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Bournemouth University Sustainability Annual Report 2019-2020
Leading action on the SDGs Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2020 The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings is the only global benchmarking scheme that assesses universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and it does so across three broad areas: research, outreach and stewardship. In its 2020 edition, in which 768 universities from 85 countries submitted, we were proud to be in the top 100 in the world for our action against the UN SDGs.
from across the institution, helping us celebrate all the great work that is going on. For the 2021 rankings, we have submitted evidence against all of the UN SDGs.
The Rankings provide us with a very useful tool for comparing our SDG action against universities around the world. We have used the rankings to collaborate with staff
14th in the UK Launched a formal partnership with Our Dorset Integrated Care System, with the aim of using innovation to drive forward improvements in healthcare outcomes for people across Dorset. SportBU, at our Chapel Gate sports site, provide support for grass roots sport and are a key part of the local community Participated in the national RowBritannia 2020 initiative Embedded wellbeing within the design standards of our new buildings
11th in the UK Our schools and colleges outreach programme promote opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) to all genders and challenge gender stereotypes SUBU lead an annual Women’s Liberation Campaign See our annual Gender Pay Gap and Equality and Diversity Reports (www.bournemouth.ac.uk/ about/professional-services/equality-diversity/equality-diversity-committee)
8th in the UK Read about our action for SDG7 from page 12.
16th in the UK BU academics helped unravel the centuries old mystery of where the sarsen stones used to build Stonehenge came SUBU’s Community Wardens scheme seeks to improve the sustainability of the local area by supporting the integration of students in their local area and tackling anti-social behaviour Read about our action for sustainable buildings on pages 16 and 17 and sustainable travel on pages 24-27.
