UNAI SDG Hub 11 Chair: De Montfort University
De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, has put the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the heart of Teaching, Research and Civic Engagement since 2015. The approach has been to embed the SDGs in courses and include SDG targets and indicators into new research projects. Furthermore, extra-curricular student activities deliver positive community impacts.
DMU offers opportunities for all staff, students and partners to impact ecological and humanitarian issues through projects including refugee advocacy, the UN’s Football for the Goals Campaign and climate talks which bring COP to campus. Finally, DMU’s Estates team is working towards emission reduction targets to ensure that campus operations become net zero by 2032.
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UNAI SDG Hub 11 Vice-Chair for Teaching and Education: University of Cologne
The University of Cologne (UoC), Germany, is committed to continuing to integrate sustainability into its research, teaching and learning, knowledge transfer and civic engagement, and campus operations. The 2023 UoC Sustainability Strategy follows a whole-institution approach that guides the university’s actions. Sustainability is put into practice, for example, by bringing researchers together in an interdisciplinary UoC Sustainability Research Hub and supporting them with project funding. The UoC also fosters sustainability in teaching and lifelong learning by promoting sustainability competencies in study programs, including teacher education, and open learning settings. In addition to offering a university-wide Sustainability Forum stakeholder dialogue, the UoC works with student initiatives and partners to create a meaningful and tangible impact for communities. In addition, the UoC is working towards decarbonizing its campus operations, including a rollout of PV.
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UNAI SDG Hub 11 Vice-Chair for Outreach and Partnership: University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH)
Since embracing its vision as a multidisciplinary and sustainable university, UEH has continuously contributed to the SDGs through five key pillars: education, research, governance, operations, and community. As a result of these efforts, UEH has been ranked in the Top 301–400 THE Impact Rankings 2023 and Top 956 UI GreenMetric 2024. Emphasizing a learner-centered approach, UEH fosters lifelong learning and delivering Glo-cal education that integrates global knowledge and the 17 SDGs with local contexts; multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research addressing local issues with global thinking; prioritizes sustainability in decision-making; develops a low-impact green campus through waste reduction and energy efficiency; and builds a strong community with an extensive network of SDG-focused partnerships.
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