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SUSTAINABILITY
TEACHING AND
RESEARCH
MUHAMAD AL MUIZZ
BIN OMAR
NUR HAFIZAH BINTI
MOHAMED
JULIA BINTI A. RAHIM
NURUL AFIQAH BINTI
RAMLI
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INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION
Sustainable means:
a) Fixed
b) Unchanged
c) Permanent
Campus sustainable:
An institution of higher education as a whole
or in part to minimize the negative effects of
the environment, economy, society and health
generated in the use of resources to meet the
teaching, research, outreach and partnership
and stewardship in a way to help people make
the transition towards a sustainable lifestyle.
Teaching and research sustainable:
The retention of a system related to the
aspects of teaching or the teaching and
preservation of its research in a particular field.
PROBLEMS AT UPSI
Transportation
Landscape
Timetable
Problem-based learning
Use of bicycles and pedestrian
mode to both campuses UPSI.
Improvements can be done by
taking students on each bus
stop provided in the campus.
Campus operations
Operations at the university campus will be the basis
to reduce the ecological footprint of institutions.
Refers to the environmental management system
Alshuwaikhat and Abubakar (2008), suggest three
strategies that can take the initiative to achieve
sustainability mission of the implementation of
environmental management systems (Environmental
Management System, EMS), public participation and
social responsibility, teaching and research on
sustainability.
Education
Research
Environmental issues, technological and
environmental innovations and alternatives to reduce
the negative impact on the ecology.
Universities should consider research for sustainable
development not just an academic exercise but also
rather as an important response to the crisis of
sustainability is growing rapidly and has become the
most important research agenda.
The study by Wass et al. (2010) has identified eight
characteristics of university research for sustainable
development.
Outreach
An effort by individuals in an organization or group to connect ideas or
practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups or the general public.
Alshuwaikhat and Abubakar (2008) suggested the campus community
outreach involving social justice and community service.
Social justice is concerned with promoting the dignity of justice, equality,
peace, security, human rights and the preservation of health
considerations.
Community service is concerned with the features and services awareness
community project, working with local communities to obtain the benefit of
the environment and to the campus as community centers to educate and
enlighten the community.
Calder and Clugston (2003) proposed an agreement between the
university and the institutions of government of the role and functions of
the university in relation to the sustainability of such an initiative is a
partnership in research and development.
SUSTAINABILITY TEACHING
AND RESEARCH ON UPSI
A comprehensive approach is capable to
optimize the role of the university as an
agent of change.
Perform on operations campus.
University research that will significantly
focus on sustainable development.
Disciplined, professional, liberal arts and
general education requirements at the
university should be applied to create a
sustainable campus.
CONCLUSION
Sustainable university is an organization that has a
sustainability strategy that is flexible enough to take into
account the dynamics of internal and external environment,
proactive visionary management, strong organizational
culture, which is widely recognized prestige, enjoys the
support of the community.
Establishment of a sustainable campus is vital to ensure a
comfortable and healthy environment to the community.
Provision of proper facilities will further enhance the
students to preserve teaching and research and will
indirectly provide awareness to the university about the
importance of planning for a more sustainable campus and
harmony in order to protect the campus environment more
comfortable and harmonious.