Media Launch – The College of the West Indies’ (The UWI) technique of specializing in the United Nations’ Sustainable Improvement Targets (SDGs) in constructing out its educational popularity and international analysis profile has produced an ideal rating within the newest Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings introduced final month. Over the previous decade, the College has strategically established joint international centres and initiatives with different revered universities to offer advocacy and improvement outcomes round sustainable improvement. Impressively, inside THE’s collection of metrics used to guage the efficiency of the person SDGs, The UWI earned an ideal rating of 100% for its relationships to help the targets in pursuit of SDG 17: Partnership for the Targets.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles responded to Occasions Greater Schooling’s report, saying, “Our imaginative and prescient for The UWI requires the implementation of a number of methods, and we’re very proud that the work of our colleges particularly has gained the popularity of the worldwide college setting. It is a nice second for The UWI”.
THE’s Affect Rankings determine and have fun universities that excel in advancing a number of SDGs and evaluating their analysis, stewardship, outreach, and instructing. The UWI additionally earned notably excessive scores in collaborations and well being companies in assessing SDG 3: Good Well being and Nicely Being; for its proportion of girls receiving levels in assessing SDG 5: Gender Equality, for environmental training measures as a part of its Local weather Motion (SDG 13) and Analysis into partnerships for the targets underneath SDG 17.
This well timed recognition by the Occasions Greater Schooling ushers the launch of The UWI’s International School for Development Justice (ISDJ) scheduled later this yr.
A big milestone within the College’s journey in the direction of advancing sustainable improvement, this distinctive faculty for the SDGs is a response to the worldwide want for training that equips present and future activists and leaders with the data and expertise to advance the UN Sustainable Improvement Targets. The college combines The UWI’s twenty years of expertise and excellence in on-line training with its steadfast dedication to the SDGs, making it a pioneering establishment on this area.
That is The UWI’s fifth consecutive yr taking part within the prestigious international influence rankings. Though the College has constantly been ranked among the many greatest on the planet by THE, recognition on this area of interest space of SDG influence is important because it acknowledges the intentional technology and dissemination of information to help varied UN targets as a part of The UWI’s strategic plan.
