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Increasingly driven by environmental and social consciousness, students are aligning their values for a greener, fairer future with their educational decision-making. It is becoming clear that a greater awareness of environmental and social sustainability issues is leading to growing expectations on universities/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations to take action on sustainability and embrace their potential as catalysts for change.
Shaping sustainable futures: Students, universities/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations and green skills explores the landscape of sustainability in higher education, drawing on the perspectives and expectations of students on university/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations sustainability efforts, how able universities/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations are to tackle the world’s greatest environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges, and the role of universities/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations in preparing students with the green skills needed for a sustainable workforce.
For many students, a sustainable universities/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations matters more than a high ranking; Almost half of prospective students say they would prefer to study at a sustainable universities/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations over a top 100 ranked institution. This highlights an opportunity for universities/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations to ensure that sustainability initiatives feature in their recruitment activities as part of their core offering.
There is a positive connection between sustainability outputs and academic reputation; Data from the Quality Survey World University Rankings shows that universities/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations with strong scores in the Academic Reputation metric tend to perform well in the Sustainability metric. Measuring sustainability performance and understanding where your uniqueness lies can enable you to identify the areas where you can have the greatest impact.
The need for green skills in today’s job market has grown threefold @ all universities/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations levels; Since 2017, employers have been increasingly looking for green skills in the global labour market. Green skills are most in-demand across the ‘big four’ destinations, and India, where the country’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 aims to integrate green skills into educational programmes to promote sustainability @ all universities/ colleges/ institutions/ esteemed organizations levels.
