Category: Australasia

PRiMEtime Special Feature on Reporting on the SDGs – 17 Ways Schools are Engaging in the SDGs (part 2 of 2)

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This week PRiMEtime is celebrating the work that signatories around the world are doing in terms of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as highlighted in their Sharing Information on Progress (SIP) reports submitted throughout 2018. This is part of the information that was collected late last year exploring how the schools are exploring the SDGs … Continue reading PRiMEtime Special Feature on Reporting on the SDGs – 17 Ways Schools are Engaging in the SDGs (part 2 of 2)

Seven Initiatives from Newcastle Business School – Australia

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Newcastle Business School in Australia has been a signatory of PRME since 2015. The school committed to embedding learning objectives that are pertinent to responsible management and the Sustainable Development Goals into its assurance of learning. The School also has a strong focus on research of topics of global significance, such as climate change, disaster … Continue reading Seven Initiatives from Newcastle Business School – Australia

Engaging Secondary Students in Responsible Management and Sustainability

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Universities don’t just engage their own students in responsible management and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). They are also engaging their potential future students; secondary school students. Continuing on from last weeks celebration of International Youth Day, here are a selection of ways that Signatories are engaging with younger students on sustainability issues. Providing Equal … Continue reading Engaging Secondary Students in Responsible Management and Sustainability

Partnerships for the SDGs -Timor-Leste and FedUni

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Developing mutually beneficial partnerships with other organisations is both Principle 6 of PRME but also Sustainable Development Goal 17. Federation University in Ballarat, Australia has a strong partnership with the only public national university in Timor-Leste, one of the poorest, and newest, countries in the world. Although the partnership has been going since 2013, many … Continue reading Partnerships for the SDGs -Timor-Leste and FedUni

How Schools are using WikiRate to Engage Students in Sustainability

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 Late last year the University of Wollongong released a report exploring the multiple ways the WikiRate Student Engagement Project was being implemented in higher education institutions in diverse classrooms around the world. WikiRate is an open database and research tool that allows anyone to collaboratively research and analyse data on socio-environmental impacts of companies. It … Continue reading How Schools are using WikiRate to Engage Students in Sustainability

Embedding the SDGs into your First Report – Experiences from Macquarie University

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Over the past few weeks PRiMEtime has focused on the Sharing Information on Progress (SIP) with examples, resources and tips. To finish off this series, we feature Macquarie University Faculty of Business and Economics who recently submitted their first SIP. I spoke with Leonie Tickle, responsible for coordinating the report, about their experiences, challenges and successes. … Continue reading Embedding the SDGs into your First Report – Experiences from Macquarie University

12 Visuals to get inspired by for your next SIP report (part 2 of 2)

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Sharing Information on Progress (SIP) reports, beyond being a requirement for PRME signatories, are an opportunity to bring together the work a school is doing in the area of responsible management education, reflect on that work and explore future opportunities. SIPs can provide an important communication tool to raise awareness both internally and externally about … Continue reading 12 Visuals to get inspired by for your next SIP report (part 2 of 2)

12 Visuals to get inspired by for your next SIP report (part 1 of 2)

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Sharing Information on Progress (SIP) reports, beyond being a requirement for PRME signatories, are an opportunity to bring together the work a school is doing in the area of responsible management education, reflect on that work and explore future opportunities. SIPs can provide an important communication tool to raise awareness both internally and externally about … Continue reading 12 Visuals to get inspired by for your next SIP report (part 1 of 2)

Engaging Marketing in the Sustainable Development Goals – Experiences from Griffith Business School

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There are many common themes across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Change is one of those, and more specifically, bringing about changes in behavior. This is particularly relevant to the SDGs relating to good health and well-being (SDG 3). Within the business school environment, developing and disseminating messages that will bring about positive changes in … Continue reading Engaging Marketing in the Sustainable Development Goals – Experiences from Griffith Business School

PRiMEtime’s Guide to Implementing PRME: 100 Tips from Signatories (part 1 of 5)

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There is one question that I ask every individual that I interview for the PRiMEtime blog. I always ask them if they have any advice for other schools thinking of undertaking a similar project to theirs. It may not seem like an important question compared to the others, but it is the one I have … Continue reading PRiMEtime’s Guide to Implementing PRME: 100 Tips from Signatories (part 1 of 5)