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  Statement on EAUC Annual Conference sponsorship policy. – 16th February 2016

  The EAUC Senior Management Team has taken the decision not to accept Annual Conference sponsorship or exhibition fees from companies where their main activities are fossil fuel related. The decision paves the way for a discussion on how and where we engage with fossil fuel companies in the future...

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  Sustainability in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities – 16th February 2016

  CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Thursday 7th July 2016; Hosted by Canterbury Christ Church University Futures Initiative It is ten years since Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) first started exploring sustainability and its implications for Higher Education.  Since then much has been achieved and ...

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  Two courses of sustainability training on the menu for university caterers – 16th February 2016

  Universities committed to putting sustainability at the heart of their catering operation can now embed these principles and practicalities throughout their workforce with a new set of training courses being run by the hospitality industry’s leading sustainability organisation. The Sustaina...

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  Glasgow Caledonian University become Scotland’s first Cycle Friendly Campus – 8th February 2016

  Glasgow Caledonian University has become Scotland’s first Cycle Friendly Campus, gaining the Cycle Friendly Award with Distinction from Cycling Scotland Scottish Trail Bike Champion, Aaron Duke, was on hand on Friday (5th February) to help students and staff at Glasgow Caledonian University...

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  UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development: Call for nominations 2016 – 2nd February 2016

  The 2016 call for nominations for the UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), endowed with USD 150,000 for three laureates, was launched last week. Eligible for the Prize are individuals, institutions and organizations with a specific ESD project or programme having bee...

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  #WearTheLove National Campaign - Scotland – 2nd February 2016

  #WearTheLove National Campaign Fashion / Textile Degree Course Brief/Opportunity for Scotland   This February, Love Your Clothes wants everyone to celebrate the clothes we already have and fall in love again with our wardrobes.  So we’re running a national campaign and competition – W...

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  Fairtrade Fortnight offer – 2nd February 2016

  What is Fairtrade? Fairtrade is an ethical standards label which provides a guarantee, via audits carried out by an independent certification body, that developing world producers have been paid a fair price, and had decent working conditions, for products carrying the Fairtrade mark. Fairtrade....

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  EAUC Energy Seminar - navigating barriers to energy cost control and storage – 1st February 2016

  On 28 January, the EAUC with support from Clean Power Solutions held an energy seminar at the Chimneys Hotel and Conference Centre, Cheshire. This seminar looked to explore and share solutions and expertise from other institutions in areas, such as energy cost control and storage, key energy technol...

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  Celebrations for the Winners of the 2015 Troph̩es des campus responsables Р1st February 2016

  The ceremony of the second Trophées des campus responsables (the French-speaking Green Gown Awards) was held on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) in Paris. During the ceremony organised by Campus Responsables, eight institutions from Fre...

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  Call For Applications for Masters and Doctoral Degree Programmes in IESD, Tongji University – 26th January 2016

  The UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD), based in Tongji University, Shanghai, is calling for applications to its Doctoral and Masters programmes.  Three Programmes are avaliable: 2016-2018 Master Programme on Environmental Management and Sustainable De...

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  Call for photographs in support of UNEP’s assessment work in the Pan European region – 21st January 2016

  The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is looking for photographs that depict the relationship between society, economies and the environment both positively and negatively. UNEP is requesting submissions of photographs that respond to the following categories: Healthy planet, healt...

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  A Better Future: How BT is using ICT to drive behaviour change – 20th January 2016

  As eyes turn from global goals to golden globes, it is perhaps surprising just how quickly COP21 has fallen off the radar in the space of a month. History was made at the COP21 climate change conference in Paris as world leaders agreed to adopt an "ambitious and balanced" final deal, including a ...

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  NUS Launches Divest-Invest Campaign – 19th January 2016

  On the subject of the Divest-Invest campaign, Iain Patton, Chief Executive of the EAUC, said; "To quote Joy Carter, Vice-chancellor of the University of Winchester in Times Higher Education after the historic UN Paris Climate Change Agreement, ‘Deciding as a sector to help all our students to ...

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  Fairtrade Fortnight six word story competition – 19th January 2016

  To mark Fairtrade Fortnight 2016 (29 February-13 March), the EAUC Fair Trade Community of Practice have launched a competition to see who can come up with the best six word stories about fair trade. Ernest Hemingway is thought to have written 'For sale: baby shoes, never worn', demonstrating how a p...

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  Electric-hybrid Buses will link UWE with the City Centre – 18th January 2016

  Two revolutionary virtual electric buses were recently launched in Bristol. First West of England are introducing the state-of-the-art low emission buses in partnership with Department for Transport, Bristol City Council and University of the West of England (UWE). The buses use Geo-Fencing GPS t...

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  The Road to COP21 – 13th January 2016

  John Thorne, Sustainability Coordinator at the Glasgow School of Art, was amongst a group of cyclists who pedalled their way from Edinburgh to Paris in December to support the negotiators at COP21. The only group cycling all the way from Scotland to Paris, John and the rest of the team met up wit...

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  Enter edie Live's Innovation Competition – 11th January 2016

  Innovation is vital to the survival and success of UK plc and the planet. Radical and disruptive change is needed in the way materials and resources are used and how organisations do business. Innovation and emerging technologies are an essential building block for that sustainable future. Recogn...

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  Salix EAUC College Energy Fund Closing at the End of January – 11th January 2016

  As the third round of the Salix college energy fund comes to a close, colleges will need to submit their applications for funding by Friday 29th January. The college fund is available to any FE College that receives a majority of their income directly from the public sector. Salix funds over 120 ...

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  Sheffield Hallam Uni to trial hydrogen vans – 11th January 2016

  Sheffield Hallam University is to trial hydrogen-fuelled vans this year as part of its plans to become greener. It is partnering with ITM Power which has a site on the Advanced Manufacturing Park that uses wind energy to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen. The vans will use the hydrogen...

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  2015 Member Survey Report – 23rd December 2015

  Every two years, the EAUC conducts a member survey to gauge how we are performing with our membership. These surveys are an important part of ensuring that the work EAUC does is member led and responds to the issues that our members face. The results of this year’s survey have already played...

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