Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability teaching at universities: Falling behind or getting ahead of the pack?
Manchester Metropolitan University · Universität Hamburg · +9 more institutions
Abstract
The fact that the world community is engaged in pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) means that an unrivalled opportunity is provided to universities, both in respect of teaching and in research, on individual SDGs, as well as in pursuing their “third mission” linking up with external stakeholders and society. However, not many universities have realised that and many are falling behind. This paper explores the many advantages of the introduction of the SDGs into teaching and suggests that it can catalyse the engagement of students in Higher Education Institutions (HEI) with the concepts of sustainability. The paper fills in a research gap by surveying the current state of the art regarding the…
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- 161.59
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- 100%
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11Topics & keywords
- Sustainability
- Sustainable development
- Higher education
- State (computer science)
- Work (physics)
- Public relations
- Engineering ethics
- Theme (computing)