scholarly journals An Analysis of Students’ Perception of University Sustainability Programs and Image

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Adeyanju
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climate Justice ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
The World ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
The University ◽  
Urgent Action

As sustainability gains significance within Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) worldwide, the University of British Columbia (UBC) stands as one of the global champions of sustainability. In 2019, Times Higher Education ranked UBC as number one in the world for taking urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts and ranked one in Canada for making cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. Over the years, UBC students have been instrumental to sustainability on the UBC campus by advocating for divestment, climate justice, and other sustainability commitments and projects in the university. Hence, this qualitative study examines students’ engagement with or their perception of the university’s sustainability programs and image. The study found that students acknowledged and commended the university’s sustainability efforts in teaching, research, providing sustainability-related opportunities for students, and in sustainability operations. However, students also addressed hesitation on the part of university administration in championing climate justice and bolder climate action. The conclusion is that continued support and engagement with students are critical for UBC to achieve its climate action plans and sustainability goals in general. The study contributes to the ongoing discourse on the influential role of young people and the youth climate movement in catalyzing ambitious global climate action at all levels.

Higher Education, Social Welfare, and Corruption

2019 ◽  
pp. 54-78
Author(s):  
Marlene M. Mendoza-Macías
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Wealth Distribution ◽  
Sustainable Human Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Management

The world is facing multiple changes and challenges; the environment shows inequalities, poverty, and corruption. Ecuador is not the exception. The man is declared the primary focus of the Ecuadorian Constitution to meet such changes. The objective of decreasing poverty, improving wealth distribution, and contributing to sustainable human development is unavoidable. In that context, the university has the pivotal role in generating interaction with society and its reality, to train professionals social and humanly responsible towards such facts, to promote the social management of knowledge from different action fields. The goal of this chapter is to specify the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in a society where they take part, to draw up social responsibility of universities in Guayaquil and the challenges they face, as well as actions that contribute to the eradication of corruption and greater wellbeing of the society.

scholarly journals Viewpoint: The role of passion in art librarianship

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-4
Author(s):  
Chris Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Keynote Speaker ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
Competitive Edge ◽  
The World ◽  
Specialist Knowledge ◽  
The University ◽  
University Of Manchester

The keynote speaker at this year’s ARLIS/UK & Ireland conference in Manchester struck a sobering note and used language and concepts depressingly familiar to those of us working in higher education (HE). Jan Wilkinson, the University Librarian at the University of Manchester and director of the world-famous John Rylands Library, made two confessions to conference delegates. The first was that the majority of subjects at her university no longer had specialist librarians and the second was that she did not feel a great attachment to the profession. From a marketing background, Jan was perfectly attuned to the idea of HE as a business. Whilst she made valid points about the need for librarians to be more strategic in their approach and for university libraries to be seen as an essential component of the competitive edge of the university, I am sure I was not alone in feeling depressed at the lack of value attached to specialist knowledge and collections.

ИНТЕГРАЦИЯ УНИВЕРСИТЕТОВ В МИРОВОЕ ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ ПРОСТРАНСТВО В УСЛОВИЯХ ГЛОБАЛИЗАЦИИ

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-5
Author(s):  
Гульнара Мурзахмедова
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Science Education ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Educational Program ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
State University ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

Аннотация: В статье автор акцентирует внимание на возрастающую роль университетов в развитии интеграционных процессов в мировом образовании. Автор подчеркивает мысль о том, что международное сотрудничество в деятельности любого университета приобретает сегодня, в век глобализации, все большую значимость. Это обусловлено мировыми процессами глобализации, которые охватывают такие важные сферы жизни общества, как наука, образование и культура. На примере Бишкекского государственного университета им. К.Карасаева БГУ показан опыт успешного сотрудничества с ведущими университетами мира, а также роль и вклад БГУ в развитие и расширение интеграционных процессов в сфере образования и науки нашей республики. Сегодня Бишкекский государственный университет - современное многопрофильное, имеющее богатый опыт в международном сотрудничестве, высшее учебное заведение. Университету удалось добиться заметных успехов в области образования и науки, благодаря которым он занимает сейчас высокие места в рейтингах среди ведущих университетов Кыргызской Республики. Ключевые слова: международное сотрудничество, партнерство, глобализация, лицензия, аккредитация, образовательный центр, рейтинг, стажировка, партнерство, образовательная программа. Аннотация: Макалада автор дүйнөлүк билим берүүдө интеграциялык процесстерди өнүктүрүүдө университеттердин өсүп бара жаткан ролуна көңүл бурат. Автор ар бир университеттин ишмердүүлүгүндө эл аралык кызматташтык бүгүн, ааламдашуу кылымында чоң мааниге ээ болот деген ойду баса белгилейт. Бул глобалдаштыруунун дүйнөлүк процесстери менен шартталган, алар илим, билим берүү жана маданият сыяктуу коомдун жашоосунун маанилүү чөйрөлөрүн камтыйт. К.Карасаева атындагы Бишкектеги мамлекеттик университеттин мисалында дүйнөнүн алдыңкы университеттери менен ийгиликтүү кызматташуу тажрыйбасы, ошондой эле БМУнун билим берүү жана илим тармагындагы интеграциялык процесстерди өнүктүрүүгө жана кеңейтүүгө кошкон салымы көрсөтүлгөн. Бүгүнкү күндө Бишкек мамлекеттик университети - эл аралык кызматташта бай тажрыйбага ээ, заманбап көп багыттуу, жогорку окуу жайы. Университет билим берүү жана илим тармагында көзгө көрүнөөрлүк ийгиликтерге жетишкен, анын аркасында ал Кыргыз Республикасынын алдыңкы университеттеринин рейтингдеринде бүгүнкү күндө жогорку орунду ээлеп турат. Түйүндүү сөздөр: эл аралык кызматташтык, өнөктөштүк, ааламдашуу, лицензия, аккредитациялоо, билим берүү борбору, рейтинг, такшалма, өнөктөштүк, билим берүү программасы. Abstract: the author focuses on the increasing role of universities in the development of integration processes in world education in the article. The author emphasizes the idea that international cooperation in the activities of any University is becoming increasingly important today, in the age of globalization. This is due to the global processes of globalization, which cover such important areas of society as science, education and culture. On the example of Bishkek State University named after K. Karasaev shows the experience of successful cooperation with leading universities of the world, as well as the role and contribution of BSU in the development and expansion of integration processes in the field of education and science of our Republic. Today Bishkek State University is a modern multi-disciplinary higher education institution with a rich experience in international cooperation. The University has achieved significant success in the field of education and science, thanks to which it now occupies high places in the rankings among the leading universities of the Kyrgyz Republic. Keywords: international cooperation, partnership, globalization, license, accreditation, educational center, rating, internship, partnership, educational program.

scholarly journals Creating a University-Based Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Selly Novela ◽  
Rizal Syarief ◽  
Idqan Fahmi ◽  
Yandra Arkeman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Entrepreneurial University ◽  
Global Awareness ◽  
Third Mission ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

Being a country with the fourth largest population in the world, but with an entrepreneur rate that only rank six at the ASEAN level, is a challenge for Indonesia. Entrepreneurship education plays an important role to increase entrepreneurial graduates of higher education. Global awareness of the importance of the role of entrepreneurship and innovation, in line with the growing awareness of higher education institutions, especially universities, to walk the entrepreneurial path. This study aims to form an entrepreneurial university model using a systems approach, where the university should not carry its own burden in carrying out the responsibilities of a third mission to help accelerate community development. The model produced using the Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) method describes the sub-elements as the driver factor that influence the transformation process towards an entrepreneurial university. The elements of the entrepreneurial university model are come from the elements in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. One of the results showed that in Indonesia, producing entrepreneurial graduates as entrepreneurs is a very important factor and will encourage other factors, such as product commercialization, patents, and realizing science and techno parks, as has been achieved by several leading universities in the world.   Received: 2 November 2020 / Accepted: 11 December 2020 / Published: 17 January 2021

scholarly journals Read the world to write the future: An interview with professors E Wayne Ross and Xosé Manuel Souto, experts in critical social studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. e974
Author(s):  
Jordi Castellví Mata
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
The Past ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Curricular Material ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
The University

E Wayne Ross is professor at the University of British Columbia (Canada). He is interested in the influence of social and institutional contexts on teachers’ practice as well as the role of curriculum and teaching in building a democratic society in the face of antidemocratic impulses of greed, individualism, and intolerance. Xosé Manuel Souto is professor at the University of Valencia (Spain), in the department of social and experimental sciences education. He directs the Gea-Clío educational innovation group that has developed, for the past thirty years, its work in the fields of teacher training, creation of curricular material and educational research.

The Indian University in a Comparative Perspective

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.R. Madhava Menon
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
University System ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
The University

The purpose of looking at Indian universities in a comparative perspective is obviously to locate it among higher education institutions across the world and to identify its strengths and weaknesses in the advancement of learning and research. In doing so, one can discern the directions for reform in order to put the university system in a competitive advantage for an emerging knowledge society. This chapter looks at the current state of universities in India and highlights the initiatives under way for change and proposes required policy changes.

scholarly journals Increasing University Competitiveness through Assessment of Green Content in Curriculum and Eco-Labeling in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 712
Author(s):  
Andrea Okanović ◽  
Jelena Ješić ◽  
Vladimir Đaković ◽  
Simonida Vukadinović ◽  
Andrea Andrejević Panić
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The University

Growing environmental problems and increasing requirements of green jobs force universities around the world not only to transform their curricula but also to enrich existing ones with contents related to the promotion of sustainable development. This paper aims to show the importance of measuring and monitoring the share of green contents in all university activities, as only in that way it is possible to monitor trends and give realistic assessments of their effect and importance. The paper presents a comparative analysis of different types of methodologies for assessing sustainable activities at universities as well as research conducted at the University of Novi Sad in Serbia and its comparison with the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). This research aims to point out the importance of increasing competitiveness in higher education through assessment of green content in a curriculum and its promotion. In this way, through eco-labeling methodology, it would be easier to identify those contents that, in a certain share, contribute to the promotion of sustainable development. Furthermore, this methodology can easily be extended across the country and the region, which would bring positive effects to all stakeholders in higher education.

COVID-19: implications for NHS Staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 193-197
Author(s):  
Alan Glasper
Keyword(s):  
World Health ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Emeritus Professor ◽  
The World ◽  
Clinical Environments ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The University

In light of the emergence in China of COVID-19, the novel corona virus, emeritus professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton discusses the role of the World Health Organization and other public health institutions in responding to potential new global pandemics and deliberates on the role of NHS staff in coping with infectious disease in clinical environments.

scholarly journals The Role of Co-Creating Value and Its Outcomes in Higher Education Marketing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6724
Author(s):  
Lien Thi Kim Nguyen ◽  
Tom Meng-Yen Lin ◽  
Hoang Phuong Lam
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
University Image ◽  
Education Marketing ◽  
University Experience ◽  
The University ◽  
Positive Word Of Mouth

This study examines the role of student co-creation behavior in contributing to student satisfaction, perceived university image, and student positive word of mouth (WOM). Using a sample of 513 students from a Taiwanese university and conducting partial least squares structural equation modeling, the findings indicate that co-creating value is critical to student satisfaction, university image, and positive WOM. The results also show the effect of student satisfaction and university image on student positive WOM. This study confirms the pivotal role of student participation in co-creating value in enhancing satisfaction with the university experience, creating and sustaining a positive image, and building the credibility of the university. This research is particularly important to higher education institutions because it has practical implications for decision-makers, brand managers, and HE marketers who wish to improve understanding of the relationship between the university and students in the process of co-creating value and its outcomes.

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