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UL’s strategic approach will see the SDGs embedded across every facet of university life. This is crucial to ensure deep meaningful engagement and alignment across the whole organisation.
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Leadership, Staff and Governance
- To map our current organisational structures and processes against the UN Framework.
- To ensure the SDGs are implemented through embedding each SDG in university governance structures, processes, and policies.
- To collectively identify a set of key measures against the SDG’s which are closely aligned to our strategic plan.
- To undertake initiatives and actions as outlined in the work programme approved by the Steering Group.
- To contribute to the annual university report on performance against the UN SDGs Framework.
- To actively promote the SDGs and pioneer new university-wide initiatives.
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Campus Community and Operations
- To continue to develop our campus and our other sites in line with the principles of sustainable development.
- To measure the key environmental impact of our campus and to set ambitious goals to improve our performance.
- To apply new methods and approaches to address the integration of organic locally sourced foods, clean water, renewable energy, transport solutions and circular waste across our campus.
- To protect, monitor and improve the bio-diversity of our campus.
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Learning, Research and Students
- To provide students and staff with the knowledge, skills and mindsets to understand and address the SDGs.
- To pioneer new campus-wide programs.
- To equip learners to act as future change agents.
- To provide accessible, affordable and inclusive education to all.
- To provide capacity building for students and professionals from developing countries.
- To pioneer and share new knowledge and evidence-based solutions that address the SDGs.
- To co-develop societal impact metrics and models.
- To partner with innovative external stakeholders to co-design, develop and implement SDG solutions.
- To design and develop student training for sustainability development research.
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Partnership, Society and Engagement
- To continue to develop public engagement and participation in addressing the SDGs (academia, government, industry and civil society).
- To initiate and facilitate cross-sectoral dialogue and action.
- To ensure higher education sector representation in national and international implementation (National SDG Stakeholder Forum).
- To co-design SDG based policies, and demonstrate sector commitment to the SDGs.