28 May 2025 | Past Events, Universities & SDGs

Webinar: Cross-sector partnerships for SDG education

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Tuesday, 10 June 2025

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Partnering with people and organisations involved in addressing the SDGs in the “real world” can significantly enrich and strengthen education for sustainable development (ESD) content and programs in higher education. This session shared inspiring examples of cross-sector partnerships for ESD from our region, and explored the benefits of pursuing such partnerships, good practices for making them work, and opportunities for scaling them up.

Speakers:

A/Prof Donella Caspersz, Director, UN Principles for Responsible Management Education, UWA Business School, University of Western Australia – WA SDGs Challenge
Francine Crimmins, Program and Partnerships Manager, Transdisciplinary School, University of Technology Sydney – UTS Transdisciplinary Electives
Dr Sarah Gosper, Deputy Director, Global Immersion Guarantee Program, Monash University – Monash Global Immersion Guarantee
Dr Ray O’Brien, Tumuaki, Toitū te Taiao | Head of Sustainability, University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka – Summer scholarship programme: Pūhau ana te rā: Tailwinds

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This webinar is a follow-up session of the ACTS & SDSN AusNZPac 2025 Regional Forum: Putting Education for the SDGs into Practice in Higher Education, which took place in March and April. It aims to continue the Forum discussion on how SDG 4.7 – which calls for all learners to acquire the knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development – can be practically implemented in our region.