Transcript the Contribution of UK Higher Education - Andy

Sustainable Development:
the contribution of UK Higher Education
Dr Andy Johnston
Head of Education and Learning, Forum for the Future
What will the VC/Principal of a leading
university look like in 10 years time?
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Social entrepreneurs
Society’s challenges
Innovative solutions
Context
The education challenge
How VC/Principal react?
Social entrepreneurship
Identify the pressing problems of society
and
provide practical innovative solutions
Visionary
Determined
Innovative
The new breed of
Vice Chancellor ?
Society’s challenges
Resource depletion
Wellbeing – health and happiness
The end of party politics
Globalisation
Lifestyle and individualisation
Social inclusion
Resource use
Energy (CO2)
Construction
materials
Metals
Number of planets
needed to sustain
current global
consumption
Land
Wood
0
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Environmental Space
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The Equity Issue – 80:20 rule
40000
GDP per capita US$
30000
20000
10000
0
20
Poorest 20%
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60
World population
80
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Richest 80%
1906, Carroll glacier, Alaska
2004
Innovative solutions
Carbon trading – other resource trading?
Fair trade
Microgeneration
Regeneration
Science Shops
Green Gown
THES award
Context
Climate change
Efficiency
Comprehensive Spending Review
Business
The education challenge
Ever increasing student numbers
Workforce
ICT
Resource costing
Governance
Funding
Marketing
The education challenge
Competition
Students as customers – quality
Research
International competition
Business
Regions
Communities
How VCs Principals react?
Leadership
Policy alignment
Partnership
Externally focused
Support entrepreneurs and their ideas
Sell good practice
The controversial bit
Increased importance of environmental resources
leads to mainstreaming
The controversial bit
Increased importance of environmental resources
leads to mainstreaming
Students and logos on the rise
The controversial bit
Increased importance of environmental resources
leads to mainstreaming
Students and logos on the rise
Cities not regions
The controversial bit
Increased importance of environmental resources
leads to mainstreaming
Students and logos on the rise
Cities not regions
Healthy environments for students
The controversial bit
Increased importance of environmental resources
leads to mainstreaming
Students and logos on the rise
Cities not regions
Healthy environments for students
Privatisation of universities leads to
marginalisation of environment
The controversial bit
Increased importance of environmental resources
leads to mainstreaming
Students and logos on the rise
Cities not regions
Healthy environments for students
Privatisation of universities leads to
marginalisation of environment
Environment manager is dead long live the CSR
manager
How can we help?
EAUC scaling up good practice
HEEPI rewarding good practice
Forum for the Future facilitating good practice
Thank you
Dr Andy Johnston
www.forumforthefuture.org.uk