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Putting sustainable development at the heart of further and higher education

Dr Bill Harvey Deputy Director, Learning and Teaching bharvey@sfc.ac.uk. Putting sustainable development at the heart of further and higher education. SFC Corporate Plan 2006-09 Objective 4: Sustainable development in Scotland’s colleges and universities

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Putting sustainable development at the heart of further and higher education

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  1. Dr Bill Harvey Deputy Director, Learning and Teaching bharvey@sfc.ac.uk Putting sustainable development at the heart of further and higher education

  2. SFC Corporate Plan 2006-09 Objective 4: Sustainable development in Scotland’s colleges and universities • “Require and support colleges and universities to implement strategies to ensure the sustainability of their productive capacity including their financial, human, physical and environmental resources” • “..we will promote sustainable development in colleges, universities and the Council’s own operations in line with the UN Decade of Education for sustainable development...”

  3. The ESD challenge • Dawe & Forster reports • Integrating ESD outcomes in all courses • Stand alone units • Moving to a more capability-focused curriculum?

  4. What’s the market for ESD? • Studentforce report for HEA • SD increasingly influences choice of institution, course and career • ESD supporting employability and quality agendas

  5. Students driving the agenda? • Introduction of ESD modules • Student associations: carbon audits, fair trade, volunteering • Working with NUS on forthcoming conference

  6. Campus Sustainability Programme (CaSPr) SFC has agreed £410k for new three year work programme, with 3 key areas: • Improve environmental performance of university and college estates • Principals Climate Change Declaration • Broaden the student experience of sustainable development

  7. ESD in Scotland’s colleges • SQA guidance on embedding sustainable development in courses • New coordinator post (based at SFEU) to support colleges in responding to SQA guidance, and to work with communities of practice • College campus projects: • ASPIRE Centre, Lauder College • Haghill Campus, John Wheatley College

  8. SFC Estates work (1) • Major SD campus projects (completed): Queen Margaret University, John Wheatley College, Lauder College • New guidance for senior managers on SD and estates management now published • HEEPI guidance on HPBs will complement our own • HEEPI GreenLabs initiative

  9. SFC Estates work (2) • Post-occupancy evaluation of sustainable development projects by BRE Scotland • Recycled content in construction projects • EMS and eMANDATE data collection • JISC SUSTE-IT project

  10. SD Research projects (a selection..) • Transport research; Carbon Storage; Timber (Napier) • Env. Sustainability; Rural Development (Aberdeen) • Inter-disciplinary research capacity (Edinburgh) • Renewable Energy (Glasgow) • Waste and Pollution (Paisley) • Env. History and Policy (Stirling) • Gas Hydrate research (Heriot-Watt) • Integrated energy; Hydrogen & related applications (Strathclyde) • Conservation science; Eco and Env. Modelling (St Andrews)

  11. Developing policy areas… • Sustainable communities • local partnerships • students leading positive change • Research-teaching links • How can cutting edge SD research inform teaching and learning?

  12. SFC internal operations • Reducing use of cars, paper, energy • Increasing use of public transport, video conferencing for meetings • More recycling • More energy efficient staff and offices • Mindful of bio-diversity • More sustainable procurement

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