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    Development of an assessment tool for prioritizing influencing factors of sustainability in higher education
    (2020-08-31)
    Jungthawan, Siripong
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    The United Nations set 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in August 2015 as a blueprint to achieve sustainable future for all nations at all levels. Higher education institutions are expected to significantly contribute to the goal, as they must produce the human resources and research necessary for achieving sustainability. In October 2019, Times Higher Education (THE) launched the THE University Impact Rankings, which encouraged universities to focus efforts that pose positive impacts on SDGs in the areas related to the university's operation. Since SDGs and their targets may have different priorities in different countries, we examined the perspectives of stakeholders in 16 Thai universities ranked in the THE World University Rankings to prioritize the SDG areas on which the universities should focus. We expect that this study will be used by Thai university executives to optimize resources spent on achieving better sustainability performance.
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    Development of locally designed smart bike-sharing system on Thai campus: Lessons learnt of a pilot-scale study
    (2020-08-31)
    Pakdeewanich, Chitsanu
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    Campus-wide bike-sharing program is one of the solutions for achieving sustainability in higher education. It also contributes to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Smart bike-sharing systems have been implemented in some Thai cities and Thai universities since 2012. The systems were provided by foreign companies and developers. A locally designed smart bike-sharing system have been developed and pilot-scale tested at a Thai university. Many problems were found throughout the test-period, while design changes and application modifications were conducted to address the issues. The changes were done to make the system appropriate for the context of Thai university and users' demands. This paper discusses the development process and lessons learnt from this locally designed system. The results can be used by developers and software designers of bike-sharing industry to provide better design and implementation for Thailand market.