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  Sustainable Education Brands: How Learning Institutions Are Attracting Values-Driven Students – 22nd April 2013

  More prospective undergrads are showing interest in sustainability and letting it guide their choice - find out why the Green Gown Awards are part of this here. The 2013 Green Gown Awards will be launched on 1st May 2013. Click here for details. ...

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  Keeping sustainability in the National Curriculum – 17th April 2013

  The EAUC, along with 31 other signatories, have written to Michael Gove MP urging him to keep sustainability in the National Curriculum objectives. You can view the letter below. Please sign the online petition at: https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/the-rt-hon-michael-gove-mp-keep-sustaina...

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  Free trees are good for bees – 15th April 2013

  Everyone knows that some bees make honey, but did you know that they are also important pollinators? Without bees, around a third of the food we eat would not be available. Can you imagine a world without cups of tea, crunchy apples and blackberry jam? No more carrots, parsnips, mustard or onion ...

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  Petitioning The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP – 5th April 2013

   The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP: Keep Sustainability in the National Curriculum Objectives Petition by SEEd "Pupils should develop awareness and understanding of, and respect for, the environments in which they live, and secure their commitment to sustainable development at a personal, national an...

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  HEFCE announces plans to invest £5 million in higher education sustainability – 4th April 2013

  NUS will run a £5 million Students’ Green Fund    The EAUC is delighted to announce its close involvement with new HEFCE £5 million Students’ Green Fund which will be launched at our Annual Conference on Thursday 18 April. Iain Patton, EAUC CEO comments:   "The EAUC wi...

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  CCIF Funding Support for Members – 3rd April 2013

  The Skills Funding Agency’s new College Capital Investment Scheme (CCIF) now replaces the Estate Renewals Grant. Colleges that have submitted an Expression of Interest under CCIF will find out on the 24 April if they have been invited to submit a ‘Detailed Submission’. Detailed Su...

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  Sharing our Members’ activity from Climate Week – 2nd April 2013

  The GreenCow event was featured in last weeks SRUC news, stressing the progress researchers are making in seeking ways to reduce methane production by ruminant livestock. However one of the VIP guests was Iain Patton, CEO of The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) which ha...

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  Call for Papers, Presentations & Posters - 13th International ACTS Conference – 27th March 2013

  "Sharing Learning: lessons from the sustainability community" Sustainability, and how to achieve it, is undoubtedly a growing discussion topic amongst organisations and the broader community. Examples of good practice can be found in almost every sector and industry. Yet we still question, how is s...

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  Stronger together - Annual Report and Annual General Meeting 2013 – 26th March 2013

  As Members of the EAUC, we send important Annual General Meeting (AGM) information to all contacts at each institution and our partners about the running of the Association. We are delighted to share our new-style Annual Report and accompanying summary version which shares our achievements in an...

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  Sustainability Skills for Growth - Draft Report – 26th March 2013

  This LSIS project led by ESD Consulting Ltd and Bedford College aims to explore sustainability skills, their relevance to employment, employers and business, and the opportunities challenges and barriers to the FE and skills sector in leading the development of those skills. This is one of two re...

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  RICS and AUDE meeting to discuss the development of the RICS Ska methodology for the HE sector – 26th March 2013

  This would be a positive development for the sector as it would provide a methodology for embedding sustainability measures into small and medium sized refurbishment projects which are undertaken. Summary "The Ska Rating scheme has been developed by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (...

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  Essentials of Leading for Sustainability event – 26th March 2013

  Central London on Tuesday 23 April 2013 This event is aimed at people leading at departmental and institutional levels who do not have a sustainability or carbon-reduction background but who want sustainability to play its part in their wider leadership role. This may include building sustainabil...

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  The Woodland Trust is offering free trees for communities, groups and schools! – 22nd March 2013

  The Woodland Trust is offering community groups, youth groups, schools and educational establishments the chance to apply for packs of free trees for delivery in November 2013. Whether groups are interested in helping wildlife; creating a faith, or inter-faith, green space; a community garden or ...

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  UK National Commission for UNESCO Policy Brief on Education for Sustainable Development – 21st March 2013

  This is an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Policy Brief from the UK National Commission for UNESCO compiled by some of the UK's leading experts in the field. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) can be thought of as a process of learning how to make decisions that consider the lon...

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  Budget 2013: green measures at a glance – 21st March 2013

  This article was taken from guardian.co.uk and was written by Adam Vaughan. A direct link to the original article can be found at the bottom of the page. Infrastructure spending The chancellor dashed hopes in the renewable energy industry that it might figure in his talk of more public expendi...

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  Applications are now open for One Year in Transition 2013-14 – 19th March 2013

  This is a new programme for people in their Twenties who want to lead their own practical projects for community wellbeing and find the right livelihood. The course is offered by Transition Network, the organization that supports communities around the world that are committed to post-carbon livi...

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  University awards £10,000 funding for Socially Responsible Businesses – 15th March 2013

  The University of Winchester has awarded more than £10,000 in seed funding to a number of staff, students and graduates to start socially responsible businesses. The funding forms part of a £2m pioneering social enterprise initiative funded by the Higher Education Council (HEFCE) and delivered by Un...

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  EAUC responds to Wales Sustainable Development Bill – 5th March 2013

  Earlier in the year, the Welsh Government launched a White Paper on proposals for the Sustainable Development (SD) Bill, a key part of their legislative programme.   Sustainability lies at the heart of the Welsh Government’s agenda for Wales; it also lies at the heart of this legislati...

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  Platform for Sustainability Performance Update – 4th March 2013

  We are delighted to tell you how successful the Platform for Sustainability Performance in Education (www.sustainabilityperformance.org) launch went last week at UNEP Nairobi. We had an impressive 16 of them including Ms .Khatuna Gogaladze, Minister of Environment Protection from Georgia and Dr....

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  Welcome to Climate Week 2013! – 4th March 2013

  Climate Week is Britain’s biggest climate change campaign, inspiring a new wave of action to create a sustainable future. Culminating in a week of activities, it showcases practical solutions from every sector of society. Each year, half a million people attend 3,000 events in Britain&rsquo...

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