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Professor Steven West Vice-Chancellor. Introduction and Welcome. The Excitement of ISHE This is personal! Bringing the resources, capacity and capability of a leading University to address some of the most intractable yet urgent problems facing humanity and the planet
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Introduction and Welcome The Excitement of ISHE • This is personal! • Bringing the resources, capacity and capability of a leading University to address some of the most intractable yet urgent problems facing humanity and the planet • Seeking to integrate and direct our academic research and knowledge exchange activities to deliver diagnosis and sustainable solutions to real world health and environmental problems • Making UWE itself a more sustainable enterprise that uses its intellectual and financial resources as a force for sustainable development
UWE’s motivation What is UWE’s motivation? Why are we investing our scarce resources • Because the world is on an unsustainable trajectory • Because the world’s population has unequal access to resources • Because many people in the world have to live in a relatively poor state of health • Because where knowledge of solutions is available resources to deploy it are often scarce • Because we are training the next generation of thinkers and leaders • Because we want to make a difference locally, nationally and internationally • Because from the very top of the organisation we believe we should and can make a difference
Ambition for ISHE • Change in ourselves • Change in partners and other HEIs • Change in practices • Change in policy • Change in communities and the professions
How will we know ISHE has made a difference? • Change in ourselves • Change in others • External Partnerships and Networks • Research and Knowledge Exchange • Enhanced curriculum offering • Advocacy • Enterprise • Public Engagement • External recognition
Walking the Talk (sometimes running the shout and at other times stumbling the mumble) • A Sustainable UWE • A Healthy UWE • A curriculum for a healthy sustainable world and education of citizens and leadership generation of tomorrow • RKE delivering diagnosis and solutions to real world problems • Using our £200 million per annum budget to deliver sustainable development through all our activities • Influencing policy and practice locally, regionally, nationally, internationally
Challenge to our Speakers • Recognising the substantial expertise, experience and commitment of UWE to make a difference in this field, we would like our speakers to challenge the university to achieve real change through ISHE • What issues would they like to see the Institute address? • What would you see as success? • What are the external priorities? • Regional? • National? • International? • How will you work with us to achieve our goals?