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Universities across the world are collaborating with actors outside the higher education sector to accelerate progress towards the United Nations¡¯ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a?new report from Times Higher Education outlines.

The report, Beyond the Sector: How university partnerships are accelerating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, uses data from THE¡¯s unique Impact Ranking dataset, which assesses how universities are performing against each of the 17 SDGs.

The report looks at country- and continent-wide data to analyse regional trends, including financial assistance provided to local start-ups; events for local farmers and food producers; collaboration with health institutions; and collaboration with industry, government and start-ups on energy efficiency.

Some key findings are:

• Universities are more likely to offer material and logistical support, such as incubator schemes, for local start-ups, than financial support (93?per cent compared with 75?per cent globally). The difference is largest in South America
• In Asia, there is wide variety in the provision of food security knowledge and collaboration with local farmers and food producers
• There is more national and global collaboration on health than on water security.

rosa.ellis@timeshighereducation.com