Launch of the Master in Sustainable Development

Launch of the Master in Sustainable Development

The International University of Monaco celebrates the launch of its newest program – the Master in Sustainable Development – by joining the United Nations’ Higher Education Sustainability Initiative.

On the occasion of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 (Rio+20) the Dean, Dr. Patras, signed the Declaration committing to support the following actions:

- Teach sustainable development concepts, ensuring that they form a part of the core curriculum across all disciplines so that future higher education graduates develop skills necessary to enter sustainable development workforces and have an explicit understanding of...

Asian student in the running to create shoes for Kate Middleton

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Durham University

Durham University, England’s third oldest university after Oxford and Cambridge, has been a centre for learning in Europe for a thousand years. It boasts three faculties in Arts & Humanities, Science, and Social Science & Health respectively, 25 academic departments and 16 colleges. The university is home to more than 15,000 students representing 130 countries...