THE University Impact Ranking

The UN General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity

The Agenda, with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) at its heart, provides a blueprint to face the greatest world challenges: eradicating poverty and fostering economic growth, social inclusion, environmental sustainability, peace and good governance for all nations by 2030.

Education, research and innovation will be essential to help society face social, economic and environmental challenges.

Within the context of the 2030 Agenda and as universities have a role in achieving SDG’s, Times Higher Education launched the THE University Impact ranking, that aims to measure universities’ impact on society based on institutions’success in delivering the 2030 Agenda goals.

Data will be collected from the University of Vigo for THE University Impact ranking and to measure its impact on society. Evidences to the questions about each goal are available at the following links:  

Does your university as a body have direct involvement in, or input into, national government SDG policy development - including identifying problems and challenges, developing policies and strategies, modelling likely futures with and without interventions, monitoring and reporting on interventions, and enabling adaptive management?

Observatorio da Cooperación Universitaria ao Desenvolvemento.

 

Does your university as a body initiate and participate in cross-sectoral dialogue about the SDGs, e.g. conferences involving government/NGOs?

Rede Galega de Cooperación Universitaria ao Desenvolvemento.

Conferencias sobre o cambio climático.

Xornadas "A cooperación universitaria ao desenvolvemento ante a Axenda 2030".

 

Does your university as a body participate in international collaboration on gathering or measuring data for the SDGs?

Rede Galega de Cooperación Universitaria ao Desenvolvemento.

Publicacións sobre o cambio climático (I).

Publicacións sobre o cambio climático (II).

 

Does your university as a body, through international collaboration and research, review comparative approaches and develop international best practice on tackling the SDGs?

DOCtoral program in Khmer universities Strengthening the International Development of Environmental and maritime research (DOCKSIDE) .

GIS-based infrastructure management system for optimized response to extreme events of terrestrial transport networks (SAFEWAY).

Publicacións de Carlos M. Jardon.

Software para o cálculo automático da fecundidade dos peixes: Enlace 1 / Enlace 2.

 

Does your university as a body collaborate with NGOs to tackle the SDGs through

Student volunteering programmes

Proxectos propios de voluntariado.

Proxectos con entidades alleas.

Proxectos con entidades alleas (Campus de Ourense).

Research programmes

Proxectos da agrupaciópn estratéxica ECOBAS.

Proxecto: Alternativas de alimentación para o desenvolvemento sostible.

Development of educational resources

DOCtoral program in Khmer universities Strengthening the International Development of Environmental and maritime research (DOCKSIDE) .

Proxecto Xoves para xoves.

Proxectos en execución da ORI.

Xornadas "A cooperación universitaria ao desenvolvemento ante a Axenda 2030".

UVigo TV - Xornadas "A cooperación universitaria ao desenvolvemento ante a Axenda 2030".

 

Please indicate for which SDG(s) your university publishes a sustainability report as part of the overall annual university report

Memorias de responsabilidade social.

Please indicate for which SDG(s) your university publishes a sustainability report as a separate report

Informes sobre a Pegada Ecolóxica.

Boletíns e recursos de igualdade.

Boletín mensual de RSU.

Please indicate for which SDG(s) data is published in an open format

Informes publicados no ámbito do medio ambiente.

 

Does your university as a body have current collaborations with local or global health institutions to improve health & wellbeing outcomes?

Local Collaborations

Singular Centre of Research (CINBIO).

Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur.

National collaborations

Rede Biobancos: Modelo de Análisis de Costes para biobancos.

Artigo: Implementation of a Cost-Accounting Model in a Biobank: Practical Implications.

Global collaborations

Artigo: Mutation and recombination in pathogen evolution: Relevance, methods and controversies.

Artigo: Microbial sequence typing in the genomic era.

Artigo: Forensic genetics and genomics: Much more than just a human affair.

Artigo: Heterogeneous recombination among Hepatitis B virus genotypes.

 

Does your university as a body deliver outreach programmes and projects in the local community (which can include student volunteering programmes) to improve or promote health & wellbeing including hygiene, nutrition, family planning, sports, exercise, aging well, and other health and wellbeing related topics?

Voluntariado e cooperación na Universidade de Vigo.

 

Does your university as a body share sports facilities with the local community, for instance with local schools or with the general public?

Instalacións e abonos deportivos.

 

Does your university as a body provide students access to free sexual and reproductive health-care services including information and education services?

Saúde e benestar na Universidade de Vigo.

Formación para a prevención e sanción do acoso sexual e por razón de sexo.

Martes Convida.

Día Mundial da Saúde Sexual 2018 .

Xornada de prevención e sensibilización da violencia sexual na mocidade:

Noticia: O alumnado do campus coñece a proba rápida do VIH.

Hábitos saudables.

Noticia: Os Martes Saudables despídense ata o vindeiro cuadrimestre facendo fincapé no coidado integral da saúde.

 

Does your university as a body provide students and staff with access to free mental health support

Gabinete psicopedagóxico.

 

Lifelong learning opportunities provided

Does your university as a body provide access to educational resources for those not studying at the university, e.g. computers, library, online courses, access to lectures, etc?

Axenda da Universidade de Vigo.

Obradoiros e outros cursos.

Aprendizaxe en liña.

Noticia: obradoiros do segundo cuadrimstre 2018/2019.

 

Does your university as a body host events at university that are open to the general public: public lectures, community educational events?

Axenda da Universidade de Vigo.

 

Does your university as a body host events at university that are open to the general public: executive education programmes (this refers to short courses for people who are not attending the university; this specifically excludes courses like MBA) & capacity-building for business & government, vocational training?

Cursos propios.

MOOCs do Campus do Mar.

Programa Universitario de Maiores.

 

Does your university as a body undertake educational outreach activities (e.g. tailored lectures or demonstrations) beyond campus, e.g. in local schools, in the community, including voluntary student-run schemes?

Divulgación da investigación.

Novas e programas de divulgación.

Ciencia Singular.

 

Does your university as a body have a policy that ensures that access to these activities is accessible to all, regardless of ethnicity, religion, disability or gender?

Policy created (1993).

Policy reviewed (2003).

Policy reviewed (2010).

 

Access measures

Does your university as a body systematically measure/track women’s application rate, acceptance/entry rate and study completion rate at the university?

Indicadores académicos de estudos de grao.

Informe participación feminina nas xuntas de centro das Facultades e Escolas da Universidade de Vigo (2017).

 

Does your university as a body have a policy (e.g. an Access and Participation plan) addressing women’s applications, acceptance/entry, and participation at the university?

Policy created (2012).

Policy reviewed (2016).

 

Does your university as a body provide women’s access schemes (e.g. mentoring, scholarships, or targeted support)?

Plans de Acción Titorial.

 

Does your university as a body encourage applications by women in subjects where they are underrepresented?

Obradoiros Elas fan CienTec 2018: Folleto / enlace 1 / enlace 2 / enlace 3.

UVigoTV: Día Internacional da Muller e a Nena na Ciencia 2018.

 

Policies

Does your university as a body have a policy of non-discrimination against women?

Políticas de Igualdade.

Policy created (2012).

Policy reviewed (2016).

 

Does your university as a body have a policy of non-discrimination for transgender people?

Policy created (2018).

 

Does your university as a body have a maternity and paternity policies that support women’s participation?

Policy created (2016).

Normativa do permiso de xestación retribuido.

 

Does your university as a body have accessible childcare facilities for students which allow recent mothers to attend university courses?

Familia.

Escolas infantis da Universidade de Vigo.

 

Does your university as a body have childcare facilities for staff and faculty?

Familia.

Escolas infantis da Universidade de Vigo.

 

Does your university as a body have women’s mentoring schemes, in which at least 10% of female students participate?

No, it doesn´t

 

Does your university as a body have measurement/tracking of women’s likelihood of graduating compared to men’s, and schemes in place to close any gap?

Indicadores de centros e titulacións.

 

Does your university as a body have a policy that protects those reporting discrimination from educational or employment disadvantage?

Policy created (2018).

 

Does your university as a body pay all staff and faculty at least the living wage, defined as the local “living wage” (if government defines this) or the local poverty indicator for a family of four (expressed as an hourly wage)?

Salarios e impostos.

Lei do Estatuto Básico do Empregado Público.

Lei de Orzamentos Xerais do Estado para o ano 2018..

 

Does your university as a body recognise unions & labour rights (freedom of association & collective bargaining) for all, including women & international staff?

Eleccións sindicais.

 

Does your university as a body have a policy on discrimination in the workplace (including discrimination based on religion, sexuality, gender, age)?

Policy created (1993).

Policy reviewed (2003).

Policy reviewed (2010).

 

Does your university as a body have a policy commitment to no forced labour, no modern slavery and no human trafficking, and no child labour?

Constitución Española.

Estatutos da Universidade de Vigo.

 

Does your university as a body have a policy on guaranteeing equivalent rights of workers if/when outsourcing activities to third parties?

No, it doesn´t

 

Does your university as a body have a policy on pay scale equity including a commitment to measurement and elimination of gender pay gaps?

No, it doesn´t

 

Does your university as a body measure/track pay scale gender equity?

Informe: análise das traxectorias profesionais de mulleres na Universidade de Vigo (2015).

 

Does your university as a body have a process for employees to appeal on employee rights and/or pay?

Lei do Estatuto Básico do Empregado Público.

Ley do Estatuto dos Traballadores.

 

Access to university

Does your university as a body have an admissions policy which is non-discriminatory or which details and explains the logic for any appropriate positive discrimination policies in admissions, which is publicly posted?

Policy created (1993).

Policy reviewed (2003).

Policy reviewed (2010).

 

Does your university as a body measure/track applications & admissions of underrepresented (and potentially underrepresented) groups including ethnic minorities, low income students, non-traditional students, women, LGBT students, disabled students etc?

II Plan de Igualdade da Universidade de Vigo.

 

Does your university as a body deliver programmes to recruit students/staff/faculty from under-represented groups?

No, it doesn´t

 

Does your university as a body have anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies?

Policy created (2012).

Policy reviewed (2016).

 

Does your university as a body have a diversity and equality committee, office and/or officer (or the equivalent) tasked by the administration or governing body to advise on and implement policies, programmes, and trainings related to diversity, equity, inclusion and human rights on campus?

Igualdade na Universidade de Vigo.

Unidade de Igualdade.

Comisión de Igualdade.

 

Does your university as a body provide mentoring/counselling/peer support programmes to support students, staff, faculty from underrepresented groups?

Programa de formación permanente do profesorado.

Plans de acción titorial.

MEET-UVigo - Modelo titorial baseado na mentoría.

 

Does your university as a body provide cross-cultural training/awareness campaigns or education programmes?

Afondar na igualdade.

 

Arts and heritage

Does your university as a body provide public access to buildings, monuments or natural heritage landscapes of cultural significance?

Os campus da Universidade de Vigo.

Rutas pola universidade.

Rutas para colexios.

 

Does your university as a body provide public access to libraries including books and publications?

Regulamento da biblioteca.

Normativa de préstamo da biblioteca.

 

Does your university as a body provide public access to museums, exhibition spaces / galleries and/or works of art and artifacts?

Axenda da Universidade de Vigo.

 

Does your university as a body provide free public access to open spaces and green spaces?

Os campus da Universidade de Vigo.

Rutas pola universidade.

Rutas para colexios.

 

Does your university as a body contribute to local arts, in terms of number of annual public performances of university choirs / theatre groups / orchestras etc?

Cultura na Universidade de Vigo.

 

Does your university as a body deliver projects to record and/or preserve intangible cultural heritage such as local folklore, traditions, language, and knowledge?

Lingua na Universidade de Vigo.

Cultura na Universidade de Vigo.

 

Sustainable practices

Does your university as a body measure and set targets for more sustainable commuting (walking, cycling or other non-motorized transport, vanpools, carpools, shuttlebus or public transportation, motorcycle, scooter or moped, or electric vehicles)?

Programa de Mobilidade Sostible.

Pegada ecolóxica da universidade.

Transporte na universidade.

Liñas de bus á universidade.

 

Does your university as a body undertake actions to promote the % of more sustainable commuting (e.g. provision of free or subsidised buses or shared transport schemes, provision of bicycle parking & storage facilities, provision of cycle tracks, a bicycle and pedestrian plan or policy, bicycle sharing programme, free or reduced price transit passes, car/van pool or ride sharing programme, reduced parking fees or preferential parking for carpool or vanpool users, car sharing programme, provision of electric vehicle recharging stations, preferred parking for fuel-efficient vehicles)?

Programa de Mobilidade Sostible.

Pegada ecolóxica da universidade.

Transporte na universidade.

Liñas de bus á universidade.

 

Does your university as a body promote or allow telecommuting or remote working for employees as a matter of policy or standard practice, and/or offer a condensed working week to reduce employee commuting?

No, it doesn´t.

 

Does your university as a body provide affordable housing for employees?

No, it doesn´t.

 

Does your university as a body provide affordable housing for students?

Aloxamento na universidade.

 

Does your university as a body prioritise pedestrian access on campus?

Green Campus.

 

Does your university as a body work with local authorities to address planning issues/development, including ensuring that local residents are able to access affordable housing?

Mesa sectorial "A gobernanza no territorio transfronteirizo".

Programa do "I Fórum do río Miño transfronteirizo".

Article: Climate Change, Buildings and Energy Prices.

 

Does your university as a body build new buildings to sustainable standards (if ‘yes’, are you following a national standard or body, e.g. the world green building council, that certifies it? Please indicate)?

The Water Campus Centre is built with sustainable criteria but is not yet certified.

The Breeam certificate will be requested for a building under construction and for other in rehabilitation.

 

Does your university as a body build on brownfield sites, where possible (brownfield sites are those where there has been previous, recent building)?

No, it doesn´t.

 

Does your university as a body have a policy on ethical sourcing of food and supplies?

Martes Saudables.

Campaña "Produción e consumos reponsables".

 

Does your university as a body have a policy on waste disposal - Covering hazardous materials?

Política ambiental dos servizos da universidade.

Oficina de Medio Ambiente.

 

Does your university as a body have a policy on waste disposal - To measure the amount of waste sent to landfill and recycled?

Pegada ecolóxica da universidade.

 

Does your university as a body have policies around use minimisation - Of disposable items?

No, it doesn´t.

 

Does your university as a body have policies around use minimisation - Of plastic?

No, it doesn´t.

 

Do these policies extend to outsourced suppliers and the supply chain - Services?

No, it doesn´t.

 

Environmental Education

Does your university as a body provide local education programmes or campaigns on climate change risks, impacts, mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning?

Noticias en prensa de Juan A. Añel.

Noticas en prensa de Xavier Labandeira Villot.

Future Oceans Around (FOA) .

Program to support women in fisheries.

Article: The role of non-natural capital in the coproduction of marine ecosystem services.

Article: Impacts and responses to environmental change in coastal livelihoods of south-west Bangladesh.

Plan Estratéxico Posadas 2022 - Participación do profesor Carlos María Fernández-Jardón Fernández.

 

Does your university as a body have a university Climate Action plan, shared with local government and/or local community groups

No, it doesn´t.

 

Does your university as a body participate in co-operative planning for climate change disasters, working with government?

Proxecto Risc Miño-Limia.

CLOCK Project.

Contribution to the Spanish Marine Strategy 2020.

FOL collaborates with the regional government to study Galician small-scale fisheries.

 

Does your university as a body inform and support local or regional government in local climate change disaster/risk early warning and monitoring?

FOL collaborates with the regional government to study Galician small-scale fisheries.

FOL in Copenhagen for a Vulnerability workshop.

Elena Ojea will be Lead Author on the 6th IPCC Report.

Plan Estratéxico Posadas 2022 - Participación do profesor Carlos María Fernández-Jardón Fernández.

 

Does your university as a body collaborate with NGOs on climate adaptation?

WWF workshop for MPA management.

 

Governance

Does your university as a body have elected representation on the university’s highest governing body from: students (both undergratuate and graduate), faculty, staff (non-non faculty employees)

Claustro universitario.

 

Does your university as a body recognise a students’ union?

Asociacións universitarias.

 

Does your university as a body have written policies and procedures to identify local stakeholders external to the university and engage with them?

No, it doesn´t

 

Does your university as a body have an existence of participatory bodies to recognize and engage local stakeholders, including local residents, local government, local private, local civil society representatives?

Consello Social da UVigo.

 

Does your university as a body have a publication of the university's principles and commitments on organized crime, corruption & bribery

Regulamento de transparencia da universidade.

Código ético institucional da Xunta de Galicia.

 

Does your university as a body have a policy on supporting academic freedom (freedom to choose areas of research and to speak and teach publicly about the area of their research)?

Policy created (1993) .

Policy reviewed (2003) .

Policy reviewed (2010).

 

Does your university as a body have a publication of university financial data?

Xestión económica e contratación.

Información económica e orzamentaria.

Orzamentos da Universidade de Vigo.

 

Participation in local, regional and national government (and others)

Does your university as a body provide specific expert advice to local, regional or national government (e.g. through policy guidance, participation in committees, provision of evidence)?

Local

Padroado da Fundación Penzol.

Padroado da Fundación Isla Couto.

Membros da Fundación PROVIGO.

Membros da Asociación Nacional de Investigadores de Literatura Infantil e Xuvenil .

Regional

Jaime Cabeza Pereiro.

Membros que integran o Consello Galego de Estatística.

National

Comisión para o Estudo do Cambio Climático.

Xavier Labandeira.

 

Does your university as a body provide outreach, general education, upskilling and capacity-building to policy- and law-makers on relevant topics e.g. economics, law, technology, climate change?

Máster Universitario en Dirección Pública e Liderado Institucional: Ficha no portal da UVigo e web propia.

Noticias en prensa de Juan A. Añel.

Conferencias de de Juan A. Añel.

Membros de Economics for Energy.

Eventos de Xavier Labandeira Villot.

 

Does your university as a body undertake policy-focused research in collaboration with government departments?

Noticias en prensa de Juan A. Añel.

Conferencias de de Juan A. Añel.

Membros de Economics for Energy.

Eventos de Xavier Labandeira Villot.

 

Does your university as a body provide a neutral platform and ‘safe’ space for different political stakeholders to come together to frankly discuss challenges?

Axenda da universidade.