Session 3: No More "Empty Words" - Sustainable Development at The Core of Higher Education

 

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 | 9:30 - 10:30AM (JST) / (Tuesday, September 20, 2022 | 8:30 - 9:30PM EST)

 

Format: Webinar

Length: 60 minutes

Cost: FREE

Language: English

 

The purpose of this session is to introduce activities, programs and research projects that portray the engagement 3 different universities show for sustainable development: CEU Valencia (Europe), Kansai University (Japan) and Florida International University (USA). These three HEI are changing their campus environment towards an all-encompassing sustainable culture, acting on academics, research and community.

 

Providing a blueprint on how to manage and deliver the behavioural changes needed is a difficult task but will undoubtedly go through these stages: defining your identity and mission, designing a masterplan accordingly (including courses syllabuses, university life, research projects, publications, and investments) and, from there on, communicating it.

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The experience of Kansai University will focus on the educational content, as it has been following a systematic configuration of academic projects such as COIL, being ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) the driving force conceptualization of their SDGs-bound COIL/VE. Florida International University will share their best practices in research with its ambitious lines of investigation regarding Global Learning Initiatives, inclusion and development. CEU Valencia has dived into a communication project to enhance staff and student’s sustainability skills through continuous educational content in its communication strategy.

 

 

*Registration for the third session will be open until Tuesday, September 20, 2022 (JST)

 

For more details and registration for Sessions 4-7, please visit: https://kuiige.wixsite.com/iigeseminars22

 

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[Inquiries]

Please contact iige@ml.kandai.jp (attn: IIGE Secretariat)