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  TUCO appoints the SRA to deliver its sustainability programme – 20th July 2015

  The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) announced at their Annual Conference in London that it has launched a partnership programme with the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA). This will look to enable UK universities and colleges to put sustainability at the core of their catering operati...

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  University of East London and the launch of EURECA – 16th July 2015

  The University of East London (UEL) has launched a new project to reduce the amount of energy used by IT storage. This project EURECA (Enabling information re-Use by linking clinical REsearch and Care) focuses on developing more sustainable procurement of data centres. It is supported by a consor...

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  South Lanarkshire College achieves NUS Responsible Futures accreditation mark – 10th July 2015

  EAUC Member South Lanarkshire College has won an award for embedding sustainability and social responsibility into their curriculum. 13 institutions across the UK took part in the Responsible Futures pilot this year, all demonstrating their commitment to creating an environment for education for ...

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  TUCO Chair Takes Top Catey Home – 9th July 2015

  Leading professional Organisation for in house caterers, The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) were celebrating last night, after watching its Chair take home the prestigious Public Sector Caterer of the Year Award at the Cateys, in London. Amidst an air of anticipation Julie Barker, also D...

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  Green Gown Awards 2015 Finalists Announced – 7th July 2015

  The EAUC is delighted and proud to announce the Green Gown Awards’ finalists for 2015 - all vying for the most prestigious recognition of best practice within the tertiary education sector. Our judges have recognised 85 motivational and inspiring sustainability projects representing 51 educ...

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  S-Lab 2015 Conference and Awards highlighting world class science – 7th July 2015

  The 2015 S-Lab Conference will be held at the University of Leeds on 16-17 September. It is a unique not-for-profit initiative that showcases global best practice and improvement in laboratory design, operation and management. Many of the conference sessions will be based on the 40 shortlisted ap...

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  Why reuse beats recycling.. – 2nd July 2015

  Daniel O’Connor, Warp It I spend my life implementing reuse and repair mechanisms within organisations, so that they can get maximum value from their surplus assets. There are many things that decrease the potential for reuse, but the number one reason is that reuse is not given the prio...

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  Salix Schools - Switching to Low Energy – 29th June 2015

  In partnership with the Department for Education and the Department for Energy and Climate Change, Salix is launching a research pilot project for a limited amount of state-maintained schools across England. The schools selected to take part in the pilot will receive a comprehensive energy and carbo...

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  Solar Independence Day 2015 – 26th June 2015

  Solar Independence Day annual celebrations will be held on Friday 3rd -Saturday 4th July this year.  The Solar Trade Association events have been organised for all round the UK to celebrate and show case the innovative and growing sector. The annual event is a chance for communities, school, farms a...

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  Finding Strength - Inspiration in Challenging Times – 25th June 2015

  Wild swimming, sacred fires, stargazing, unwinding, space to think, to be, to connect, to know who you truly are, to discover what you want to do in these times when you can’t look away from the world around us, to really hear and be heard, to feel nourished and be with like-minded people in...

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  Green Impact Award Winners – 22nd June 2015

  Congratulations to those who won the NUS Green Impact Awards. Green Impact special awards celebrate the most incredible things happening in sustainability across universities and colleges. David Somervell, University of Edinburgh, won the first ever Green Impact Lifetime Achievement Award. Click ...

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  Recycle Week 2015 – 19th June 2015

  Now in its 12th year Recycle Week 2015 is set to take place next week (22-28 June). This year's focus is on ‘recycling around the home’, raising the public’s awareness that there are lots of items that they can recycle from all around the home. It is a celebration of everything ...

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  Deadline approaching for round two of the Salix College Energy Fund – 16th June 2015

  Time is running out to apply for the second round of Salix funding which demonstrates real commitment to sustainability in the Further Education sector. In a partnership between Salix Finance and the EAUC, and supported by the Association of Colleges, £5 million of interest-free funding has been ...

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  Cambridge Regional College wins national accreditation for its ‘green’ commitment – 16th June 2015

  Cambridge Regional College's ongoing commitment to reducing its carbon footprint has enabled it to gain renewal of its ISO 14001 certification - a recognition of its outstanding practice in energy-saving management. The college has installed LED lighting throughout its buildings – saving £1...

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  The University of Winchester wins top environmental award for shrinking carbon footprint – 16th June 2015

  The University of Winchester has won a gold award in the Carbon Smart environment awareness scheme run by Winchester City Council. It was one of the first to sign up to Winchester City Council’s Carbon Smart initiative when it was launched in 2012, as an incentive for businesses to reduce t...

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  UK university dormitory is crowned international SAVES winner for 2014-15! – 15th June 2015

  The overall international SAVES winner for 2014-15 has just been announced. It is Teme's halls from the University of Worcester! This project looked at how much electricity was saved over the 2014-15 academic year at each of the participating dormitories. It was calculated by comparing electricit...

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  Grow to Greatness with Research Excellence – 15th June 2015

  On 9 July, ENVISION are inviting businesses and enterprises from the UK and across Europe to join them for a free, half day workshop, which has been designed to help them move towards a low carbon and sustainable economy through research partnerships. ENVISION brings together six of the UK’...

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  British Parking Association President's Reception 2015 – 15th June 2015

  The EAUC have been invited to attend British Parking Association President's Reception on Monday 29 June. We are delighted to say that Simon Earp of the University of Greenwich has agreed to represent the EAUC. It will take place at the House of Commons Terrace Pavilion in Westminster and the rec...

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  Responsible Futures nominated for UNESCO ESD Award – 15th June 2015

  The pilot group of Responsible Futures students' unions and institutions have been nominated for the first ever UNESCO-Japan prize for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Working in partnership between universities, colleges and students’ unions, Responsible Futures offers a framew...

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  New college and school outreach linking tool – 15th June 2015

  A new linking tool has enabled schools and colleges to identify their National Network for Collaborative Outreach (NNCO). This may be useful for our college Members looking to build sustainability links with local schools. The HEFCE-funded network co-ordinates the outreach of partner institutions...

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