Universities and colleges are now expected to demonstrate their value to wider society. Often uniquely placed to engage with local and regional communities, they are able to support and enhance the development of sustainable growth significantly.
Institutions can function as important conduits for establishing stimulating and supportive meaningful relationships, which are mutually beneficial. Outreach programmes and/or activities to widen participation and promote inclusion are examples of how positive outcomes can come to be. Institutions can also be significant contributors to local economies, directly through the procurement of local products and services or indirectly by strengthening the resilience of the local workforce with skills development support.
The EAUC-Scotland's Community Engagement Topic Support Network (TSN) is open to all, providing an opportunity for those working in or with the further and higher education sector to share ideas and questions and to get together to hear from particular speakers or discuss topics of interest.
Presentation from the Sustainable Campus Excellence Awards 2015, Nanyang Technological University.
Presentation from the Sustainable Campus Excellence Awards 2015, KTH.
Solar Independence Day annual celebrations will be held on Friday 3rd -Saturday 4th July this year. The Solar Trade Association events have been organised for all round the UK...
The SWIM Team (Supported Wage Workers In Motion) To facilitate the inclusion of people with intellectual disability and learning spectrum disorders into its everyday...
Building sustainable communities by strengthening the wellbeing of individuals and families The Orchard Hills Farm programme includes the most vulnerable community members...
In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Laura Parry (Sustainability Officer) is engaging, motivating and inspiring staff, students and the public with the sustainability...
In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Elena Rivilla Lutterkort (Sustainability Officer) is bringing creativity to solutions on sustainability in her role at the London...
In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Gillian Menzies (Director of Studies) is inspiring the next generation through research and enquiry in her role at Heriot-Watt...
In this Meet a Member career profile, see how Richard Fletcher (Festivals Researcher) is embedding sustainability through community and industry engagement in his role at De...
The UWS social engagement and leadership program (SELP) is a unique multi-disciplinary volunteer program that runs annually over 4 weeks in Greater Western Sydney
The Greenwich Sustainability Hub is a partnership project between the Student’s Union university of Greenwich, and the University of Greenwich. Its aim is to...
Coventry University’s School of Art and Design have established a social enterprise ‘ReFreshed UnLtd’, upcycling counterfeit clothes donated from Coventry...
The Works is an employment and skills centre established by the University of Manchester in 2011 with the objective of raising skill levels and improving employment...
Fruit Routes brings staff, students and the local community together to grow, harvest, share and create an edible campus using creative and innovative methods of engagement. A...
The University of Sunderland has been utilising the WARP-it resource, reuse portal now for nearly three years, however it has been the engagement in the City wide Sunderland...
London College of Fashion’s Widening Participation Unit has nurtured a relationship with St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney since 2011. Widening Participation have lead...
The £5.1M Lancaster China Catalyst Programme provides UK companies with a significant package of support to develop R&D partnerships with Chinese counterparts in...
The Sustainability Team at the University of Reading works with local bus company Reading Buses to provide an excellent service for staff, students and visitors. Responsiveness...
The University of Sunderland successfully bid for £25,000 HEFCE funding in 2012 from UnLtd, the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in the UK. The...
The Connecting Children and Nature Network is a cross-disciplinary partnership between Canterbury Christ Church University and a range of local organisations (including schools,...
In this EAUC Member Spotlight, see how the University of Chester are actively engaging with students, staff and the wider local community.
The School Governor Initiative at the University of Manchester encourages and engages staff and former students to contribute to the improvement of state schools by becoming...
Canterbury Christ Church University has been developing environmental perspectives, not only in conjunction with the local community, but also with partners overseas....
The Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit is based on the idea that communities and educational systems within communities need to dovetail their sustainability...
The matter of landscape links university operations, research, teaching and learning with community and industry engagement delivering stage two of the roof garden pilot project.
Growing at Griffith focuses on three innovative biodiversity projects that builds on Griffith’s commitment to maintaining environmental integrity on its campuses.
The EcoCentre is a key element of Griffith University’s Griffith Science group and promotes an encouraging message that the knowledge, existing framework and resources to...
The Trickle Effect – Working flexibly with Aboriginal communities to build capability in resource efficiency. A state wide delivery of the Cert Iv Home Sustainability Assessment...
tate of the Tropics. Half of the world’s population and 67% of the world’s children under 15 years of age will be living in the Tropics by 2050, raising serious...
Youth Eco Summit – Linking and leveraging social responsibility and sustainability in GWS and beyond. The unique internationally recognised Youth Eco Summit (YES) held annually...
Progressing sustainability via continuous pursuit of environmental excellence. The University of Auckland has come a long way since the early 1980s when we first started...
Doing the right thing – a holistic approach to sustainability. At Otago Polytechnic we believe in doing the right thing. Our goals are to have every graduate a sustainable...
The Green Gown Awards Australasia Winners’ summary 2014 provides a summary of the projects recognised by this year's Awards, the International Awards and the ACTS...
In this EAUC Meet a Member career profile, see how Simon Goldsmith (Head of Sustainability) is driving forward sustainability across the University of Greenwich.
Our Community Engagement and Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Topic Support Networks worked together to organise this free event on the...
London School of Economics present their 2012/13 Sustainability Report.
De Montfort University present their 2012/13 Environmental Report.
University of Oxford present their 2011/2012 Sustainability Report.
University of Bath present their 2014 Annual Sustainability Report.
A link to BT's Net Good initiative which aims to help society live within the constraints of our planet’s resources through our products and people.
View the photographs taken at "Challenging Connections" Annual Conference 2015.
This video is from the Student Sustainability Summit 2015, in partnership with NUS and People & Planet, presented by Sara Parkin.
A case study from British Gas which shares the strategic partnership that helped unlock the significant benefits associated with guaranteed energy and carbon reduction through...
A blog post by Will Jenkins, Carbon Credentials about the Role of Tertiary Education in the Transition to Sustainable Cities
This biomass project is the second ever cooperatively funded biomass project in the country, the first of this type in the education sector
Sheffield Hallam University present their 2013/14 Annual Sustainability Report.
Keele University present their 2013 Sustainability Report.
Canterbury Christ Church University present their annual 2013-14 Sustainability, Environment and Education Annual Report.
Canterbury Christ Church University present their annual 2014 Sustainability Report.
In this EAUC Member Spotlight, see how the University of Brighton has adopted sustainability as one of its core goals, as reflected in the institution’s Strategic Plan.