Universities and Social Commitment Observatory
Transcript of Universities and Social Commitment Observatory
GLOBAL UNIVERSITYNETWORK FOR INNOVATION
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Origins and Mission
GUNI was created in 1999 by UNESCO, the United Nations University and the Technical University of Catalonia.
Higher education and social engagement: An open glocal multiversity
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Research linked to the local needs and to the global development agenda .
Integration of knowledge from different sources
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Proactive engagement with public commitment. Opening to society
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Going beyond professionals: Educating citizens
Placing socially relevant knowledge
– in a transversal way in teaching, research and institutional action and in the motor of sustainable development for the society as a whole.
– Higher education can play two roles: it can provide graduates with the attitudes, knowledge and abilities required to undertake this process; it can develop and provide knowledge that contributes to research and practice into sustainability.
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Science and Research for Sustainable Development
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From competition to cooperation. Networking for glocality
HEIs have made some real positive strides in the area of civic engagement partnerships and in many cases are an example of a good practice.
However, HEIs need to develop an integrated institutional policy framework for human and social development; integrating the values of social responsibility transversally into their institutions as well as with a transdisciplinary and networking approach. Changes in these and other areas need to be taken into account in working out long-term strategies.
Moreover, further research is urgently required now to promote and scale up good practice that could place Civic Engagement in a transversal way in teaching, research and institutional action in the motor of human and social development.
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Thank you.
Please, send us your experience:
Universities and Social Commitment ObservatorySònia MascarellCoordinator
http://www.guninetwork.org