Overview
The University promotes healthy, responsible food provision on its campus and supports families in need in the communities around it.
The University pursues this goal across its teaching, its scientific research, its campus operations and its service to the community. The sections below set out how it delivers the goal, the activities held during the year, the research its academics published, and the policies that underpin its commitment.
How the University delivers this goal
- Provides healthy, affordable and varied food across its campus food court, including vegetarian options for all.
- Runs seasonal food-support drives, particularly during Ramadan, that relieve hunger among students and families in need.
- Applies responsible catering and procurement that favour local and sustainable sources and limit food waste.
- Builds nutrition and food-safety awareness through the teaching and community activity of its health faculties.
Activities in 2023/24
Work towards this goal in 2023/24 was carried forward through the standing programmes described above, which run continuously across the University.
Research & publications in 2023/24
During 2023/24, researchers at Future University in Egypt published 9 Scopus-indexed research outputs that contribute to this goal, across its faculties and research centre. Representative works include:
- Performance of lightweight foamed concrete partially replacing cement with industrial and agricultural wastes: Microstructure characteristics, thermal conductivity, and hardened properties. Mydin, M.A.O. and 7 more (2023). Ain Shams Engineering Journal · cited 49 times.
- Improving agricultural efficiency with solar-powered tractors and magnetohydrodynamic entropy generation in copper–silver nanofluid flow. Obalalu, A.M. and 9 more (2023). Case Studies in Thermal Engineering · cited 30 times.
- Dietary garden cress (Lepidium sativum) seeds mitigate the effect of aflatoxin B1 contamination on growth, antioxidant status, AFB1 residues, immune response, and tissue architecture of Oreochromis niloticus. El-Houseiny, W. and 11 more (2024). Aquaculture Reports · cited 19 times.
- Exploring the potential of agricultural waste as an additive in ultra-high-performance concrete for sustainable construction: A comprehensive review. Zhao, J. and 4 more (2024). Reviews on Advanced Materials Science · cited 19 times.
Policies supporting this goal
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