SUSTAINABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Abstract

The purpose of the study is aimed at integrating the perspective of the sustainability in the qualifications of higher education through the incorporation of activities in the learning process, in order to facilitate the development of cross-cutting core competencies related to sustainability.

We conducted an empirical study with a cross-section of a Faculty of the University of Valencia, which boasts academic posts to analyze the challenges and opportunities that involve the introduction of sustainability in university teaching, on the aspects referred to in the document «Sustainable Bologna»
based on the letter University of higher education for a sustainable development of the network Copérnicus-Campus constituted within the CRE (European Rectors Conference).

The methodology used is a descriptive-exploratory and evaluative structure based on a SWOT analysis. The data obtained allow us to describe the initial situation of heading in relation to the introduction of sustainability in university
teaching to generate dialogue design discipline and facilitate the implementation of the institutional commitment reflected in the Strategic Plan «Campus sostenible | UV», the framework of actions that define the corporate strategy of sustainability of the Universitat de Valencia.