FIDA launch new open access Education from Scotland
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Wednesday 12th May 2021 sees the launch of FIDA (Futures Institute at Dollar Academy) – an open-access online learning platform that empowers young people to learn in new ways, through innovative projects rooted in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). It has been created to address three fundamental challenges – sustainability, equitable access to education, and the need for curricular reform.
The platform enables young people to work with experts from industry and universities to better understand, and design solutions to, some of the most complex challenges we face, such as climate change, poverty, and social injustice. There is a wide variety of ways young people can get involved, with a core offering of 17 Global Challenges – one for each of the UN SDGs.
ICE Expands ESG Reference Data Service And Shares Key Findings From Database Date
Data shows 48% of U.S. large-cap companies disclose carbon emissions
62% of companies in the ICE U.S. 1000 Index have at least 25% female board representation
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, today announced that it has expanded its environmental, social and governance (ESG) reference data platform to include high-quality, granular data that enables actionable comparisons across companies and sectors. The company also shared a selection of findings from across each of the three categories.
ICE’s ESG reference data service now includes coverage of companies in key indices, including the ICE® U.S. 1000 Index, which measures the performance of the top 1,000 U.S. listed companies, representing some of the most well-known and largest capitalized companies in the world. ICE’s research team continues to updat
The Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Regional Center of Quality and Excellence in Education (RCQE), Saudi Arabia, to collaborate on projects in meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.
In a signing ceremony which took place virtually concurrently in RCQE and IEPA in Cape Coast, the Director of IEPA, Dr. Michael Boakye-Yiadom remarked that, “IEPA is excited to be partnering with other Category II Institutes in education beyond West Africa, to learn, share ideas and partner on research. This partnership with RCQE is one of many that will promote the advancement of educational planning and excellence in West Africa specifically and globally as a whole.”
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