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Education and Research This session will be DELIVERED VIRTUALLY - joining instructions will be provided beforehand.

This activity is for Research active staff and would be particularly useful to Early Career Researchers.

About this course:

The course aims to help researchers understand how these goals can shape and enhance the impact of their work.

Key areas covered include:.

- Understanding the SDGs: A comprehensive overview of the 17 SDGs, their importance, and how they connect to different fields of research.

- Incorporating SDGs into Research: Methods and strategies for aligning your research with specific SDGs, ensuring that your work contributes to addressing critical global challenges.

- Interdisciplinary Approaches: Encouraging collaboration across fields to tackle the multi-dimensional nature of sustainable development.

- Measuring Impact: Tools for assessing and measuring how your research supports the achievement of SDGs and creates positive societal and environmental outcomes.

- Funding and Opportunities: Identifying funding sources, partnerships, and opportunities available to researchers focused on sustainability issues.

Learning outcomes:

As a result of attending this course, you will be able to:.

- Understand the SDGs Framework: Gain a clear understanding of the 17 SDGs, their targets, and their relevance to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, and inequality.

- Integrate SDGs into Research: Apply strategies to incorporate SDG principles into the design and implementation of their research projects, ensuring that their work contributes to sustainable development.

- Develop Interdisciplinary Solutions: Collaborate across different academic and professional fields to develop innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to addressing SDG-related challenges.

- Assess Research Impact: Use appropriate tools and frameworks to evaluate the social, environmental, and economic impact of their research in relation to the SDGs.

- Explore Funding and Collaboration Opportunities: Identify potential funding sources, grants, and partnerships aimed at supporting SDG-aligned research and projects.

Who should attend this course:

This activity is for Research active staff and would be particularly useful to Early Career Researchers looking to integrate sustainability into their research, making it more globally relevant and impactful.

Presenter(s):

Dr Anurag Roy (a.roy30@exeter.ac.uk)

What previous participants have said about the course:

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Previously presented this course as part of the QS Impact Skills Challenge programme (10 June 2024), where Anurag Roy served as a mentor.

In this role, he introduced the course to a postgraduate research (PGR) audience, helping them gain a comprehensive understanding of the SDGs framework, their role in addressing global challenges, and the key concepts and themes related to sustainable development.

"I gained valuable insights into how my research can contribute to addressing real-world challenges.

The focus on the SDGs gave my work more direction and purpose." ? 3rd year UG student from Morocco.

"Inspiring and informative.

I left with a deeper knowledge of the SDGs and practical strategies for integrating them into my research." - 1st year MS student from South Africa.

Before the course:

Viewing (not compulsory):.

https://dashboards.sdgindex.org/chapters .

https://www.exeter.ac.uk/about/sdgs/ .

A joining link will be provided beforehand.

Learning provider:

MAKE YOUR MARK - Research staff peer to peer development - This session is being delivered as part of a new pilot scheme of research staff peer to peer development titled `Make your Mark'.

The facilitator is kindly giving up their time voluntarily and willingly sharing their expertise to help the wider researcher community.

This course is administered by Researcher Development; please contact researcherdevelopent@exeter.ac.uk for more details.

If you register for any of our sessions, it is expected that you will attend.

If you are not able to attend please log in to the `iTrent' online system to remove your name from the relevant activity before it is due to take place.

You will be expected you to attend for the whole session and for ease of administration, attendance registers will be taken at the end of each session.

Should you need to leave a session early or you experience ongoing technical issues, please email ResearcherDevelopment@exeter.ac.uk.

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