#SDGsinAcademia: Goal 12
As part of the ongoing campaign on the Sustainable Development Goals carried out by the United Nations, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is presenting a weekly series of articles on #SDGSinAcademia that highlights the importance of higher education in achieving the Goals. Featuring additional sources for use by faculty and students alike, this series is intended to inspire action on the SDGs and showcase activities and initiatives of UNAI member institutions.
19 July 2018?- This week we are featuring in our #SDGsinAcademia series?Goal 12:?Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
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HLPF side event highlighted importance of universities to advance the SDGs
The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) participated in the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative Global Event held on 11 July 2018 at United Nations Headquarters in New York on the margins of the United Nations?High-level Political Forum (HLPF)?on Sustainable Development. This article showcases some highlights of the event.
#SDGsinAcademia: Goal 11
As part of the ongoing campaign on the Sustainable Development Goals carried out by the United Nations, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is presenting a weekly series of articles on #SDGSinAcademia that highlights the importance of higher education in achieving the Goals. Featuring additional sources for use by faculty and students alike, this series is intended to inspire action on the SDGs and showcase activities and initiatives of UNAI member institutions.
09 July 2018?- This week we are featuring in our #SDGsinAcademia series?Goal 11:?Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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Student initiative changes one life at a time
The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI)?acknowledges the meaningful impact on sustainable development of the student-driven initiatives around the world. This article highlights the work done by the organization Prosthetics for Change.
03 July 2018 - The have a core social dimension that includes a number of concrete references to persons with disabilities, in particular in Goal 4 on inclusive?and equitable quality education, Goal 8?to promote inclusive economic growth and decent work for all, Goal 10 to?reduce inequality, and Goal 11 to?make cities inclusive.
#SDGsinAcademia: Goal 10
As part of the ongoing campaign on the Sustainable Development Goals carried out by the United Nations, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is presenting a weekly series of articles on #SDGSinAcademia that highlights the importance of higher education in achieving the Goals. Featuring additional sources for use by faculty and students alike, this series is intended to inspire action on the SDGs and showcase activities and initiatives of UNAI member institutions.
03 July 2018?- This week we are featuring in our #SDGsinAcademia series?Goal 10?Reduce inequality within and among countries
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Member institutions of UNAI inspire action on the Sustainable Development Goals
2 July 2018 - The mission of the?United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is to foster the relationship between institutions of higher education and the United Nations in the spirit of sharing a culture of intellectual social responsibility. This relationship has become even more crucial in an era of great challenges when innovative approaches and solutions are needed more than ever. It is in that framework that UNAI launched in May its #SDGsinAcademia project.?
#SDGsinAcademia: Goal 9
As part of the ongoing campaign on the?Sustainable Development Goals?carried out by the United Nations, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is presenting a weekly series of articles on #SDGSinAcademia that highlights the importance of higher education in achieving the Goals. Featuring additional sources for use by faculty and students alike, this series is intended to inspire action on the SDGs and showcase activities and initiatives of UNAI member institutions.
26 June 2018 - This week we are featuring in our #SDGsinAcademia series?Goal 9:?Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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Higher education and the principles of the 缅北禁地Charter: A view from J. F. Oberlin University
The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) celebrates the seventy-third anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter, which took place on 26 June 1945, by sharing this article submitted by UNAI member institution and Global Hub for the United Nations Charter, J. F. Oberlin University (Japan).?This article was submitted by?Yoshiro Tanaka, Professor of Comparative and International Higher Education as well as Provost and Executive Vice President of J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo (Japan)
Millennium Fellowship update: Students making bold commitments
20 June 2018 -?The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) initiative and Millennium Campus Network (MCN) have partnered to launch the??to convene, challenge and celebrate student leadership for United Nations goals. To date, student leaders on some 140 campuses from 40 nations have submitted applications. The deadline to apply for the Class of 2018 is 15 July 2018 at .
Here are three inspiring initiatives on campuses that have come to the fore in Millennium Fellowship applications so far:
#SDGsinAcademia: Goal 8
As part of the ongoing campaign on the?Sustainable Development Goals?carried out by the United Nations, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is presenting a weekly series of articles on #SDGSinAcademia that highlights the importance of higher education in achieving the Goals. Featuring additional sources for use by faculty and students alike, this series is intended to inspire action on the SDGs and showcase activities and initiatives of UNAI member institutions.
19 June 2018 - This week we are featuring in our #SDGsinAcademia series?Goal 8:?Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
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Conference at 缅北禁地Headquarters stresses work of universities on sustainable development
In collaboration with De Montfort University (DMU),?the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) co-organized the #JoinTogether Conference?that recently took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York. This article features some of the highlights of the event in which hundreds of students were able to participate.
18 June 2018 -??On 7 June 2018, the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) initiative co-organized a conference with UNAI member institution De Montfort University (United Kingdom) that addressed ways to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.?The conference featured an emphasis on SDG 16:?Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
ASPIRE students conduct initiative to advance SDG 3 in their local community
The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) has a branch known as ASPIRE:?Action by Students to Promote Innovation and Reform through Education. This student-driven initiative embodies UNAI's principles through student activities in communities around the world.?
18 June 2018 - A group of students of the (United States) recently conducted an initiative related to mental health and , including developing a mental health curriculum.
Peace is … Coexistence
14 June 2018 - The seventh event of the Peace is… series hosted by the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations took place last Month in the lobby of the General Assembly Building at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event, entitled Peace is… coexistence, was organized in support of the third (SDGs).
#SDGsinAcademia: Goal 7
As part of the ongoing campaign on the?Sustainable Development Goals?carried out by the United Nations, United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is presenting a weekly series of articles on #SDGSinAcademia that highlights the importance of higher education in achieving the Goals. Featuring additional sources for use by faculty and students alike, this series is intended to inspire action on the SDGs and showcase activities and initiatives of UNAI member institutions.
12 June 2018 - This week we are featuring in our #SDGsinAcademia series?Goal 7:?Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
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Al Farabi Kazakh National University reinforces commitment towards global citizenship
11 June 2018 - United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) member institution?,?in partnership with the , has?.