This year the Annual EAUC Conference entitled "Influence!" took place at The University of Manchester on the 19th and 20th June.
We all rely on our influence to get things done. Every time we meet a student, colleague or member of the senior management team we draw on our experience and skill to change hearts and minds.
Today, right now, we face a multitude of environmental, economic and socio-political challenges, so every opportunity to affect decision making is critical. Every interaction has the potential to change hearts, minds and institutional policy.
Academics, researchers, students, campus managers and of course sustainability leaders, we all have a part to play in impacting on and creating sustainable campuses, curricula, leadership, and a sustainable future.
Delegates from every part of the post 16 education sector came together at INFLUENCE! to build new insights and develop skills to shape and bring about sustainable institutions. We had a range of delegates including environmental and sustainability staff and students, lecturers and academics, researchers, senior managers, estates and facilities officers, support professionals and, of course, students.
By increasing the power of our personal and professional influence, this conference empowered us all to persuade, lead, motivate and inspire those around us. Don’t just inform, INFLUENCE!
Presented by Mark Durdin of Cardiff University and Stuart Bowman of Breathe Energy – this joint presentation of our project plan that mapped out how Breathe supported...
Students want their courses to address sustainability, and the University of Bath has made 'Citizenship and Sustainability' one of its key principles for curriculum...
Climate Change is one of the biggest challenges society faces. In October 2018 an IPCC, Special Report, stressed that we have only ten years to turn our behaviour around so that...
A thoroughly acclaimed plenary session featured Dr Alison Green, National Director at Scientists Warning and Academic Lead of Extinction Rebellion, who was joined by Maeve...
Influencing Senior Leaders- Insights from the Finance Director- Phil McNaull former Director of Finance, University of Edinburgh in conversation with Dave Gorman, Director of...
Terry A'Hearn, has over twenty years’ experience in the environment profession, having held senior roles in Melbourne with the Environment Protection Authority in the...
The first plenary session at this year's conference looked at carbon targets.
The session took delegates through how to secure long term energy cost security from generation sources producing carbon free energy. It looked at the volume, term, legal...
SDG’s are a key element to reporting in our organisations but aren’t always valued. This session covered how to convince you organisation to write a SDG...
Has sustainability education been ‘tamed’ to fit with the performativity culture in which reporting and measuring ultimately drive practice? There are a growing...
Showcasing the highlights of the first annual report of the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard so you can see where the sector is achieving and where the sector needs to up its...
The Sustainability Challenge represented a simulation activity that challenges students to design a new University campus and justify their choices to a board of directors.
Through a case study of Circular Economy office furniture, this workshop showed how disruptive sustainable business models are saving Institutions money, reducing their...
Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development” (VIP4SD), brings together students from different disciplines and all years of undergrad and postgrad study to...
The discussion discussed different network approaches, how they have performed, and methods that have worked for you.
This session explored the role of UWE in influencing city scale decarbonisation.
Delegates had the opportunity to dive a bit deeper into the Governance Guide and Business Case Guide and also hear what this year’s Sustainability Institution of the Year,...
This session represented a real opportunity to spend some time hearing about some working single-use plastic reduction initiatives within the sector at both an institutional...
This session offered insights from a research project entitled ‘Transition to more sustainable lives?: the impact of infrastructure and services on students’...
This session looked at the effect of working with students to change the curriculum for the better.