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  Dreaming of a Leaner, Greener Christmas – 11th December 2012

  The EAUC's article in the Winter edition of The Blue Marble focuses on the dreaming of a leaner, greener Christmas.  With the festive period fast approaching the season of celebration and excess will soon be upon us. This provides a perfect opportunity to educate students and staff about issues s...

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  EAUCs Staff Volunteering Day – 11th December 2012

  The Butterfly Garden  For our annual staff Christmas day we decided to give our time to someone else and give back to the local community by volunteering for a nearby Cheltenham charity called the Butterfly Garden. The Butterfly Garden is an educational, therapeutic and recreational scheme, based...

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  Leading Curriculum Change for Sustainability: Quality Enhancement – 7th December 2012

  The HEFCE LGM funded project which sought to introduce Education for Sustainable Development concerns into education quality agendas has now concluded. The Team would like to share the key outcomes with EAUC Members and beyond.  Online Guide to Quality and Education for Sustainability in HE ...

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  HEFCE Annual Meeting 2012 – 5th December 2012

  HEFCE’s Annual Meeting was attended by members of governing bodies of universities and colleges, and representatives of other organisations with an interest in higher education.   Tim Melville-Ross, Chair of HEFCE, welcomed delegates to the meeting. Chief Executive Alan Langlands reviewed...

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  Cycling Challenges – 4th December 2012

  Hands Off My Bike! Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, is currently running the ‘Hands Off My Bike!’ challenge prize - which calls on people from all over the UK to come up with breakthrough innovations to make it more difficult to steal bikes and have the potential to incr...

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  Reduce Costs, Save Carbon – Improve your Fleet – 3rd December 2012

  In 2009/10 Energy Saving Trust contacted all Scottish institutions to collect data about fleet vehicles. This information was used to inform Transport Scotland about vehicles in the public sector. Transport Scotland has since asked the Energy Saving Trust to continue working with two of the secto...

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  The University of Nottingham wins Times Higher Education Award for Sustainable Development – 30th November 2012

  EAUC Member, The University of Nottingham has won the coveted Times Higher Education award for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Development.  The University won this award not based on one impressive project, but rather for the sustainable ethos evident in everything it does. The EAUC are de...

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  'New' universities set to be created in England – 30th November 2012

  About a dozen "new" universities are set to be created in England in both the private and state sectors.   It is the first time in 20 years that a new wave of universities has been created.   Ten are long-established specialist institutions which are set to be awarded full university status.   ...

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  EAUC partnering Shrink Paper to reduce paper in Universities – 28th November 2012

  The EAUC is pleased to announce a partnership with The European Environmental Paper Network (EEPN). The EEPN runs the Shrink Paper project (shrinkpaper.org) in the UK to encourage some of society's biggest paper consumers to cut their paper use by half. Saving paper reduces carbon emissions, forest ...

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  Students call for ethical procurement of university garments – 27th November 2012

  Students are to hold protests at 30 universities on 26 November against what they say are labour rights abuses in university garment supply chains.  The protesters, from the campaigning network People & Planet, are calling on their universities to join the Worker Rights Consortium, a global labou...

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  Post Rio+20- What is the future of education for sustainability in the UK? – 23rd November 2012

  November 2012 saw the launch of a UK dialogue process to explore the future of education for sustainability in the UK. At the invitation of the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) in collaboration with the Education Dialogue Group (EDG), 25 organisations and agencies met a...

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  EAUC 5 year Strategic Framework - Member consultation – 16th November 2012

  We are seeking the views of our Educational Members, Company Members and Strategic Partners on the next EAUC 5 Year Strategic Framework which will be in place from 2013 to 2017. The Strategic Framework gives us a strong outline and scope to focus our efforts in continually offering exceptional Membe...

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  A Great Way to Recycle Computers & Monitors – 14th November 2012

  IT Schools Africa - Doing Good with Old Computers In the UK, learning to use a computer is an essential part of every child’s education and we take it for granted that schools are well equipped with PCs. But across Africa it is a very different story. Only a tiny proportion of African schools...

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  Green Academy – Two weeks to the proposal deadline – 13th November 2012

  The HEA is inviting institutional teams to submit proposals to join the Green Academy change programme for 2012-13.   Building on the highly successful first Green Academy change programme and drawing on a range of evidence and sector-leading expertise, this new Green Academy programme will suppo...

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  New Book from Hard Rain Project – 12th November 2012

  It was William Wordsworth who wrote some 200 years ago that ‘’we are out of tune’’ with nature, and roughly 50 years ago that Bob Dylan, a further romantic brother in arms continued along a similar discourse with his song ‘’A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall’&...

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  Adult Learners Week and Awards - nominate now! – 9th November 2012

  Adult Learners' Week is a national celebration of the benefits of lifelong learning. Taking place from 18 - 24 May 2013, it is the perfect opportunity to highlight not only the many types of learning options available but also the rich variety of adults who access them. For the champions of equality...

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  Calling all Student Scorsese Wannabes – 9th November 2012

  Danny Dyer heads judging team for competition in which students can win £1,500 for best video to bust can recycling myths     "Myth Busting – what happens to your drinks can when it’s recycled", the nationwide search for the best video dispelling the myths around recycling drinks cans,...

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  Green Gown Awards 2012 Winners Announced – 6th November 2012

  The Green Gown Awards Ceremony held on 5 November 2012, hosted by broadcaster and writer Simon Fanshawe, was a resounding success and a fitting celebration for the pioneering environmental and sustainability initiatives that have been championed in the tertiary education sector this year. The Awards...

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  Trustee Week 2012 - thank you to our EAUC Board of Trustees – 5th November 2012

  Trustees are the people in charge of a charity. They may be called trustees, directors, board members, governors or committee members, but they are the people with ultimate responsibility for directing the business of the charity.  They are often the unsung heroes, playing a vital role, volunteering...

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  Discounted consultancy rates with EAUC Sustainable Solutions (Consultancy) – 2nd November 2012

  To help and support our Members in these challenging times where budgets, resources and time are tight, we are launching a new Member support service: Sustainable Solutions (Consultancy). Instead of sourcing external advice and consultancy support on your own and at high cost, we're launching a ...

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