The College of the West Indies (The UWI) is amongst six universities chosen for the pilot run of a global programme to embed sustainability throughout instructing and studying in greater schooling establishments.
The initiative, ‘Accountable Futures’, is led by the Worldwide Affiliation of Universities (IAU) in partnership with College students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK), which has been working with greater schooling establishments within the UK for nearly ten years.
Accountable Futures is a change programme and accreditation mark that works to place sustainability on the coronary heart of scholar studying by creating an institutional method throughout each curricular and non-curricular actions all through all the establishment. Over the previous decade, the programme has positively impacted over 600,000 college students, within the UK. As a member of the IAU, The UWI was invited to take part based mostly on its experience and concentrate on sustainable growth within the Caribbean area and its management within the International College Consortium on the UN Sustainable Growth Aim 13 (Local weather Motion).
Director of Training at College students Organising for Sustainability, Quinn Runkle remarked, “We’re delighted to be working with The College of the West Indies to pilot the Accountable Futures worldwide programme, partnering college students and workers to work collectively to embed sustainability in scholar studying. The UWI has been chosen to take a lead function in representing the Caribbean area on this ground-breaking initiative and we sit up for progressing this vital work with the college and their college students.”
Commenting on The UWI’s involvement, Professional Vice-Chancellor for International Affairs, Sandrea Maynard, whose workplace is the institutional lead for the International College Consortium on SDG 13, famous that at The UWI, Accountable Futures might be student-led by way of the UWI STAT (College students Right this moment, Alumni Tomorrow) Ambassadorial Corps. The Corps is a number one regional scholar group with a fame for local weather motion and advocacy. UWI STAT college students will incorporate actions and initiatives integrating college students throughout the College’s eight colleges and 5 campuses.
Founder and Regional Coordinator of the Corps, Celia Davidson Francis, will oversee the method of working along with The UWI’s Sustainability Community, in addition to with its administrative, scholar and tutorial frameworks.
Davidson Francis has emphasised that it’s important that “the subsequent era of leaders: our college students, are concerned leaders and contributors on this programme as a result of they are going to be residing ‘the futures’ determined by behaviours practiced, in addition to actions taken as we speak.”
PVC Maynard additionally underscored that this newest initiative deepens the regional college’s collaboration with the IAU and additional affirms The UWI’s efforts as an SDG-engaged College. She anticipates that the programme will complement the college’s analysis agenda on local weather change and sustainable growth and equip future Caribbean leaders and technical managers.
The UWI’s Workplace for International Affairs additionally works intently with the IAU, and might be liable for monitoring and reporting on this initiative.
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