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Higher education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Higher education’s role in the sustainability agenda is shifting. This volume examines how universities can move beyond SDG 4 to become transformative actors in addressing global ecological and soc...
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In this critically endangered world, universities cannot avoid the question as to how their mission and work relates to the SDGs, and as part of the solutions to this the climate crisis. Does their natural and traditional duty to conserve and transmit box them into a sub-section of Goal 4, or can they become a key force in the trans-sectoral and transdisciplinary effort urgently needed for survival and healthy adaptation? This collection seeks to answer this question in analysing the place and work of Higher Education in and beyond the SDGs period to 2030, but also more immediately as global warming indicators accelerate their rise. It draws upon contributions from both the global south and global north, including many esteemed researchers within the field of higher education.
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Price: £90.00
Pages: 288
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publication Date: 12 January 2027
ISBN: 9781526194091
Format: Hardcover
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EDUCATION / Higher, Higher education, tertiary education, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Philosophy and theory of education
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Hans G. Schuetze (The University of British Columbia), Michael Osborne (Glasgow University), Ran Zhang (Peking University) and Abebaw Y. Adamu (Addis Ababa University)

Introduction: Higher education and the SDGs: Mission possible?
Michael Osborne, Hans G. Schuetze, Ran Zhang & Abebaw Yirga

Part I The role of higher education in achieving SDG: A global perspective
1 Realising the Sustainable Development Goals: The role of higher education
Hans G. Schuetze & Ran Zhang
2 The SDGs: A policy framework for governments and action plan for universities?
Michael Osborne & Hilligje van’t Land

Part II Higher education reform for sustainable development: Key issues
3 Access, equity and reform in higher education: Implications for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Peter Scott
4 Climate justice and the role of universities in transformative change
Jennie C. Stephens
5 ‘The greatest challenge may be doing nothing now’: Evidencing criticality and agency in response to a short online climate action course
Anna N. Wilson & Iain Black
6 Transforming higher education for lifelong learning: Addressing required transformation toward sustainable education and societies
Martha Cleveland-Innes, Jimmy Jaldemark, Marcia Håkansson Lindqvist & Peter Mozelius
7 A rubric to evaluate responsible investing in governing policies in Canada, the United States, Australasia and the British Isles
Chad Dickson, Srikanth Ramani, Deidre Henne, Donna Kotsopoulos & Brandon Dickson
8 Higher education for sustainable development: What can be learnt from Islamic academic tradition?
Nematollah Azizi

Part III Case studies: National and local efforts
9 Higher education reforms in post-independence Zimbabwe: The context of Education 5.0 and implications for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals
Charles Muchemwa Nherera
10 Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) goals in and through higher education: Implications for higher education policy reform in Canadian academe
Arig al Shaibah
11 Canadian universities addressing the Sustainable Development Goals in their strategic plans: A snapshot
Ashley Byrne, Denis Savard & Catherine Larouche
12 Sustainable Development Goals beyond classroom teaching in teacher education: A policy compliance perspective
Bolaji Gabriel Popoola
13 The constitutional right to higher education in Mexico in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Progressive rights, dissonant discourse, inconsistent policies
Ernesto Treviño-Ronzón
14 Academic freedom and university autonomy in the age of Sustainable Development Goals: The case of Japan
Shinichi Yamamoto
15 Developing partnerships for effective knowledge exchange between universities and local policymakers
David Charles

Conclusion: Higher education and the SDGs: The need for a paradigm shift
Abebaw Yirga, Ran Zhang, Hans G. Schuetze & Michael Osborne