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  Cycling Challenge prizes – 3rd September 2012

  Whether as a means of getting around locally for individuals and families, or for the daily commute, cycling presents a healthy, environmentally friendly, low cost form of transport. Nesta aim to increase the use of cycling as mode of transport by finding the innovations that best tackle security is...

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  Breathing LiFE into universities and colleges – 3rd September 2012

  The EAUC's article in the September issue of University Business focuses on the Learning in Future Environments (LiFE) programme. Since its launch last year, this comprehensive performance improvement system has been going from strength to strength. Developed and delivered by the EAUC, LiFE spe...

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  City University London bags EcoCampus Platinum Award and ISO 14001 certification – 22nd August 2012

  Significant goals attained by City in terms of managing environmental impact City's Environmental Management System (EMS) has been awarded an EcoCampus Platinum Award and ISO 14001 certification in recognition of the University's commitment to reducing its impact on the environment and in integra...

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  Higher Education Academy change services 2012-13 – 10th August 2012

  Higher education institutions (HEIs) and further eduaction (FE colleges) are facing unprecedented changes, which are challenging approaches to learning, teaching and assessment. Higher Education Academy (HEA) change services have been developed to help institutions, faculties and departments to adap...

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  Facebook share their carbon footprint – 10th August 2012

  By Adam Vaughan On 1 August 2012, Facebook has, for the first time, revealed the carbon footprint of its operations and its more than 900m users' likes, photo albums and status updates. The data, published on Wednesday, shows that despite the social networking's rising star, its carbon emissions...

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  An Olympian Sustainability Effort – 10th August 2012

  Trina Innes, Director (Office of Sustainability) at University of Alberta reflects on sustainability as the heart of the London 2012 Olympic games, and examines the parallels in integrating sustainability in the games and athletes with that of institutitions. An Olympian Sustainability Effort ...

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  Universities chosen in pioneering social entrepreneurship initiative – 10th August 2012

  Social entrepreneurship is a rapidly growing movement within the higher education (HE) sector. A £2 million HE support initiative, funded by HEFCE, and delivered by UnLtd, the Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, has now selected 56 higher education institutions (HEIs) from across England to lead a ...

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  Important next steps for the Green Deal – 9th August 2012

  £7m loan to The Green Deal Finance Company to help ensure it is ready to offer finance to Green Deal Providers in early 2013 HM Treasury announces that Green Deal will be an early candidate for the use of infrastructure guarantees Green Deal registration opens today allowing organisa...

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  Green Gown Awards 2012 shortlist announced – 6th August 2012

  The EAUC are delighted to announce the shortlist of applicants for this year’s Green Gown Awards. 2012 has proved to be another excellent year for applications to the Awards, the most prestigious recognition of best practice within the tertiary education sector.  View the 2012 shortlist No...

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  Making ICT Green – 27th July 2012

  The EAUC has recently launched its new Green ICT Community of Practice (COP). So, to celebrate the launch and explain the increasing need for more efficient information services, we asked COP Convenor Gaurav Malik and his colleague Mike Kretsis from the University of East London to discuss the benef...

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  Renewable energy to bring £25 billion of investment into UK economy – 26th July 2012

  Changes to subsidies for renewable electricity could incentivise between £20 billion and £25 billion of new investment in the economy between 2013 and 2017. The Banding Review for the Renewables Obligation will support jobs and deliver more clean power with a reduction in costs to consumers betw...

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  DECC HQ slashes energy use – 26th July 2012

  The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been awarded a new, improved Display Energy Certificate (DEC) rating of ’C’ for its headquarters building. A DEC is measure of the energy efficiency of a building, which is rated on a scale of A to G, with A being the most efficie...

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  Who is a Student Recycling Champion? – 25th July 2012

  Competition finalists chosen for a chance to work at Reading Festival A nationwide search for a team of Student Recycling Champions to help spread the green message at Reading Festival, has announced its ten lucky finalists. The ten finalists are Rebecca Smith, Southampton University; Zac Hill,...

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  Project Green Challenge – 23rd July 2012

  Project Green Challenge is a student engagement tool using a fun, simple and high-impact series of daily challenges over 30 days. Inspire your students to learn, take action, and sustain our world. With the guidance of eco experts, industry leaders, and the PGC Green Guide, participants discover how...

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  Flytipping Small Grant Scheme – 23rd July 2012

  During the financial year 2010/11 local authorities reported that they dealt with an estimated 62,400 incidents of flytipping. This not only has resource implications but indicates the scale of illegal waste disposal. Flytipping is a problem because: it costs millions of pounds every ye...

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  Providing certainty for Feed-in Tariffs – 23rd July 2012

  The Government has published its response to its Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) consultation. The Government aims to provide greater certainty for investors in small scale electricity technologies and a fair deal for consumers. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker, has now clarified future arr...

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  Switch off and save energy – 16th July 2012

  UK homes are consuming much more electricity than previously estimated, a report has suggested. The report, commissioned by DECC and the Energy Saving Trust, found that up to 16% of households' energy bills are spent on devices left on standby. It is estimated that domestic energy use accounts fo...

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  Green graduates optimistic about the future – 16th July 2012

  The future is looking bright for Green Jobs, according to a new survey charting the views of environmental graduates. More than 500 people responded to the survey, which reviewed how green graduates feel about their current role, the jobs market in general and the support available to them. Aroun...

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  EAUC responds - UK Quality Code for Higher education - chapter B3 – 16th July 2012

  The EAUC has now submitted its response to the consultation currently being carried out by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) on Chapter B3: Learning and teaching of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education. Effective learning and teaching requires a partnership between lear...

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  David Attenborough calls for help as butterflies face worst year ever (Guardian) – 12th July 2012

  The Big Butterfly Count, taking place in the worst year on record for the insects, will alert conservationists to species most at risk If this summer's 50 shades of grey are getting you down, imagine how miserable it is to be a winged insect. In what is shaping up to be the worst year on record f...

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