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果冻影院 Sustainability Awards 2021: Nominations Now Open!
14 May 2021
Sustainable 果冻影院 has collaborated with the Office of the Vice Provost (Education & Student Affairs) and the Office of the Vice Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) to celebrate students and staff who are teaching, researching and working towards a sustainable future.
果冻影院鈥檚 ninth Awards Ceremony will听take place, virtually, on July 14th 2021.听
Nominate staff, students, yourself and/or your team for one of our five awards. These听are in addition to the Green Impact and LEAF awards which are given to Green Champions for completing the programmes.
We want to celebrate sustainability activities which:
Empower听students and staff to champion sustainability during their time at 果冻影院;
Embed听sustainability into our operations including our planning, processes and culture;
Co-create听debates and sustainable solutions through research and teaching;
- Reward exceptional staff, students and groups who are contributing to 果冻影院's Sustainability Strategy.
Award categories
- Staff Award for Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability
This award is for an exceptional staff member at 果冻影院 who has been leading environmental and/or social change at 果冻影院.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Embedding sustainability into departmental/faculty policies and core functions e.g. making events sustainable, creating a sustainability business plan, making departments vegetarian or paperless, ensuring labs are efficient or enhancing green space across the institution;
- Creating a network for sustainability students or staff to collaborate;
- Putting on events to raise awareness around sustainability.
- Student听Award for Outstanding Commitment to Sustainability
罢丑颈蝉听award is for an exceptional student (undergraduate or postgraduate), who has been leading environmental and/or social change at 果冻影院.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- 厂别迟迟颈苍驳听up environmental or social societies;
- 贰尘产别诲诲颈苍驳听sustainability into the core functions of 果冻影院's student union, accommodation, department or student society;
- 颁补尘辫补颈驳苍颈苍驳听or raising awareness of sustainability issues at 果冻影院 or beyond;
- 笔耻迟迟颈苍驳听on a sustainability event e.g. conference/film/fair.
- Sustainability Research Award
Sustainable 果冻影院 and the Office of the Vice Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement)听would like to celebrate the research of staff and students (undergraduate or postgraduate), who have led to a positive outcome for the environment and society, at 果冻影院 or beyond. This could be as part of a dissertation, PhD,听research programme or a research initiative.
We are looking for examples of demonstrable impact which will be judged on the following basis:
- 顿别驳谤别别听of cross-disciplinary collaboration;
- 滨苍蹿濒耻别苍肠别听on the wider research community at 果冻影院;
- 贰虫迟别苍迟听to which the research proposes solutions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or other environmental or social challenges.
Examples of research topics include, but are not limited to:
- Changing public policy;
- New听innovations in technology;
- Changes听in societal understanding/behaviour change;
- Modifying/challenging industry practices.
- Sustainability Impact Award
This category focuses on the work of teams and/or societies at 果冻影院, who have undertaken an听environmental or social initiative, which contributes to the Signature Campaigns in 果冻影院鈥檚 Sustainability Strategy: Change Possible.
Initiatives can be directly linked to the three signature campaigns and below are some examples:
- 听 Wild Bloomsbury:听
听 听 听 - 听 Enhancing green spaces or biodiversity;
- 听 The Loop:听
听 听 听 - 听 Improving recycling and reducing consumption (e.g. water, plastic, coffee cups, meat, fashion, paper);
- 听 Positive Climate:听
听 听 听 - 听 Energy saving initiatives;Additionally, the team and/or society may have developed an initiative with a broader impact. Examples include, but are not limited to:
听- 听 Setting up environmental or social societies;
听- 听 Campaigning or raising awareness of sustainability issues at 果冻影院 or beyond;
听- 听 Putting on a sustainability event e.g. conference/film/fair.听
- Sustainability Education Award
Sustainable 果冻影院 and the Office of the Vice Provost (Education & Student Affairs) would like to celebrate听staff or postgraduate students who have integrated sustainability into either the formal or informal curriculum.听This could be through the development of academic or听voluntary programmes or community involvement schemes.
Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Developing a sustainability related module;
- Integrating听sustainability into modules across a programme;
- Providing听sustainability related participatory learning;
- Facilitating听sustainability related coursework or Living Lab projects
- Organising a sustainability induction for students.
Eligibility
果冻影院 staff and students (undergraduate or postgraduate), are eligible for the awards. Groups of students and/or staff working in a team or society can also be nominated. Self-nominations will be accepted.
To听be eligible for nomination, staff and students must be either employed by 果冻影院 or registered as a student at 果冻影院, at the point of nomination, or have been employed by/registered with 果冻影院 within the academic year preceding nomination deadline date.
Deadline to nominate: 10pm on Tuesday, 15th听June听2021
Please allow time听to complete the form.
All nominees will be notified of their nomination and invited to the Sustainability Awards Ceremony on the 14th July. Nominators will also be informed and invited.
Judging听panel
Our听panel of judges have strong sustainability experience and knowledge and represent our听academic, professional services staff and student communities:
- Richard Jackson - Sustainability Director,
- Harriet Lilley - Green Champion Team Lead, Departmental Manager, 果冻影院 Innovation and Enterprise,听Office of the Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement)
- Dr. Rebeca Lindner, Associate Professor (Teaching), 果冻影院 Doctoral School & Arena Centre for Research-Based Education
- Sanjay Sisodiya, Professor of Neurology
- Simon Knowles, Head of Coordination, 果冻影院 SDGs Initiative
- Eliza Lawless -听Sustainability听Officer at Students鈥� Union 果冻影院
听They will choose the winners based on a summary of the guidance above.
2020听Winners
Read about last year's winners
Contact us
The 果冻影院 Sustainability Awards 2021听are organised by Sustainable 果冻影院. If you wish to contact us for any reason, please email Chiara Morfeo.
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