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In 2022, Monash offered 89 units directly related to SDG17 with 4,689 total enrolments.
The units highlighted below are a small sample of the units at Monash relating to partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals:
The Global Immersion Guarantee (GIG) is Monash University’s flagship international study initiative bringing students together with sustainability practitioners in India, Malaysia, Samoa, Fiji, Indonesia and Italy to understand the impact of human activities on environments and to implement actions to advance the SDGs.
In total, 592 students participated in GIG in 2022 (with 573 successful completions), an 11 per cent increase in volumes for 2019, when the funded overseas experience was last offered. The GIG program also expanded to two new locations: Fiji and Delhi (Mumbai had been provided as a destination in previous years as part of the India program).
Monash is one of the principal partners in the Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education (YEAH) Network, a transdisciplinary, multi-institutional network that equips students with real-world experience of collaborative, evidence-based approaches to global environmental sustainability. The YEAH Network develops virtual classrooms at the undergraduate and graduate levels that provide environmental learning through structured and real-life experiences of international negotiations.
The Monash Sustainable Development Institute delivered the Leave No One Behind social enterprise program to 100 students in year nine at Kilvington Grammar School in Melbourne. Using the SDGs as a framework, students worked in teams to develop and pitch a social enterprise idea that addresses disadvantage and inequality in their local communities. Six finalist teams pitched their ideas during an expo event in front of their school community of friends, teachers and family, and three teams won prizes.
Other SDGs:
Through a packed three-day program featuring inspiring Monash staff, students, and guests, the Monash Graduate Association’s Be the Change Week 2022 engaged the whole Monash community on how we can all incorporate the 17 SDGs into everyday actions that are easy and fun.
Launched in 2022, Changing Behaviour for Sustainable Development is the SDG Academy’s first-ever dedicated course on how behaviour change can facilitate progress towards achieving the SDGs. The free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), hosted on the edX platform, was prepared by behaviour change and educational experts from BehaviourWorks Australia at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute, and explains how to harness behavioural insights to develop local and global solutions for addressing the SDGs.