Category Archives: Curriculum
Sustainability doesnât stop for Christmas!
December 11, 2014
With the end of term and the Christmas holidays fast approaching, itâs important to be thinking about the sustainability of this often consumer-focused holiday. Students on the interdisciplinary curriculum innovation module âSustainability in the Local and Global Environmentâ designed and produced films exploring different sustainability issues; these may help you navigate some of the sustainability […]
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Student reflections on sustainable development in higher education
February 20, 2014
Guest blog by Lydia Butler, Jack Connors and Pippa Guest, Student Sustainability Champions On January 30th, 3 of Southamptonâs sustainability champions joined Simon Kemp in attending the Higher Education Funding Council for Englandâs (HEFCE) consultation event in London, focussing on their recent report on sustainable development in higher education. Despite having to wake up at a […]
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The six challenges of designing social enterprise curriculum
October 16, 2013
Guest Blog by Pathik Pathak Thanks to the efforts of a range of institutions and individuals âmost prominently Unltd in partnership with HEFCEÂ (Higher Education Funding Council for England)Â – a large proportion of British universities have embraced social entrepreneurship in some shape or form. Despite the widespread interest in finding, funding and supporting social entrepreneurs in […]
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Producing a document to guide Education for Sustainable Development across all Higher Education Institutions
September 17, 2013
Iâve just returned from a very productive, exciting, and (hopefully) important Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) meeting in Bristol. In my other role as Higher Education Academy (HEA) Academic Lead in ESD I am co-convening the production of a (potentially) landmark higher education document that will support individuals and institutions in implementing ESD in modules […]
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