A strategic commitment to sustainability at all levels within a university or college is a fundamental prerequisite to an institution's overall success. All research that examines the implementation of sustainability bears the same conclusion: the commitment of the leaders within the organisation is critical, as is encouraging and supporting staff at all levels to be leaders!
Dr Aled Jones is the inaugural Director of the Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) at Anglia Ruskin University. Over the past four years he has built the GSI from a good idea...
Nicola’s “green wins” since starting at Goldsmiths in September of 2012 include reaching the gold standard in Green Impact for the Estates & Facilities...
S-Lab Project Coordinator, King’s College London Martin Farley has helped pioneer innovative projects in a largely untapped area of sustainability - laboratories. To...
First in a new role at the University of Warwick, David has supported and championed projects, ideas and initiatives to improve the impact the University has on its environment
Director of Sustainability, University of Worcester Under Katy’s leadership the University of Worcester has developed and maintained an excellent performance profile,...
When Serena started working at the College in 2009, sustainability was not a core priority. Initially Serena concentrated her work on creating policies, plans and procedures to...
Student (Fine Art 2nd year) - Goldsmiths, University of London Margaret takes environmental conservation to heart. She is one of the more genuinely environmentally...
Whilst studying Buying and Merchandising at London College of Fashion, Charlotte created the first sustainability society and volunteered on textiles income generation projects...
Anja has been a one-girl volunteering legend at LSBU this year! She started off by becoming an LSBU Green Bean Society member and provided over 400 hours of volunteering time...
Vincent’s roll is to provide tools, solutions and the attitude to make his students and colleagues conscious of how much impact, as individuals and as groups we all create...
Sustainable Pedagogy incorporating 'social, economic, environmental and cultural' values, is central to Gwenllian’s role, in Higher Education; enabling students...
Luci believes that to stimulate genuine and lasting change people need to experience how their actions make a difference. Recognising that future leadership demands confident...
Through Professor Jeremy Sanders’ inspirational leadership, the University of Cambridge’s approach to embedding sustainability into the institution’s thinking,...
Dr Jane Davidson established INSPIRE in 2012 to lead a system-based approach throughout UWTSD to deliver educational pathways promoting learning, environmental and social...
Frances Corner has been Head of London College of Fashion since 2005. Throughout this time she has worked to embed the importance of using education to transform lives across...
Since 2007 the university has been addressing sustainability across the whole institution; sustainability is cited in the Strategic Plan as a core value of the University.
Sustainability is about making changes and inspiring a new approach to the way we live in the world, use its resources and interact with the rest of the ecosystem.
Edinburgh College is adopting a holistic approach to sustainability and carbon reduction. The college developed its first Carbon Management Plan in 2014
Saving the planet, saving cash, shrinking the College’s carbon footprint whilst, at the same time, stimulating staff and learners’ imagination in terms of...
INSPIRE@UWTSD – an institutional approach to delivering sustainability through our culture, curriculum, campuses and community UWTSD aims to develop reflective...