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  Love food, hate waste: Sustainable food procurement in practice – 27th February 2012

  This month’s issue of University Business looks into the great work consistently delivered by the University of Durham. With their Green Gown Award winning Procurement Service and Catering Department, the University  offers us an insight into their remarkable achievements in this case study as...

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  LiFE Launched in Australasia – 22nd February 2012

  The EAUC is delighted to announce that LiFE, Learning in Future Environments, has now been launched in Australasia. Established in partnership with the EAUC’s sister organisation, Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability or ACTS, Australasia has become the first set of countries outside...

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  Universities must lead the way on the sustainability agenda – 21st February 2012

  In these tough and challenging times for the higher education sector, there is no question that there are gems of opportunity present for the sustainability and environmental agenda.  Jonathon Porritt, founder director of Forum for the Future and now chancellor at Keele University, presents an ar...

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  Take a Fairtrade Step with the EAUC – 20th February 2012

  Fairtrade Fortnight is coming up next week and we know that this event is a key sustainability campaign in our Members’ calendars. So this year, the EAUC will be supporting the campaign and taking part in its own Fairtrade activities. Fairtrade Fortnight will take place between 27th Februar...

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  Sustainability Network events taking place near you – 14th February 2012

  As you know, Regional Sustainability Advisers (RSAs) have been appointed by the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) to help promote and embed sustainability within their regions and network, support and work with other providers in their region. Each of the RSAs will be holding a Regio...

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  International partnership for Rio+20 – 14th February 2012

  Following your response in the recent Rio+20 consultation, we are delighted to announce that the EAUC has recently entered an exciting new international partnership. Alongside the EAUC, this partnership includes: the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AAS...

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  Catering waste in the further and higher education sectors – 14th February 2012

  WRAP (Waste Resources & Action Programme) estimates that 3.4 million tonnes of waste is produced by hotels, pubs, restaurants and quick service restaurants in the UK each year. 1.5 million tonnes of that goes to landfill, of which 600,000 tonnes is food waste. Eliminating the avoidable fraction of t...

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  Reforming the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme - Ministerial statement by Edward Davey – 13th February 2012

  The Department of Energy and Climate Change have released a Written Ministerial Statement by Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on the Feed-in Tariffs scheme. Ministerial Statement This Government is committed to promoting decentralised energy and the take-up of small-...

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  Carbon Trust support for Universities and colleges in 2012/13 – 10th February 2012

  The Carbon trust is a not-for-profit organisation with the mission to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy. They provide specialist support to business and the public sector to help cut carbon emissions, save energy and commercialise low carbon technologies. Through collaborating with The ...

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  DECC - Improvements to Feed-in Tariffs scheme – 10th February 2012

  The Department of Energy and Climate Change have released the following information from Greg Barker, Minister of State, on its plans for the Feed-in Tariffs scheme. DECC Press Release The Government has today announced plans to ensure the future of the Feed-in Tariffs scheme to make it more p...

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  Digital textbooks open a new chapter – 7th February 2012

  South Korea, one of the world's highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum. By 2015, it wants to be able to deliver all its curriculum materials in a digital form through computers. The information that would once have been in paper textbook...

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  Invitation to SHED Members - Policy Think Tank 2012 – 7th February 2012

  POLICY THINK TANK 2012: Graduate Attributes for the 21st Century and the Green Economy The Higher Education Academy is hosting a high profile policy think tank in late February on the Green Economy and Graduate Attributes for the 21st Century. The principal objective of the policy think tank will...

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  Go Green Week 2012 – 7th February 2012

  This week is Go Green Week 2012, People & Planet’s annual national week of action. Up and down the country, EAUC Members are hosting a wide range of activities to promote the campaign. Go Green Week was highlighted in our annual survey as an event that you regularly support, and so in 2012, EA...

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  SHED aims high – 1st February 2012

  The Sustainability in Higher Education Developers (SHED) group has been growing steadily since it was launched in April 2009. Now with more than 300 members, the majority of whom are also EAUC Members, SHED is the leading cross-sector Community of Practice in the area of Education for Sustainability...

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  UN Global Report on Higher Education for Sustainability – 31st January 2012

  A new UN commissioned Sustainability report has been released this month. The 'Higher Education's Commitment to Sustainability: From Understanding to Action' is the fourth volume in a series published by the Global Universities Network for Innovation (GUNI) in collaboration with the United Nations ...

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  University funding confirmed for 2012-13 – 25th January 2012

  The Government today published its annual grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable said: "It is important that we deliver a stable and sustainable funding environment for universities as our reforms bed in. This grant...

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  Salix Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme (SEELS) now open for colleges – 23rd January 2012

  £20 million of interest free loans available for energy efficiency projects across the public sector covering schools, hospitals, local authorities, further and higher education organisations. The Scheme allows public sector bodies to apply for an interest free loan to finance up to 100% of the ...

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  Draft British Standard on Disposal of Nano-objects – 23rd January 2012

  BSI has published a draft standard (PAS 138:2012) entitled 'Guide to the disposal of manufacturing process waste containing manufactured nano-objects' that is now available for public consultation. The information in this may be relevant to institutions that carry out nano-fabrication and research. ...

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  Higher Education Academy launches Strategic Plan 2012-16 – 16th January 2012

  The Higher Education Academy (HEA) has launched its new Strategic Plan, which will take the organisation through to 2016. HEA will regularly review the strategy, so that they will remain flexible and proactive in meeting the needs of the higher education community, and in developing new business ...

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  New HEFCE projects to reduce university carbon emissions – 13th January 2012

  Funding for projects at 27 universities under Higher Education Funding Council for England's (HEFCE) Revolving Green Fund (RGF) was announced on Thursday 12 January 2012. The awards have been made to four major projects and 24 smaller-scale programmes at higher education institutions, and collect...

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