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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
In 2015 the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the Agenda 2030 – 17 global political objectives for ensuring sustainable development at the social, the economic, as well as the ecological level. The overriding goal is to enable decent living worldwide – by ensuring economic efficiency under the premise of social justice and the preservation of natural resources.
The SDGs are to be implemented by all countries worldwide by 2030. They cover various fields of action, such as ending poverty, promoting peace, protecting ecosystems, or creating equal opportunities. The 17 goals are linked by the five core messages People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnership and are interdependent. They are explained and substantiated by a total of 169 sub-objectives, for the measurement of which a catalogue of indicators was developed and adopted by the United Nations.
The SDGs are addressed to the entire world: to the governments of all states as well as to the economy, sciences, and the civil society. As many of today's challenges are global in scale, they can only be solved globally and through the cooperation of different actors. While the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the predecessors of the SDGs, were specifically addressed to developing countries, the SDGs recognize the special responsibility of the leading industrial countries. Nevertheless, the implementation and measurement of the goals is carried out at the national level and on a voluntary basis.
The Virtual Academy Sustainability aims at integrating the sustainability goals into university teaching. In its interdisciplinary courses on sustainability topics a variety of aspects of sustainable development is scientifically examined and placed in a practical context.
All contents of courses of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability fulfil the requirements of the German university-level. We only produce courses with leading experts in the respective subject area.
The contents are being carefully reviewed by the staff of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability, as well as the lecturers:
- Prior to publishing the lectures, we are examining the contents regarding their factual correctness.
- During the production of questions for examinations and accompanying materials, we are in close contact with the lecturers.
- In general, all published materials have been reviewed at least by 4-eyes-principle by the staff of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability.
In this way, we can guarantee that all contents regarding the lectures and examinations are fully equivalent to the aspirations of regular lectures on the university-level.
1. What is the Virtual Academy of Sustainability?
The Virtual Academy of Sustainability offers all students of German universities an innovative array of learning possibilities in the context of a sustainable development. After completing the free of charge, video-based courses students receive credit points for their studies.
2. For whom is the Virtual Academy of Sustainability?
The program of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability is available to all interested students from German universities. However, also interested lecturers or the university administration are welcome to take the offer of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability and integrate education for a sustainable development in their respective teaching.
The courses of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability can also be used by interested individuals of the general public, who want to educate themselves.
3. What are the costs for attending courses of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability?
The courses are available via the homepage of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability anytime and free of charge. Furthermore, the registration on the learning platform as well as taking part in exams is free of charge for students.
4. What kinds of courses are available?
You can find all courses of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability via the internet portal www.va-bne.de. The offer is constantly being extended and evaluated. On the internet portal you can also find information about the contents and teachers of each learning video.
5. How does the registration for the courses work?
In case you want to take an exam at a certain course, you can register on the Learning Platform of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability. The Registratioen is free of charge and non-committal. Here you can access further learning material, e.g. lecture slides, accompaying work booklets and tests for self-evaluation, as well as get in touch with the team and register for exams.
6. When are the courses starting? Are there set attendance times or a determined rhythm?
There is no set procedure for the courses. You can register for the courses and exams anytime. In this manner, you can determine yourself, when, where and in which pace you want to learn. Exams are taking place at our partner universities in regular time intervals.
7. Is it mandatory to hand in work/write essays/do homework?
It is expected from you that you engage with the lecture topics beyond watching the videos. This can happen through practice tasks, work on further literature or the like. You can also find further information about this matter in the videos.
8. Does an exam take place and can this exam be completed online?
Exams are conducted as electronic exams. These can be took online at our partner universities. A list of our current partner universities as well as the current examination dates are available on our homepage. Additionally the current examination dates at the respective universities are being published on our Learning Platform
10. How is an exam going to look like?
The exam is going to be an electronic exam with closed questions. We are going to test your comprehension, fact- and transfer-knowledge with different types of questions. An illustrative exam can be accessed through the following link: http://uebung.eassessment.uni-bremen.de
16. Who can I contact in case of any further open questions?
In case you have a relevant question concerning the contents of learning videos or the general process, we encourage you to post your question in the forum of the learning platform. In this way your question is being answered together with questions from other students and students mutually benefit from one another. Questions that are not relevant for all students can be posed directly to the team of the Virtual Academy of Sustainability via E-Mail or during the weekly consultation hour.
Virtual Academy of Sustainabilty
Universität Bremen
Enrique-Schmidt-Str. 1, WiWi 1
28359 Bremen
Germany
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If you have any further question please contact us:
Project Management:
Prof. Dr. Georg Müller-Christ
Professorship for Economics, especially for Sustainable Management, University of Bremen
Coordination Virtuelle Akademie Nachhaltigkeit:
Dipl. Oec. Katharina Lingenau
Universität Bremen
Telefon: 0421 218-6 67 88
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Virtuelle Akademie Nachhaltigkeit
Universität Bremen
Enrique-Schmidt-Str. 1, WiWi 1
28359 Bremen
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Internet: www.uni-bremen.de
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