Survey Study on Attitudes to Multi-Dimensional Sustainable Development with U.K. MSc Students

Melles, Gavin

doi:10.3390/socsci8030075

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“…It educates farmers on how to increase the agricultural produce via accurate planning that reduces the cost and increases the product, in addition to keeping the environment through proper disposal of waste and packaging consumables and participating in vaccination campaigns against Epidemic diseases. In brief, these results corroborate the results of (e.g., Carter & Marx, 2016;Devereux, 2008;Measham & Barnett, 2008;Melles, 2019) in relation to the fact that the environmental issue and its protection has been a main and intrinsic dimension in sustainable development which cannot be established on weak resources. The environment cannot be protected when there is no development and so governments alone cannot establish sustainable development without voluntary participation to play a significant role in education and development of environmental awareness and modification of developmental conduct.…”

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confidence: 86%

The Role of Voluntary Work in the Improvement of the Social Capital and Sustainable Development in Saudi Society

AL-shahrani

Hammad

2019

HSSR

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Purpose: The present study aimed to identify the role of voluntary work in improving the social capital and enhancing sustainable development in the Saudi community. Methodology: Participants were (245) volunteers who were members of the Saudi Volunteer Organization (Takatuf). Their ages were between (20-26) years and were all dwelling in Riyadh. The descriptive survey method was used and the main study instrument was a questionnaire developed by the researchers. Main Findings: Analysis of the gathered data to answer the main two questions in the study revealed that voluntary work has a significant role in improving the social capital and achieving sustainable development in the Saudi community. Novelty/Originality of this study: In light of these findings, this study showed the importance of urging people in charge to seriously take into consideration this vital issue related to voluntary work and provide all possible support to institutions of voluntary work in Saudi Arabia in order to help to spread the culture of voluntary work. Moreover, people in charge were recommended to view voluntary work from the perspective of its effective contribution to the development of the social capital and achievement of sustainable development within the community, rather than the perspective of voluntary work as a charitable action.

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The Role of Voluntary Work in the Improvement of the Social Capital and Sustainable Development in Saudi Society

AL-shahrani

Hammad

2019

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“…Lévesque (2013) argues the shared responsibility between the public and private sectors, requiring uprooting the myth of innovation as an activity tied to enterprise organizations. This emphasizes the role of the state in the undertaking of social change and of the participation of the other social institutions in the framework of the advance in the sustainable development of territories (Melles 2019) through applied solutions such as the diversification of sectors, generation of responsible technologies, and the opportunity for growth and community advancement.…”

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confidence: 99%

Social Innovation in the Non-Profit Organization Framework: A Review

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This article reviews the literature related to the concepts of social innovation and non-profit organizations, applying a bibliometric analysis to the last five years of publications in the Scopus platform and Web of Science. The results suggest that these concepts complement rather than exclude each other, as social innovation can add to the social value of this type of organization. The social commitment of non-profit organizations and its relevance to integrating an innovative approach in their management is also discussed as a way to confront social problems through innovation and promote more participation and development in the social sector.

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“…To carry out this search, the Web of Science database was basically used, searching for different combinations of terms such as "Sustainable Development Goals", "SDG", "Survey", Questionnaire", "Perception", "University students", or "Awareness". Some works have been found that use surveys regarding the SDGs in different university environments [2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10]. But for the most part they are focused on knowing the degree of knowledge of the SDGs [2,7,10], and their degree of implementation, attitudes or actions adopted by Universities [8,9].…”

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“…Some works have been found that use surveys regarding the SDGs in different university environments [2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10]. But for the most part they are focused on knowing the degree of knowledge of the SDGs [2,7,10], and their degree of implementation, attitudes or actions adopted by Universities [8,9]. Therefore, these surveys and their main objective are different from the approach that we try to give in this work, in which we try to find out mainly what is the perception that students have regarding the SDGs, and to a lesser extent, also what is the degree of awareness they have about them.…”

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The Perception of the SDGS in University Students: Overview and Survey Design

Guerola-Navarro¹,

Oltra-Badenes²,

Gil-Gómez³

et al. 2022

EDULEARN Proceedings

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) define objectives to be achieved by the year 2030. Therefore, there are less than eight years left to fulfil the purposes indicated in them, and unfortunately, everything indicate that this will not be the case, and the established objectives will not be achieved on time.Situations such as those seen daily in the global environment in terms of poverty, inequality, even in relation to unthinkable wars, such as the one between Russia and Ukraine, make the SDGs more important every day, and humanity should have them as benchmark for the development of a global society. However, the situation is quite the opposite, and although there are initiatives and a certain degree of knowledge of these SDGs, society is far from the necessary awareness and perception of their importance to achieve them.Given this lack of awareness and perception of the SDGs as something essential for the development and survival of human beings on the planet, it is essential to train young people about it. And, above all, to those who are destined to manage and direct the world in the future. They need to perceive the importance of these SDGs, something that goes far beyond seeing the SDGs as a political weapon with which to try to win votes as it seems that many of the young people perceive this UN initiativeTo carry out all this, it is essential to know what university students, who will be the leaders of the future, think about it, and how they perceive the SDGs. For this reason, a survey has been designed to obtain this information. This article focuses on presenting that survey and its design. This survey differs from others related to the SDGs, which focus more on finding out what students know about the SDGs. However, this survey focuses more on knowing how the SDGs are perceived, and if students believe that their future work can influence achieving any of them.Depending on the results that can be obtained through this survey, it will be possible to know how to approach the training of students in SDGs, so that they can exploit their knowledge, at a "technical" level, always in line with the achievement of the SDGs.

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Survey Study on Attitudes to Multi-Dimensional Sustainable Development with U.K. MSc Students

Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

The Role of Voluntary Work in the Improvement of the Social Capital and Sustainable Development in Saudi Society

The Role of Voluntary Work in the Improvement of the Social Capital and Sustainable Development in Saudi Society

Social Innovation in the Non-Profit Organization Framework: A Review

The Perception of the SDGS in University Students: Overview and Survey Design

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