What ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº does: Sustainable Education
Approach
Sustainable ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº SDG InitiativeÌýteamÌýhave created a steering group to define ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's approach to sustainable education. This area of work is also known as 'Education for Sustainable Development' (ESD).
¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's ESD Steering Group set out the following steps as part of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's approach to sustainable education:
- Clarify our commitment in the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Sustainability Strategy that ‘every student will have the opportunity to study and be involved in sustainability;
- Establish a baseline and monitoring protocol to measure progress against the commitment and identify gaps in the curriculum;
- Plug gaps in sustainable education provisions through working with faculties and departments to create sustainability programmes and/or a sustainability-wide module;
- Support academics to embed sustainability into the curriculum by creating toolkits, case studies, events, training and conferences;
- Strengthen the sustainability content of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s co-curricular activities, through sign-posting existing activities better, and developing existing programmes.
Progress
- We haveÌýdeveloped an ESD Plan to fulfill ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's commitment to sustainableÌýeducation, view the
- It has been integrated into ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's Education Framework as part of the .
- Resources have been created to assist staff in incorporating sustainability into teaching and fostering connections. See our resources page.
- ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's SDGs Report monitors the inclusion of sustainable development in taught modules.ÌýRead theÌý¹û¶³Ó°Ôº SDGs Report 2021-22.
The ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº-wideÌýESD Steering Group
TheÌýSteering Group is chaired by Dr Kate Roach and members include academic and professional staff, students and Trade Union representatives.Ìý
TheÌýgroup reports to ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s Sustainable Development GoalsÌýBoard andÌýSustainability Committee on a quarterly basis.
- Steering Group members
Organisers and Chairs
- Dr Kate Roach, Faculty of Engineering – Chair
- Simon Knowles, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº SDGs Initiative – Co-convenor
- Kenneth Yeung, Sustainable ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº – Co-convenor
- Dr Irina Lazar – Chair of Task-and-finish group 3 (Supporting Academics)
- Prof Emanuela Tilley – Chair of Task-and-finish Group 4 (New ESD cross-disciplinary offer)
- Prof Jane Holder – Chair of Task-and-finish Group 5 (ESD for postgraduate researchers)
Students' Union ¹û¶³Ó°ÔºÌý
- Simon To,ÌýDirector of Policy, Governance & Advocacy
- Shaban Chaudhary, Education Officer
- Joanna Socha,ÌýSustainability Projects Lead
Professional Services
- Wendy Browne, Careers
- Jason Clarke, Sustainable ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº
- Leo Havemann, VPESE
- Anne Preston, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº East
Faculties
- Dr Hans Demeyer, Arts & Humanities
- Dr Lorenzo Lotti, Bartlett
- Dr Julie Evans, Brain Sciences
- Dr Irina Lazar, Engineering Sciences
- Prof Paolo Taticchi, Engineering Sciences
- Dr Alison Kitson, IOE
- Prof Douglas Bourne, IOE
- Prof Tristan McCowan, IOE
- Dr Vasiliki Kioupi, IOE
- Prof Jane Holder, Laws
- Dr Jim Labisko, Life Sciences
- Prof Andreas Schaefer, MAPS
- Dr Vicky Hilborne, MAPS
- Dr Adesh Sundaresan, Medical Sciences
- Dr Witte Frank,Ìý Social & Historical Sciences
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