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Partnership and Engagement
ESD / Learning for Sustainability and Enterprise
Student-led projects at Bristol & Edinburgh
ESD in Bristol• Environmental operations since the 1990’s• Academics part of operational Steering Group
on environmental issues• Greening the machine, but what about output?• Open Unit of Sustainable Development• Informal work with student societies
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ESD in Bristol• Limited progress• Green Academy via HEA• Space to think• What emerged was the Five Ring Model• Strong Academic / Estates / Student approach• It took a year before we got going.• Capacity - Student interns were the key…
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Activities at Bristol• Mapping tools• Baseline review• Strategy• Staff and student
training• Individual support• Network
• Guides and online tutorials
• Monitoring process• Academic Network• Social media• Subject specific online
resources
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Benefits• Open doors• Student led• Low cost• Bottom up• Existing systems and
processes
Challenges• Limited self reflection• Gate keepers• Continuation• Language• Monitoring
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The ESD story continues…
• National engagement• Student support and development• Internal innovation
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facebook.com/BristolESD
twitter.com/BristolESD
youtube.com/user/BristolESD
wiki esd bristol
Student-led initiatives at Edinburgh
"... all undergraduates ... should be exposed to teaching about the wider and more fundamental issues of society's relationship to the environment, including complex social, economic and ethical questions ..." Educational Policy Committee, 1990
www.alastairmcintosh.com/articles/1991-Edinburgh-Uni-Env-Edn-for-Adaptation.pdf
Autonomous University Edinburgh1 … formed in 2011 and led to the … Learning for Change Manifesto2
“We wish Education for Sustainable Development
to be at the very core of Learning and Teaching at
the University, of the University’s relations with
and responsibilities towards the community,
both locally and globally, and of the running
of the University itself.” March 2012
1 https://www.facebook.com/groups/edinburghfreeschool 2 www.oured.ed.ac.uk/2012/03/students-vision-edinburgh-manifesto/
The Edinburgh Manifesto
In summer 2012 UG student Olga Bloemen internship with the Institute for Academic Development (IAD) analysed SRS curriculum elements meeting criteria outlined in the Edinburgh Manifesto
• Over 500 courses met the criteria – 24% of total UoE courses offered
• 72% of programmes offered aspects of Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/institute-academic-development/learning-teaching/staff/advice/courses/topics/sustainability
Learning for Change internship
This led to Graduate Attributes that support character development, social and emotional intelligence and commitment to sustainability:
• Systems thinking
• Future orientation
• Creativity
• Ethical thinking
• Self-reflection
www.docs.hss.ed.ac.uk/iad/Learning_teaching/Academic_teaching/Resources/Sustainability/Graduate_Attributes_for_Global_Citizenship.pdf
Edgy Attributes
• Empathy
• Academic responsibility
• Bridge-building
• Change-making
• Risk benefit analysis & risk-taking
Current UoE Attributes:
• Ethical Investment Policy – 2003www.seag.estates.ed.ac.uk/docs/open/Paper10-ReviewofSRIPolicy-Appendix
• Fairtrade University – 2004www.ed.ac.uk/about/sustainability/fairtrade/fair-trade-university
• Transition Edinburgh University – 2009www.ed.ac.uk/about/sustainability/what-we-do/community/transition-edinburgh-uni
• EUSA’s Teaching Awards – 2009 www.ed.ac.uk/news/staff/teaching-awards-180310
• Edinburgh Sustainability Awards – 2010www.ed.ac.uk/about/sustainability/what-we-do/awards
• First registered UK Student Co-operative – 2013 www.shrubcoop.org/what-we-do/ + https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghCoops
Student-led initiatives at Edinburgh
The University in the City 37%
24%
27%
12%
20,068
12,780
Student body in 2013 bydomicile region on entry
Scotland
Other UK
International
Other EU+Cyprus
61% UK students / 39% overseas students
Edinburgh’s 20,068 + 12,780 students
Case study: Collaboration sorts problem
Ben Miller + lots more from People & Planet Society & Transition Edinburgh Uni
Sandra KinnearSustainability CoordinatorAccommodation Services
Student MoveOut each summer
• Student-led co-op cuts waste, shares skills & promotes sustainability
• Swap or buy second-hand place to learn how to give things a new life
• Space for activities promoting student & community well-being
• Reduce waste: students, alumni and local community re-use & repair
http://prezi.com/en_xvzr_zk0r/copy-of-swap-reuse-hub-shrub/
A shop premises on two floors
• Redistribute discarded items and challenge “consumption & disposal”
• Support EdExchange used text book sales vs buying new ones
• Wee Spoke bike repair workshop each week
• Work experience: a co-operative business, run by and for members
• Roles like volunteer coordinator, accountant, director, admin, website.
• Edinburgh Sustainability Award in 2012
• Young Scot Environment Award in 2014 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLKuswRh30c
• Listed in Co-operative Education Trust Scotland’s Student’s Guide to starting a co-operative
• Member, Students For CooperationA federal body supporting UK’s emerging student co-operative movement in the UKwww.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2014/mar/26/co-ops-uk-growth
Recognition: Awards and plaudits
Cooperative ethos
‘Aha’ moments from ESD / Learning for Sustainability & Enterprise:
Student-led projects at Bristol & Edinburgh
• Interns can map / explore ESD curriculum offerings
• Promoting inter-disciplinary & collaborative learning
• Action Learning complements the taught curriculum
• Enterprise is for co-operation not just for profit
• Students are a major force for change in HE
• Go seek out & support your student innovators
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