To encourage institutions to participate in the Suste-Tech Green ICT project an event has been planned for September 15th 2010, at Leeds Metropolitan University. The event will include participants from the Scotland Energy Management project presenting on their experience with greening their ICT s...
Read more →At the end of the first year of Green Impact, 22 Universities, 323 departments and over 15,000 people got involved in the programme which has resulted in over 4000 changes being made to staff behaviour and practices. Over 300 students were also involved - being trained as environmental auditors fo...
Read more →DATES NOW ANNOUNCED FOR 2011 We have just announced the dates and venue for our forthcoming 15th Annual Conference! This prestigious event will take place on 11 - 13 April 2011 at the University of York. With excellent transport links, the University of York offers the EAUC and its members an...
Read more →On 22 July, Defra announced that it is to withdraw its funding for the Sustainable Development Commission from the end of the financial year. Discussions are still taking place in the three Devolved Administrations to decide how the work of the SDC in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be...
Read more →Projects in the higher education (HE) sector are being supported via a HEFCE funding initiative ‘Leading sustainable development in higher education’. In response to increasing activity in the HE sector on sustainable development, HEFCE directed more funding from its Leadership, Gov...
Read more →The University of Warwick has been ‘highly commended’ for its Green Travel Plan at the annual Business in the Community (BITC) Awards 2010. Car-sharing is a central component to its Green Travel Plan, which was also ranked among the best in the UK in 2008, coming 2nd out of 64 institutio...
Read more →In partnership with Govnet Communications the EAuC gets less than half price tickets for members to attend national ICT Conference. 3rd Government ICT Goes Green Conference 2010, Thursday 16th September, QEII Conference Centre, London. Government ICT Goes Green 2010 is the UK’s leading event...
Read more →People living in Birmingham will be reducing their carbon footprint thanks to a joint venture between the city council and the University of East Anglia. From switching off lights and turning the heating down to recycling and using public transport, the community will be encouraged to make simp...
Read more →We are pleased to announce that we have negiotiated special discounted rates for all Schumacher College events for EAUC Members! EAUC Members can now get 20% off all events - Please note that the reduced rates offered are exclusive to EAUC Members - please quote ‘EAUC 20%’ when bookin...
Read more →A number of institutions have been in contact with Green Impact recently enquiring if about potential participation. Happily, Green Impact can announce that NUS and NUS Services are now looking to roll the model out to at least another 15 institutions for the 2010/11 academic year on a self-funde...
Read more →EAUC Chief Executive, Iain Patton Speaks at UCU Annual Congress where sector warns that skills gap will hamper low carbon economy and cost jobs Please read subsequent extract from the UCU website and find contact details below for further details. "1 June 2010 Delegates at the UCU annual Co...
Read more →Teaching, Learning, Research and Knowledge Exchange Impact Area Please visit the Times Higher website to see the recent article released on the Universities that Counts project. A huge congratulations goes out to all those mentioned in the article. The Teaching, Learning, Research and Knowl...
Read more →In response to a question posed by James Dixon Gough from the University of Leeds EAUC members have been discussing the difficulties and successes of communications techniques in motivating staff to feel they are involved in sustainable initiatives. To read the feedback please visit
Read more →Summary Delegates from academia, research councils, industry and beyond convened in London to review and discuss the results of a pilot study which aimed to operationally implement the concept of responsible innovation within EPSRC research funding activities. EPSRC is the largest public fun...
Read more →Last month over a hundred students’ entrepreneurs, academics and practitioners gathered at the University of Cambridge to attend a seminar on entrepreneurship in the green economy, organised by These Young Minds. Professor Alan Barrell, Entrepreneur in Residence at the university opened th...
Read more →London, 22nd April 2010 Self Energy to collaborate with London South Bank University to reduce risk further in energy performance projects Self Energy is delighted to announce a Knowledge Transfer Partnership agreement with the London South Bank University (LSBU). One aspect of this partner...
Read more →Cambridge University 29 April 2010 The UK Government has of late increased its investments in green initiatives as a strategic means of creating sustainable opportunities that will take the UK out of the doldrums. This offers huge opportunities in the green economy to Britain’s entrepreneur...
Read more →Energy awareness material for universities and colleges is now gathered together for the first time as a centralised online resource at energyXchange. The website – https://www.edu.energyxchange.org.uk/edu/ – is supported by the EAUC and funded under the EU’s Intelligent Ener...
Read more →The sustainability champion for UK universities and colleges has two exciting opportunities for two exceptional people EAUC Central Administration Officer Based at our Cheltenham office Grade 4 - £17,519 - £20,834 Reference: S752 Positioned at the heart of our small but dynamic and busy te...
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