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Making Higher Education Sustainable:
Do we need a Copernican Revolution?
Hans-Peter Winkelmann
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543)
Effects of globalization and sustainable development on the
university
Globalization and sustainable development as challenges for European universities
• A global social space• Knowledge in a global society• Education in a global society
Effects of globalization and sustainable development on the university
Ambitions of the European Union related to globalization and sustainable development
Effects of globalization and sustainable development on the university
The Lisbon European Council held in March 2000 acknowledged that
• "the European Union is confronted with a quantum shift resulting from globalisation and the challenges of a new knowledge-driven economy".
and set the Union a major strategic goal for 2010 • "to become the most competitive and dynamic
knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion".
It stressed that this would require not only a "radical transformation of the European economy", but also a "challenging programme for the modernisation of social welfare and education systems".
Never before had the European Council acknowledged to this extent the role played by education and training systems in the economic and social strategy and the future of the Union.
“The Lisbon strategy seeks to improve the economic and social performance of the Union and guarantee sustainable development.”
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION "EDUCATION & TRAINING 2010, THE
SUCCESS OF THE LISBON STRATEGY HINGES ON URGENT REFORMS”, (COM(2003) 685 final)
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION "EDUCATION & TRAINING 2010, THE SUCCESS OF THE LISBON STRATEGY HINGES ON URGENT REFORMS”, (COM(2003) 685 final):
“There can be no Europe of knowledge without a Europe of higher education”
Mobilizing for sustainable development
The three traditional vocations of universities
• Research
• Education & Training
• Outreach
How must universities contribute to sustainable development?
The University Process
Students
Resources Water, Energy, Materials
Knowledge on Sustainability
New employees with capabilities to address sustainability
Reduced Emissions, Waste, Sewage
Education Research Transfer
Services and Management
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The contribution of universities to sustainable societies
Civil Society
University
Education Research
University Management/
Campus
Economic
prosperity Ecological balance
Social well-being
Education
Research
Management/ Administration
Outreach
The challenges to universities will add a fourth mission to universities:
• Research
• Education & Training
• Outreach
• Sustainable Development
How should European universities respond to this challenge stemming from
globalization and sustainable development ?
Innovation in Innovation in Higher EducationHigher Education
Efficiency
Excellence Internationalization
Sustainability as strategy for universities
Strategic alliances as models to respond to globalization
Strategic alliances as models for universities to respond to globalization?
More than 300 European universities have signed the COPERNICUS-Charter, thereby declaring that they will give sustainable development a place in their activities.
We now ask you:
Would you like to become a part of COPERNICUS-CAMPUS?
Re-think your position:
Join the COPERNICUS-CAMPUS in the cooperation for a
sustainable future in Europe!
Thank you for your attention!
www.copernicus-campus.org