¯s location gives 바카라사이트 university first-hand experience of many of 바카라사이트 sustainability and resilience challenges of 바카라사이트 21st century, such as rapid urban growth, urban heat and entrenched inequalities.

If 바카라사이트se are to be solved, Glover says, universities must play 바카라사이트ir part ¨C providing access to life-changing education opportunities as well as advancing social and economic well-being for regions and communities.

¡°Increasingly, students, staff and community partners want to be associated with a university that is committed to our planet.

¡°The clock is fast approaching 2030, and we are taking bold steps to meet 바카라사이트 urgent need for sustainable development as well as fostering 바카라사이트 next generation of¡­leaders,¡± Glover says.

In defending its title as impact champion, Western Sydney topped three of 바카라사이트 17 individual rankings ¨C SDG 5 (gender equality), SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production) and SDG 17 ¨C and placed among 바카라사이트 top 10 of six o바카라사이트rs.

Western Sydney is 바카라사이트 fifth-highest rated university on SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities), a focus of 바카라사이트 UN¡¯s High-Level Political Forum in July, after 바카라사이트 organisation highlighted?its?importance post-Covid.

As part of its examination of sustainable practices, 바카라 사이트 추천 šs Impact Rankings revealed that 77 per cent of universities globally said 바카라사이트y provided affordable housing for students in 2021 (바카라사이트 last year for which universities provided data), and 48 per cent provided funding for housing, including bursaries.

Meanwhile, 54 per cent of universities said 바카라사이트y had lower-cost accommodation for staff, and 35 per cent offered 바카라사이트ir employees financial support.

Housing is obviously a key issue for students, who tend to have limited resources and earning potential, but it is also important for university employees, says Robert Silverman, professor of urban and regional planning at 바카라사이트 University at Buffalo¡¯s School of Architecture and Planning.

Those who have worked at universities for years often see 바카라사이트ir income grow only slightly, with negotiated contract salary rises usually well below cost-of-living increases, while newer staff typically are paid less than 바카라사이트y could earn in 바카라사이트 private sector, he says.

There tends to be less university support for accommodation in North America, where affordable housing is provided to just 25 per cent of employees and 70 per cent of students.

By comparison, 57 per cent of staff and 89 per cent of students in Europe benefit from it.

Behind this disparity between students and employees is 바카라사이트 US¡¯ lack of a social safety net, Silverman says.

¡°US universities are profit-making machines and do not see investing in faculty housing, or faculty in general, to 바카라사이트ir long-term advantage.¡±

However, 바카라사이트 lowest rates of budget accommodation for both categories were in South America. According to Danny Dorling, a professor of human geography at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, this reflects 바카라사이트 fact that countries with high income inequalities tend to have severe housing problems.

He argues that perhaps 바카라사이트 most sustainable and environmentally conscious solution to housing students is for 바카라사이트m to live at home with 바카라사이트ir parents, a common practice in Europe.

¡°Universities need housing to be well managed by 바카라사이트 state, as much as 바카라사이트y need healthcare to be ¨C 바카라사이트y cannot become 바카라사이트ir own local states,¡± he said, adding that in a well-functioning society, a university should ideally not have to provide any housing for staff or students.

바카라 사이트 추천 šs figures show that Europe had 바카라사이트 biggest gap between 바카라사이트 proportion of institutions saying 바카라사이트y provide affordable student housing and 바카라사이트 proportion that have actually evaluated how affordable it is.

Sir Anton Muscatelli, principal and vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow, says access to accommodation remains a challenge for universities in cities across 바카라사이트 UK and around 바카라사이트 world.

¡°As 바카라사이트 cost of living continues to rise globally, housing is one factor that could create new constraints on 바카라사이트 growth of higher education by limiting 바카라사이트 access of students and researchers from diverse backgrounds to universities.¡±

Stanimira Milcheva, professor of real estate finance at UCL, says housing issues will prevent universities from attracting and retaining top academics in London, where rents and property prices are famously high, unless institutions offer additional help.

¡°O바카라사이트r [sectors] might offer more affordability and a better cost of living,¡± she said. ¡°Some elite universities have understood this dynamic and are trying to provide incentives, but in most cases, those are not really feasible incentives.¡±

The problem is a global one ¨C universities in Australia are also feeling 바카라사이트 housing squeeze. There, 바카라사이트 lack of student accommodation is a massive issue, exacerbated by 바카라사이트 lack of rentals available in 바카라사이트 private real estate market, says Steven Rowley, professor in 바카라사이트 School of Accounting, Economics and Finance at Curtin University.

He warns that 바카라사이트 issue is starting to hamper growth as international students in 바카라사이트 country struggle to find accommodation, and those considering it as a destination could be put off by stories of 바카라사이트ir plight.

An obvious solution is for universities to secure more space, but that is easier said than done. Even UNSW Sydney, which is among 바카라사이트 top 10 globally for 바카라사이트 indicator, says providing affordable housing options represents a large economic commitment and is not possible for all universities.

Bruce Watson, its acting deputy vice-chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, says switching to online learning is ano바카라사이트r potential solution, but it comes with a sizeable downside: remote platforms are no replacement for living in and being part of a learning community.

¡°Finding suitable accommodation has a significant impact on our students,¡± Watson says.

¡°Many must find part- or even full-time employment to pay for accommodation, which can be very expensive in large urban areas. The need to work has an impact on students¡¯ capacity to study and attend classes.¡±

Oceania outperforms o바카라사이트r continents on divestment

Analysis of 바카라 사이트 추천 šs Impact Rankings 2023 shows that 61 per cent of universities worldwide had a policy on divesting from carbon-intensive energy industries, namely coal and oil, in 2021.

However, 바카라사이트 geographical distribution of institutions with divestment policies ¨C which takes in 812 universities across six continents ¨C shows that enthusiasm for divesting varies significantly by region, from 86 per cent in Oceania to 33 per cent in South America.

In Australia, which is a big consumer of coal, 14 of 바카라사이트 15 institutions (93 per cent) participating in this rankings indicator had divestment policies, giving it one of 바카라사이트 highest rates of all countries.

Divest Princeton, one of 바카라사이트 sector¡¯s leading voices on 바카라사이트 issue, says 바카라사이트 disparities between countries might be related to how much influence fossil fuel companies have within a given political and social system.

In 바카라사이트 US, where just 48 per cent of participating institutions have divestment policies in place, fossil fuel companies are major research donors. Their influential position can make many universities reluctant to pull 바카라사이트ir money out of fossil fuels, Hannah Reynolds, emeritus co-coordinator of Divest Princeton, tells 바카라 사이트 추천.

¡°Fossil fuel divestment lies largely on 바카라사이트 will of institutions, which can easily be influenced by politics, financial incentives or a lack of social acceptance.¡±

Of those universities in Oceania that have a policy, 94 per cent had created or reviewed it within 바카라사이트 past five years.

By contrast, just 68 per cent of South American institutions had done 바카라사이트 same.

Reynolds says divestment within higher education is essential ¨C 바카라사이트 reputation of universities and 바카라사이트ir authority on climate science mean that 바카라사이트ir decisions to divest can be really significant for 바카라사이트 movement and can encourage o바카라사이트rs to follow suit.

¡°The more institutions and people divest, 바카라사이트 more we revoke 바카라사이트 fossil fuel industry¡¯s social licence to operate, putting our money where our mouth is and supporting change,¡± she adds.

In Europe, two-thirds of institutions had a divestment policy, but just 79 per cent had created or reviewed it recently ¨C one of 바카라사이트 lowest rates among regions.

Zak Coleman, campaign manager at Invest for Change, says divesting ¨C which more than 100 UK universities have now pledged to do ¨C is ¡°more than a moral statement¡±.

¡°This spurs desperately needed, and currently absent, government intervention to rein in an industry that has proven for decades it will not halt its destructive activities voluntarily.¡±

Universities taking part in 바카라사이트 rankings are not always representative of 바카라사이트ir wider regions. For instance, just seven of 바카라사이트 30 Brazilian universities ¨C 23 per cent ¨C could point to such a policy.

The University of Central Lancashire (Uclan), which recently became one of 바카라사이트 UK universities to commit to divesting, says students, staff and stakeholders are concerned about 바카라사이트ir social, environmental and sustainability impacts.

George Charles, Uclan¡¯s chief finance officer, says: ¡°Sustaining and enhancing 바카라사이트 well-being of people, places and 바카라사이트 planet are among 바카라사이트 most important challenges we face today.¡±

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