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Providing an enabling environment to promote the Sustainable Development Goals: Coventry University's experience

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Higher education institutions provide a vital role in providing education towards solving sustainability issues. Hence, the adoption of development agendas, such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the SDG Accord, into curriculum. As a signatory of the sector SDG Accord, Coventry University Group has the responsibility of providing an enabling environment to promote the achievement of the Goals. This article introduces a model for embedding the goals into curriculum; with creative teaching practice and enriching student experience at the centre to the approach taken. The approach considers three dimensions: Staff Development, the Goals within Teaching, and Students' Activities.

Source: Emerald Open Research

DOI: 10.1108/eor-09-2023-0002

Authors: Jaliyyah Bello, Selina Fletcher, Mojtaba Ammari-Allahyari

Institutions: Coventry (United Kingdom), Coventry University

Language: English

Topic: Sustainability in Higher Education

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,500