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🌱 Calling all students! Exciting Announcement! 🌱 🎉 Proud to announce that I have joined the esteemed Student Advisory Board at the University of Exeter! 🎉 ✅ My idea on collaboration in decision making resonated with fellow board members. Thank you for giving me this golden opportunity Emma de Saram, Alex Stanley Isobel Dyer, Lily M. and Jack Liversedge, I would like to thanks University of Exeter for creating this kind of involvement for students. 💡 Join the Active Movement: Let's make a difference together by actively participating in shaping our university's sustainability initiatives! Share this post and help us reach new students who can benefit from this incredible opportunity! 📢 Student Sustainability Survey Findings: 🔝 Top 3 priorities identified by respondents: 1️⃣Education, 2️⃣Health, and 3️⃣Minimizing Damage. 👨🎓 Most students already possess some level of environmentally friendly knowledge. 📲 Primary sources of information: Social media, News sources, and University Importance of collaborative approach recognized. Concerns about limited student representation in University of Exeter Students' Guild and University decision making. 💬 Reflecting on the Findings: 1.Collaboration for Impact: No individual's actions alone can drive the necessary change (business and government involvement crucial) 2.Inclusive Decision Making: Guild's commitment to involve more students (sustainability advisory board, digital screens) rather than relying solely on email updates. 3.Empowering Campaigns: Suggestions for campaigns fair (increased publicity and networking), setting achievable goals, and continuing Grand Challenges projects. 4.Enhancing Guild Offerings: Clarity needed on current offerings. 💚 Reshaping Sustainability Initiatives: Green Impact Report Evaluation: High cost, limited impact visibility Board's recommendation: Redirect resources to other impactful sustainability work. 🎓 Unlock Your Career Potential: 1.Universities provide unparalleled opportunities to kickstart our careers and add value to society. 2.Active listening and diverse opinions from all board and guild members. 3.Students have the power to contribute skills and ideas to enhance student lives and university experiences. 🔗 Let's Go Viral! Help us reach new students and expand our impact by sharing this post far and wide! Together, we can create positive change and leave a lasting legacy. #studentadvice #universityofexeter 🌱 Embrace the opportunity. Be the change! 🌱 Feel free to repost and share this exciting opportunity with your network. Together, we can inspire and empower the next generation of student leaders to drive sustainability at the University of Exeter and beyond! #StudentVoice

Today marked a milestone in my PhD journey - I was delighted to present to my colleagues in Maastricht Sustainability Institute at Maastricht University on my research so far. I am grateful for the guidance and support of my supervisors Annemarie van Zeijl-Rozema and Ceren Pekdemir who have prompted me to dig deeper into my topic and explore the potential of co-creation in Education for Sustainable Development. Over the course of the presentation, we dived into discussions around co-creation, sustainability competencies, inter-/transdisciplinary education and student agency in higher education. It was insightful to hear from the many experts and established researchers in our department to gather insights into where there is, and indeed isn't, a place for co-creation in our higher education learning environments. Some questions I am left pondering: ○ How can we measure the development of sustainability competencies in our learners? ○ How can we ensure inclusivity and equal opportunities if adopting a co-creative approach to our pedagogy and curricula? ○ How can we differentiate and demarcate the moments where co-creation is useful? ○ What competencies do our learners need to engage fully with co-creation? One thing is for sure, I am looking forward to what the next five and a half years bring and what discoveries we make in the fields of Education for Sustainable Development and innovative pedagogies. Here's to transformative education! #cocreation #educationforsustainabledevelopment #sustainabilitycompetencies #highereducation #innovativeteaching #inclusiveeducation #interdisciplinaryresearch #transdisciplinaryresearch

🌿 Business schools are continually innovating to cater to the rising needs of students. This includes incorporating virtual reality tools into campus activities and providing students with hands-on experiences with companies committed to sustainability goals. The entries for this year's Responsible Business Education awards highlighted a noticeable shift towards integrating sustainability across various elements of academic programs, particularly evident in European educational institutions. The judges, including EFMD Global president Eric Cornuel, commended universities for applying simulations in practical ways to convey broader messages about the importance of fostering a sustainable future. Javier Espinoza of the Financial Times explores the winners and this year's best responsible teaching resources: innovative materials with a financial sustainability focus.↴ #sustainability #businessschools #businesseducation #innovation

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I shared three concerns about the future of higher education recently in a TEDx talk (TED Conferences) at Red Cross Nordic United World College (UWC Red Cross Nordic). 1] We compete in almost every domain, but solving today’s grand challenges can only happen if we leave competition behind and instead pursue large-scale collaborative approaches. 2] Preparing students for working life is not about using their time at university to give them even more concrete and profession-specific skills. It’s about preparing them instead for careers that don’t yet exist. Creating skills for innovation of many types should be central in education … and we have to help politicians understand this (Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research). 3] Our work on sustainability falls short. To illustrate this, I draw on examples from the strategic priorities at the NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences, namely developing sustainability competancy not just for students but for all employees and committing to using sustainability as a guiding factor in all institutional decision-making. To address these, universities have to be ready to change, ready to hear and consider new ideas, and ready to make some very hard choices. Doing the same old thing is going to leave you right where you are, and that is no long viable. Fortunately, there are smart ways to move forward. You can do it!