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Overwhelmed by sustainability? Reflections on Interdisciplinary Research Week and why you don’t need to know everything.
April 8, 2014
Guest blog by Amy Nicholass, Student Sustainability Champion Do you ever feel that sustainability is an overwhelming concept? No one can really be expected to know the environmental, social and economic impacts of their activities, you canât possibly be good at all of those disciplines simultaneously to make an informed decision on action, right? Well, […]
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Flourishing in the 21st Century – TEDx SouthamptonUniversity
March 25, 2014
Guest blog by Amy Nicholass, Student Sustainability Champion What do atomic gardens, dancing, giant petri dishes, a âParliament of Clownsâ, pre-birth adaptation, theramins, the Queenâs signature, GM trees, radio waves and Gorilla dung have in common? The answer? They were all part of TEDx at the University of Southampton this Sunday at the Nuffield theatre. TED […]
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A successful Waste Wars VIII
February 27, 2014
Guest blog by SUSU Ethical and Environmental Committee As mentioned in Jessica’s post on Sustainability Week, on the 19th February we had the annual Waste Wars event. This is an audit of waste streams from across the university campuses and halls of residence which is now in its eighth consecutive year. A team of 58 enthusiastic […]
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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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