EAUC consultation response to HEFCE Sustainable Development Framework

7th February 2014

The EAUC is a Member-led organisation. We represent you, and ensure that your views on topical issues are conveyed to the rest of the sector and to the Government. One important way we can do this is by responding to consultations from the Government and other organisations.

As you will be aware, HEFCE has launched a consultation aiming to encourage dialogue within the higher education sector on what more can be done to promote sustainable development.

What was this consultation about?

HEFCE’s framework for sustainable development sets out some of the ways that universities and colleges can contribute toward reducing their environmental impact, and how HEFCE can best support them. Learn more about HEFCE's consultation.

To ensure we represent your views accurately, we ran our own consultation with our Members.

EAUC Member consultation

In December 2013, we ran a pre consultation webinar for Members to help us start to shape our thinking. Thank you to all those who took part. View a summary of the webinar key points.

In January 2014, we surveyed our Members using the questions from the HEFCE consultation.

EAUC CEO, Iain Patton, also attended a HEFCE consultation event in January to represent Members and to collect more views to add into the EAUC's official response. You can access the presentations given and a recording of this event on HEFCE's website.

Official response

All of this insight was combined into an official EAUC response which gives our whole Membership a powerful voice on this vital consultation. This was submitted to HEFCE on 7 February 2014 and is available to download below.

► Read the EAUC response