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ALL SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENT GOALS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA

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Reducing marine pollution

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 13  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024-ongoing |  Link
Description: Reducing marine pollution (policy) The University has a policy aimed at preventing and reducing marine pollution in line with Israeli laws and regulations, which impose strict restrictions on all forms of marine pollution, particularly from land-based activities such as sewage and waste treatment. The relevant legislation includes: (more…)

Enhance walkability and accessibility while addressing the unique challenges of our campus landscape

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024-ongoing |  Link
Description: The University of Haifa campus is situated atop Mount Carmel, featuring a terrain with significant slopes. Over the years, numerous efforts have been made to enhance walkability and accessibility, addressing the unique challenges of the landscape. The map below highlights pedestrian pathways that lead to and traverse the campus, (more…)

Improving buildings energy efficiency by establishing photovoltaic systems

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024-ongoing |  Link
Description: The University of Haifa places great importance on improving the energy efficiency of its buildings and setting high standards. Therefore, university representatives are looking into establishing photovoltaic systems through a developer. The system will generate electricity and reduce the production of electricity from fossil sources (fuel). (more…)

Landscape and Gardening Framework

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024-ongoing |  Link
Description: The university campus is built in the heart of the Carmel Park nature reserve. The interaction with the surrounding nature presents man(training and maintaining a firebreak), creating artificial barriers (fencing against wild boars, etc.) while preserving the connection to nature—such as views of the landscape, access to resting spots in nature, and the conservation and enhancement of the natural vegetation diversity. (more…)

Tracking Water Consumption

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024-ongoing |  Link
Description: Water consumption is closely monitored on several levels: Overall water consumption , Water consumption per building and Water consumption for gardening & irrigation The table below presents water consumption for various buildings for weekends only. As activity during the weekend tends to be less extensive, variations in the Baseline Consumption can be detected. (more…)

Food on campus sourced from farms practicing sustainability

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 02  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024-ongoing |  Link
Description: The University created a plan to ensure that food on campus is sourced from sustainably farmed practices. As part of this initiative, the University has implemented a contract with food suppliers to mandate their commitment to procuring fresh produce from local farmers to the greatest extent possible. These sustainable food options are offered to the whole diverse university community,
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Tracking dropouts by socio-economic status

By: The university administration
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 01  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024 |  Link
Description: The university offers scholarships determined on the basis of the applicants’ socioeconomic background and targets students who fall into the bottom scale of household income group. (more…)

Long running coaches’ course

By: The Sport Center, University of Haifa
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: The Sport Center; The External Studies Unit, University of Haifa  | Time: 2024 |  Link
Description: The school for coaches and sport instructors, operating as part of cooperation between the External Studies Unit and Sports Center at the University of Haifa, to open a new course for preparing long running coaches. Members of the university community are entitled to a 10% discount. (more…)

Online birth update form for administrative and senior academic staff

By: Human Resources Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 05, SDG 08  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024-ongoing |  Link
Description: The Human Resources Department has launched a new online birth update form. The form is intended for use by administrative and senior academic staff. (more…)

New Virtual Reality lab in the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library

By: Online Learning Unit, Rector’s Office
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 09  |  Units: Online Learning Unit, Rector’s Office; Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa  | Time: 2024- ongoing |  Link
Description: Online Learning Unit and Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library invited the university’s academic staff to introductory meeting with the new Virtual Reality lab, opened in the library. VR lab is intended to provide lecturers with new and promising teaching tool, which will at the same time also upgrade their students’ learning experience. (more…)

Academic Opportunities in Germany: Leading Institutes & Short-Term Grants

By: The Division of Global Engagement
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 04  |  Units: Rector’s Office  | Time: 2024 |  Link
Description: In July 2024 the Global Engagement Team at the Rector’s Office held an informational session to explore various research opportunities in Germany, sponsored by several prestigious German foundations. (more…)

Writing marathon for the first-generation higher education research students

By: The Division for Diversity, Inclusion and Community, University of Haifa
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 10, SDG 04  |  Units: The Division for Diversity, Inclusion and Community; Graduate Studies Authority -Bloom Graduate School; Research Authority; Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Poverty and Social Exclusion  | Time: 2024 |  Link
Description: The Division for Diversity, Inclusion and Community at the University of Haifa, in cooperation with Graduate Studies Authority – Bloom Graduate School, Research Authority, and Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Poverty and Social Exclusion, issued a call for the first-generation higher education research students to participate in the writing marathon. The marathon offers an opportunity to devote an entire day to the advancement of research, (more…)

New video tutorial on hidden gender biases

By: Gender Equity Unit
Published in: Improve IT
SDGs : SDG 05  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024 |  Link
Description: The Gender Equity Unit at the University of Haifa in collaboration with Improve IT company, has produced new video tutorial on hidden gender biases. The tutorial is intended to describe what hidden gender biases are and to provide tools to deal with them. It is structured in the form of questions and answers, includes textual definitions and examples, along with illustrative cartoon videos. (more…)

Definition and control of employment processes and rights of employees hired by hours

By: The university administration
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 08  |  Units: Administration  | Time: ongoing |  Link
Description: The university is committed to guarantee the rights of employees hired by hours or outsourced. As part of this commitment, the university has a written procedure that defines and controls the employment processes and rights of the employees in this sector (see attached link). Appendix No. 3 to the procedure specifies the main employment rights as follows: (more…)

Tracking students, graduates, and candidates by Ethnic Minorities and Geography – 2023

By: The university administration
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 04, SDG 10  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2024 |  Link
Description: Tracking table of students, graduates, and candidates by Ethnic Minorities and Geography has been updated for the academic year 2022-2023. (more…)

Energy-efficient renovation and building

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 07  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2022 |  Link
Description: The university of Haifa is a leader in environmental responsibility, both within
campus and outside. This plan addresses legislative compliance in relation to campus
operations, climate action, and environmental impact. The university of Haifa is subject to all environmental legislation, including but not
limited to, those relating to environmental planning, land and water management. (more…)

Water-conscious building standards

By: Operations Department
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 06  |  Units: Administration  | Time: 2022 |  Link
Description: The university’s water management strategy entails enhancing water use efficiency,
promoting responsible water usage, and substituting traditional non-potable water sources
with sustainable alternatives . All construction and renovation projects at the university adhere to water efficiency standards for fixtures and appliances (SDG 6.3.4). (more…)

Monitoring general food waste and waste from catering sites on campus

By: VERIDIS Environment
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 02  |  Units: Operations Department  | Time: ongoing |  Link
Description: The university produces detailed annual report including measures of food waste generated from food served within the university in general and specifically by the catering services, as specified in SDG 2.2.1. (more…)

The university’s policy on pay scale equity

By: Law book, 2846, 25.08.2020
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 05, SDG 08, SDG 10  |  Units: Wages Department  | Time: ongoing |  Link
Description: The university’s policy on pay scale equity is based on the Equal Pay Law, which requires it to send data on the salaries of faculty and staff to the treasury, where the data is analyzed and corrected if necessary – see section 6. p. 422. (more…)

Training session on library accessibility procedures and service for people with disabilities

By: Vice President and CEO office, University of Haifa; Dr. Yael Shraga Roitman, Ono Academic College
Published in:
SDGs : SDG 11  |  Units: Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa;
Accessibility and Learning Disabilities Department, Dean of Students, University of Haifa  | Time: 2023 |  Link
Description: On August 13, 2023, A training session was held for Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library employees on the library’s accessibility procedure and service for people with disabilities. The training is based on the procedure 28.11 from the List of university procedures (attached), which deals with “accessible service in the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library”. The session was delivered by Dr. Yael Shraga Roitman, an occupational therapist, licensed service accessibility professional, lecturer and researcher at Ono Academic College, on behalf of the Accessibility and Learning Disabilities Department, Dean of Students, University of Haifa. (more…)