Today's environmental challenges impact our social and political world. With the future journey in mind, it is vital that graduates are equipped with the expertise and experience to guarantee their positive contribution to sustainable development. The important role of universities and colleges in shaping a young person's early career outcomes can be used to empower their students to take on employment opportunities with confidence, and begin to shape the sector thereafter.
If you would like to connect with other professionals interested in this area of sustainability, join SHED - the leading cross sector Community of Practice in the UK for Education for Sustainability (EfS). This group is open to all.
EAUC-Scotland has two Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Networks (TSNs) which are open to all, one for further and one for higher education. Each provide an opportunity for those working in or with the further and higher education sector to share ideas and questions and to get together to hear from particular speakers or discuss topics of interest.
This session will detail the approach, and show how it can be replicated at any institution, within any subject area. SDGs are not just for developing countries - they are for...
This session starts by briefly describing the key strategic elements of the CCCU journey since 2010, which now form the basis of a new Project Planning, Monitoring and...
The workshop is an innovative and enjoyable way to understand the fundamental principles of the impact of construction materials on the environment using gamification.
This presentation will introduce the key elements of our award-winning module, which embeds Sustainability with Employability as core in the final year of all NBS undergraduate...
This session will explore how sustainability can be advanced through interdisciplinarity, and how this can contribute to breaking down barriers between university and community.
Laboratories are extremely energy/material intensive, and yet remain one of the more challenging areas to achieve sustainability. To address this, we have developed a new tool...
This session will provide delegates with the opportunity to workshop their ideas for living lab projects at their own institutions.
This session will explore the recipe for successful implementation of sustainable practices in teaching laboratories.
This session explores the premise that university taught courses can be “opened up” beyond their student cohort to support local action for sustainable development.
The session tells the story of the ‘Rounder Sense of Purpose’ competence framework, highlights its novel features, including the peer assessment model, and shares...
Climate Just have created an information tool to map risks and vulnerabilities to flooding, heatwaves and fuel poverty. Scotland has now been updated and you can access the...
How to report on SDGs
The role of education in the sustainable development agenda: Empowering a learning society for sustainability through quality education
The Sustainable Development Goals are Coming to Life – Stories of Country Implementation and UN Support provides insights into the range of actions and partnerships for the...
UNDP global project for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda through the MAPS approach
SDG 4 Quality Education - Research on education and sustainable development: scholarly output, growth, impact and collaboration
UNESCO have released this publication reviewing some of the most topical trends and issues for ESD. They describe it as: “The present volume addresses Education for...
Leanne Denby, Director of Sustainability at Macquarie University, Sydney, and President of Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) presents this webinar for...
Project Model Diagram
This National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has been developed by the Department of Education and Skills (DES), in consultation with key...