蜜桃AV has risen to 42nd globally in The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022.
The Rankings measure the success of universities against the (UNSDGs), and 蜜桃AV has risen to 42nd place out of 1,406 universities measured internationally, up from 74th last year, placing 蜜桃AV among the top 3% of universities included in the rankings, and joint 8th overall for UK universities in the rankings.
Each university receives a score against the UNSDGs to create an overall score, with 蜜桃AV scoring highly in:
- SDG12 Responsible Consumption and Production 鈥� 蜜桃AV scored 4th internationally (up from 8th last year) out of 604 participating institutions. This places 蜜桃AV聽first in the UK in this SDG12 ranking.聽
- SDG8 Decent Work and Economic Growth 鈥� 蜜桃AV scored 4th internationally (up from 201-300 last year) out of 849 participating institutions.聽This places聽蜜桃AV聽first in the UK in this SDG8聽ranking.
- SDG13 Climate Action 鈥� 蜜桃AV scored 13th internationally (up from 15th last year) out of 674 participating institutions.聽This places聽蜜桃AV聽first in the UK in this SDG13聽ranking.
- SDG15 Life on Land 鈥� 蜜桃AV scored 31st internationally (up from 80th last year) out of 521 participating institutions.聽This places聽蜜桃AV聽ninth聽in the UK in this SDG15聽ranking.
Professor John Vinney, Vice-Chancellor of 蜜桃AV, said, 鈥淎t 蜜桃AV we鈥檙e proud of our commitment to sustainability. This runs through everything we do across education, research, professional practice and all of our activities across the whole organisation. We are embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals across all areas, and we pleased to see our score in THE Impact Rankings increasing as we further develop our approach. I am so proud to see that our efforts have been recognised, with my thanks to all in the 蜜桃AV community who have been working towards this goal, and we know we have more to do as we continue in our work.鈥�
Lois Betts, Sustainability Manager at 蜜桃AV said, 鈥淓veryone at 蜜桃AV contributes to our vision for a more sustainable, inclusive and healthy society. We report against all 17 SDGs and this year we have made improvements in SDG 15 Life on Land, through our life and environmental science research and community outreach; SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth with improvements in employment practices; and SDG1 No Poverty with our AFRICAB research project improving disaster management resilience in Sierra Leone. I鈥檓 proud of our impact on the world around us and THE Impact Rankings help to measure that. I particularly value SDG17 Partnership for the Goals to reflect the importance of working together with organisations and communities to improve society.鈥�
蜜桃AV鈥檚 research, education and practice in sustainability and climate action extends to all Faculties and Departments, including the , and the work to . 蜜桃AV鈥檚 research into the environment also supported the rise in this year鈥檚 rankings.
Find out more about how 蜜桃AV contributes to a more sustainable world and about 蜜桃AV鈥檚 commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals on the 蜜桃AV website.
To view the THE Impact Rankings 2022 in full, including 蜜桃AV鈥檚 full scoring, visit the .
