Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026: Sustainability ‘is in Asean universities’ DNA’
The SDGs give Asean universities a guide for prioritising their services to society, as well as a template for demonstrating their strengths

The SDGs give Asean universities a guide for prioritising their services to society, as well as a template for demonstrating their strengths


Improving sustainability and resilience can be a way of life for a higher education institution, writes Western Sydney University vice-chancellor George Williams

Lack of transparency over environmental impact of technology leaves universities struggling to assess carbon footprint

Eighth annual Sustainability Impact Ratings encourage institutions to consider what universities are good for, not just what they’re good at

High-profile case involving popular science communicator shines light on how institutions deal with research misconduct

Elite universities continue to see slow progress on widening participation measures, with proportion of disadvantaged students down compared with start of decade

Manchester knocks WSU off top spot, while lower income countries like Malaysia narrow the gap with wealthier competitors in tables showing best universities for sustainability, writes Patrick Jack

Research-led institutions have driven Manchester’s success under Burnham’s mayoralty but likely next prime minister’s support could be contingent on spreading prosperity beyond cities, sector figures...

The Sustainable Development Goals – and independent assessments based on them – help guide the University of Manchester towards its ‘north star’, writes vice-chancellor Duncan Ivison

Anxious students offer rich pickings for those offering to check their AI-likelihood scores, say Benjamin Luke Moorhouse and James Mian Jia

Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go

Joanna Newman joins under-pressure creative arts institution in the autumn

TU Delft plans to set aside 132 of 440 places in its programme for women to address decades of under-enrolments

Shadow minister says institutions delivering strong graduate outcomes should be better funded, with money taken off those failing to deliver for students