BGA | BUSINESS IMPACT
Benefits for current students The student learning experience can be enhanced by Back to School for the Planet in several ways: 1. First-hand accounts of how the sustainability strategies and concepts being taught may play out – or may have already been executed – in the professional world are integrated into the classroom discussion, thanks to presence of alumni with experience in the field. 2. Link creation between current students and participating alumni, leading to potential networking and employment opportunities.
to current students that this topic has become strategic for companies. It also sends a strong message to students, candidates and the wider community that the School is committed to providing lifelong learning on issues that matter, as part of its added value. How it works Alumni inclusion in your institution’s new sustainability education offering can take shape in a myriad of ways and can be adapted to School policy, course format and alumni availability.
High alumni engagement FLEXIBILITY IN ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT
Your School might invite its alumni to join current students in:
New courses dedicated to sustainability (for example, alumni are invited to join the 'Sustainability Essentials for Hospitality Managers' course) Select sustainability-dedicated sessions (for example, alumni are invited to join a session on sustainable supply chain management within an operations course) Specific curricular activities with a sustainability focus (for example, alumni are invited to act as jury members for final projects relating to sustainability) Specific co-curricular activities with a sustainability focus (for example, alumni are invited to join a sustainability leadership seminar or volunteer experience)
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Low alumni engagement
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