The University of the Future: global challenges and local solutions

1. The University of the Future: global challenges and local solutions Dr Andy Johnston Head of Education and Learning, Forum for the Future TEM Conference, 1 October 2003

2. University of Aberdeen University of Birmingham University of Cambridge Cardiff University City University Heriot-Watt University Liverpool John Moores University Loughborough University Middlesex University University of Newcastle Queen’s University, Belfast University of Salford Sheffiled Hallam University University of St Andrews The College of St Mark and St John University of Stirling The Surrey Institute of Art & Design

3. In the 1950s, most of East Asia was no better off than Africa is today. South Korea had the same average per capita income as sub-Saharan Africa. Today, Koreans earn over eight times more than Africans.

4. The number of poor people in East Asia as a whole has more than halved since 1975, and since China opened up to the global economy in 1978, over 200 million of its people have climbed out of poverty.

5. In 1960 the combined incomes of the richest fifth of the world’s population were 30 times greater than the poorest fifth. By 1991 they were over 60 times and in 1998, 78 times as high.

6. The number of people living in poverty (defined as living on less than a dollar a day) over the last decade has increased by 100m, according to the former Chief Economist of the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz, to 1.3bn people (over a fifth of the world’s population).

7. World food production has quadrupled since 1950, using just 1% more land.

8. In the 1950s, one in four of the world’s people did not have enough to eat. Today, that ratio has fallen to one in ten.

9. Remaining forests are being depleted by about 160,000 km2 – or half the size of Norway – every year. 11 countries are on the verge of losing their forests completely and 28 have forestland that is threatened.

10. 50-100 species are vanishing every day – 10,000 times faster than natural extinction rates; faster than at any time in the last 65m years.

11. Life expectancy in developing countries has risen from 46 to 64 years since the 1960s. Infant mortality rates have halved too.

12. Polio is also on the way out. The number of polio cases fell from 350,000 in 1988 to just 500 in 2001. As a consequence, nearly four million people have been spared crippling disabilities.

14. If nothing continues to be done, the UN’s Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change warns that temperatures could rise by a global average of 5.8°c (10.4°F) by 2100.

15. In the past 20 years, municipal waste generated per person in industrialised countries has increased almost threefold, to an average of 475 kilos per person per year.

16. Global consumption of water is doubling every 20 years, more than twice the rate of human population growth.

17. Understanding Sustainability Triple bottom line Sustainability Venn Diagram Environment Society Economy Environment Society Economy Sustainable Development

18. Understanding Sustainability Economy Structured to meet objectives and values set by society Society Decides objectives for development and sets ethical and value framework Environment Sets limits, the real bottom line

19. Sustainable development Universities Economy Business Society Learning & Teaching EnvironmentCommunity

20. Capital STOCKS & flow of BENEFITS STOCK: land, sea, air, rivers, ecological systems FLOW: energy, food, water, climate, waste disposal NATURAL HUMAN STOCK: health, knowledge, motivation, spiritual ease FLOW: energy, work, creativity, love, happiness SOCIAL STOCK: governance systems, communities, families FLOW: security, justice, social inclusion MANUFACTURED STOCK: tools, infrastructure, buildings, FLOW: places to live work, play; access to them FINANCIAL STOCK: money, stocks, bonds FLOW: means of valuing, owning, exchanging other 4 capitals Sara Parkin, Forum for the Future

21. Triple Bottom Line Five Capitals Environment NATURAL Society HUMAN SOCIAL Economy MANUFACTURED FINANCIAL Sara Parkin, Forum for the Future

22. Sara Parkin, Forum for the Future

23. The issues campus curriculum community Biodiversity on site Aesthetics Local Transport Plans Materials/waste Energy/utilities Green buildings Travel Plans Staff facilities Lecture rooms environment Courses Information Awareness Life long learning Shared facilities Access Community strategies society Healthy Universities Planning permission Safety on campus Employment Regeneration Whole life costs Payback periods Fleet management Car park strategies Risk management Student recruitment Staff retention economy

24. REAM Mass Balance

25. Best Practice

26. Glass Ceilings Sector Stakeholders

27. The role of universities Important social mechanism for contributing to sustainable development

28. The Vision

29. Principles of sector wide change

30. LSSD

31. Schools Post 16 Higher Education

32. Schools Post 16 Higher Education Education making a positive contribution to sustainable development

33. International Schools Post 16 Higher Education National Regional Local

34. EU UNECE UNESCO International Schools Post 16Higher Education Skills Councils Funding Council Government Ministry National Professions Regional Assemblies NGOs Regional Private sector Communities Senate, Boards, Governors Local Local Authorities Employers

35. EU UNECE UNESCO International Schools Post 16 Higher Education Skills Councils Funding Council Government Ministry National Professions Regional Assemblies NGOs Regional Private sector Communities Senate, Boards, Governors Local Local Authorities Employers

36. EU UNECE UNESCO International Schools Post 16 Higher Education Skills Councils Funding Council Government Ministry National Professions Regional Assemblies NGOs Regional Private sector Communities Senate, Boards, Governors Local Local Authorities Employers Education making a positive contribution to sustainable development

37. Essential Ingredients • Shared understanding of sustainable development and sustainability at the OPERATIONAL LEVEL • Whole institution approach • Partnership approach • Capacity building and enabling

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