GORD enters Korea’s formal higher education system through five-university climate consortium
<p>Doha, Qatar: The Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD) has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the HUSS Environmental Consortium, comprising Kookmin University, Duksung Women’s University, University of Ulsan, Inha University and Chosun University, establishing a new academic cooperation framework.</p> <p>The framework focused on the integration of the…
Doha, Qatar - The Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD) has entered Korea's higher education system through a strategic partnership with the HUSS Environmental Consortium, a group of five universities. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) aims to integrate the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) modules into the universities' degree programs, fostering climate change education, sustainability research, international carbon markets, and the development of specialized climate professionals.
The collaboration, signed by GORD's Founding Chairman Dr. Yousef Alhorr and university representatives, consolidates the five universities under a single cooperation framework. The MoU emphasizes the incorporation of GSAS modules into existing curricula, with joint lectures, workshops, and seminars on climate change and global carbon markets. Since the modules will be integrated into running programs, GORD will expand its GSAS academic reach without incurring additional financial costs.
The five universities are part of the climate crisis consortium under Korea's Humanities and Social Sciences Convergence Talent Programme, supported by the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea. Through this consortium, the universities collaborate on interdisciplinary curricula that align academic learning with evolving climate, sustainability, and policy needs.
Dr. Alhorr emphasized the partnership's potential to bridge academic learning with industry, policy, and real-world implementation, creating a model that can be replicated across the region.
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