WHAT ARE THE UN SDGs? Shortform for UN Sustainable Development Goals – a shared global blueprint for ending poverty, improving health and education, reducing inequality, and protecting the planet. Adopted by all UN member states, they underpin policies and sustainability commitments worldwide. Our curriculum is aligned with the SDGs, helping students connect their learning to real-world global challenges. The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a shared framework that shapes how sustainability is understood and how it informs learning, decision-making and impact across the university. This common language for staff, students and partners helps us connect local priorities with global challenges and remain accountable to the wider system we operate within. Actions we’ve taken: • Incorporated UN SDG visuals across our teaching campus to help build familiarity for our students and staff. • Embedded the SDGs into course revalidation processes ensuring sustainability is considered as programmes evolve. • Participate in national Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS UK) SDG Teach In initiatives to strengthen sector-wide practice. HOW THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS SHAPE OUR WORK UCB ranked top 10 in the SOS UK SDG Teach In 2026, where 26 sta pledged to incorporate SDGs into their teaching. We also added sustainability signage across our campus buildings. DID YOU KNOW? The SDGs Wedding Cake A new way of viewing the Sustainable Development Goals Speaking at the Stockholm EAT Food Forum 13 June 2016, former Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Johan Rockström and board member Pavan Sukhdev, pushed for a new way of viewing the economic, social and ecological aspects of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The illustration describes how economies and societies should be seen as embedded within the biosphere. This vision is a move away from the current sectoral approach where social, economic, and ecological development are seen as separate processes. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY 2025–2030 11 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY 2025–2030 10
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