Search results

Sustainable development as well as sustainability is desired globally. However, the knowledge and consciousness of people on issues around sustainability remains questionable. Hence, the purpose of this study is to explore the sustainability consciousness (SC) of university students in South Africa.

Quantitative research methodology was adopted for this study. The sample comprised 1,591 randomly selected students from four South African universities. The data was collected through an online survey. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was used for analysis.

The findings of this study showed that there is need to consider country-specific contextual issues when considering factors capable of promoting the SC of students. Also, the incorporation of modules on sustainability has the potency of increasing the SC of students.

This study recommends, amongst others, the need for the revision of the curricula of universities to accommodate topical issues on sustainability that are capable of increasing the consciousness of students on the subject. In addition, pedagogical approaches that enhance sustainability knowledge and action (like green pedagogies) are required.

This study aims to explore the contribution of Enactus sustainability initiatives to youth empowerment and community development, thus analysing how South African higher education institutions can increase student involvement in Enactus projects across all faculties.

Using a systematic literature review approach, the authors searched the Web of Science database for 47 relevant studies, which were found and filtered using the search parameters, and then 33 articles that are strictly relevant to the main topic were chosen as the final corpus.

The authors found that Enactus facilitates community progress through transformative innovations and students gain valuable skills that increase their employability regardless of their field of study.

The focus of this study is confined to scholarly evidence acquired from peer-reviewed journals, hence empirical studies could be conducted by using literature from books, theses, bulletins, government white papers and gazettes.

These findings highlight several merits of Enactus skill-based training such as learning-by-doing, learning from failures and learning from entrepreneurs.

The study findings offer compelling evidence that student transformational innovations could facilitate sustainable development within communities.

Despite the crucial contribution of Enactus projects to nation-building worldwide, literature on this phenomenon in the context of South Africa is limited.