Higher education and sustainability – Green jobs

Ahead of the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference – COP29 – which kicks off in Baku, Azerbaijan, next week, University World News explores ways in which higher education is or ought to be responding to the urgent need for more graduates with the sustainability skills required for the world’s rapidly growing number of green jobs.

GLOBAL

How sustainability education fuels the green job market

Patrick Blessinger, Pamela Maseko and Abhilasha Singh

As the global green economy grows, so will the significance of education for sustainable development in the composition of the future workforce. The responsiveness of universities to the needs of the green job market requires greater coordination between governments, education institutions and businesses.

GLOBAL

Are universities falling behind in the ‘green skills’ race?

Karen MacGregor

There are major skills-related disruptions ahead for higher education, as the sector comes under governmental and labour market pressure to produce graduates – including micro-credential graduates – with skills needed for a ‘greening’ world, says Professor Patrick Paul Walsh, director of the United Nations SDG Academy.

GLOBAL

Universities pressured to shift curricula as green jobs grow

Keith Nuthall

As markets shift towards jobs that promote sustainability, prompted by concerns about limiting potential runaway climate change, higher education institutions the world over are being encouraged to more fully integrate sustainability skills into curricula in order to prepare students for green employment.

UNITED STATES

Engineering the way out of global sustainability crises

Karen MacGregor

‘Green skills’ are the skills required in many people’s day-to-day work and are offered by universities across many disciplines. But they are rarely taught in engineering, a profession crucial to achieving global sustainability. Engineering for One Planet tackles this problem with curriculum guides.

ASIA

As green jobs demand rises, (some) universities make changes

Kalinga Seneviratne

Singapore, the Philippines, India and Thailand are among countries in Asia that are taking seriously the call from international agencies and industry for more graduates with ‘green job’ skills by revising their higher education curricula and changing the nature of academic learning.

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