University responsability in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract

The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development approved by United Nations should be promoted by higher education institutions. A great way to achieve this goal is to foster awareness on sustainability and development to undergraduate students considering their different studies areas. This paper present results obtained from the first and forth objectives from EDINSOST project. EDINSOST is a Spanish project focused on training in Sustainability in higher educational Spanish system. In this case, the results provided come from the general competences on Sustainability from nine different Spanish universities. In this case we focus on the review of the general competences on Sustainability and a competences map which allows us to assess the different degree studies. Additionally, we will focus on the results from the perception of student’s analysis regarding Sustainability in Pedagogy and Social Education degrees. Focusing on the most relevant contributions related view and assessment of Sustainability, their formative experience within university and their improvement proposals regarding methodology and curricular organization.