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V. Odell et al.
Image 1 Example of SDG 13 in online learning room
responsible for providing support to academics to embed sustainable development
initiatives throughout the formal and informal curriculum at the university.
3 Communicating the SDGs
Expanding on the commitment of NTU to support and embed the global goals through
top down curriculum-based initiatives, a more comprehensive approach was needed
to ensure the SDGs are fully embedded with the inclusion of students from the bottom
up. Regardless of the great progress at NTU to embed the SDGs during Curriculum
Refresh, it is ultimately the individual programme leaders who will ensure that their
students are gaining knowledge on how to act on the global goals and although some
academic staff are excelling in this process others are yet to follow. Therefore, to
ensure all our students leave with the knowledge of the global goals, teaching and
learning must also be taken out of the classroom. As advocated by the future fit
framework for ESD (Sterling 2012), sustainability is flourishing where it has been
embedded into the curriculum, including curriculum strategies at extra-curricular
events. The aim of this project is to utilise different methods of embedding the SDGs
and raise awareness of them at university events throughout the academic year.
V. Odell et al.
Image 1 Example of SDG 13 in online learning room
responsible for providing support to academics to embed sustainable development
initiatives throughout the formal and informal curriculum at the university.
3 Communicating the SDGs
Expanding on the commitment of NTU to support and embed the global goals through
top down curriculum-based initiatives, a more comprehensive approach was needed
to ensure the SDGs are fully embedded with the inclusion of students from the bottom
up. Regardless of the great progress at NTU to embed the SDGs during Curriculum
Refresh, it is ultimately the individual programme leaders who will ensure that their
students are gaining knowledge on how to act on the global goals and although some
academic staff are excelling in this process others are yet to follow. Therefore, to
ensure all our students leave with the knowledge of the global goals, teaching and
learning must also be taken out of the classroom. As advocated by the future fit
framework for ESD (Sterling 2012), sustainability is flourishing where it has been
embedded into the curriculum, including curriculum strategies at extra-curricular
events. The aim of this project is to utilise different methods of embedding the SDGs
and raise awareness of them at university events throughout the academic year.