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Malgorzata Pink; Barbara Kielbasa; Vojtech Tamáš; Fernanda Maria Dos Santos Maria Pereira; Juan C. Santamarta; Noelia Cruz Pérez; Joselin S. Rodríguez-Alcántara; Lidia Luty – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to diagnose the perception, knowledge, awareness and position of the bioeconomy in university education and research. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on a questionnaire survey conducted at universities in Poland, the Czech Republic, Spain and Portugal (n = 464). The questionnaire consisted of open-ended,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Students, Sustainable Development
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Walter Leal Filho; Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis; Amanda Lange Salvia; Bárbara Maria Fritzen Gomes; Claudio Ruy Portela de Vasconcelos; Clarissa Ferreira Albrecht – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in academic routines. These changes have also contributed to an increase in the number of papers submitted to journals, citations and, ultimately, to changes in metrics. This study aims to address a gap between theory and practice, analysing the changes in the impact factor (IF) of a sample of 30…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Periodicals, Context Effect
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Wright, Hazel A.; Ironside, Joseph E.; Gwynn-Jones, Dylan – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2009
Purpose: Owing to the specialist nature of biological experimentation, scientific research staff have been largely neglected from the pro-environmental initiatives which have inundated other areas of higher education. This dearth of studies is surprising given that scientific research is recognised as a substantial contributor to the environmental…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Environmental Research, Laboratories, Work Environment
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Ferrer-Balas, Didac – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2004
In 1996 the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) adopted an Environment Plan which incorporated classical technical education, promoting multidisciplinary environmental research, and improving the environmental performance of university life as a whole. This paper outlines the first environment plan (1996-2001). It discusses its encouraging…
Descriptors: Environmental Research, Technical Education, Environmental Education, Strategic Planning
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Spellerberg, Ian F.; Buchan, Graeme D.; Englefield, Russell – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2004
What system does a university need to optimise its progress to sustainability? Discusses the gradation of approaches possible for a university as it strives to improve its environmental performance. Argues that an environmental policy plus mechanisms for its implementation can be adequate, and endorsement of a single formal EMS need not be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Environmental Research
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Vezzoli, Carlo; Penin, Lara – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims to diffuse the concept of a multi-lateral learning process as a means to promote experimental didactics and research (and the cross-fertilization between these two activities) in the field of design of sustainable product-service systems (PSSs) and to consider the university campus as the locus for the design,…
Descriptors: Innovation, Internet, Teaching Methods, Sustainable Development