Started by WWF and partners as a symbolic lights-out event in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour is now one of the world's largest grassroots movements for the environment, engaging...
Although it is encouraging that women have made up more than half of all civil servants since 2001, only 43% of senior civil servants are women. While there has been an upward...
This webinar explores the ways in which Electronics Watch supports compliance with the Modern Slavery Act. Harpreet Kaur Paul, UK Representative, Electronics Watch together...
The Heat and Decentralised Energy Conference 2020 will focus on levelling up with local energy. Decentralised energy is local energy: from demand side response operating on air...
The Travel Better Package Webinar on Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 provided attendees with practical guidance on how to use the resources available in the Travel Better Package to...
This virtual evidence gathering event is the second of 5 sessions from the Climate Commission. The focus of this event is Research and innovation– the funding and...
The Geneva Challenge is a project that aims to encourage interdisciplinary problem solving analysis among master students on advancing human development within the scope of a...
Sorting through the "Single-Use" Problem provides an overview of initiatives on FHE campuses that tackle single-use plastics and items. Institutions featured in the...
Across the world, the situation surrounding COVID-19 is moving rapidly and the pandemic is also at the top of the Further and Higher Education sector’s agenda where it is...
2020 will see Advance HE bring together the annual EDI conference with the biannual Scottish conference into a three day conference with the theme – Courageous...
The Travel Better workshop ran alongside the launch of the Travel Better Package as part of a wider initiative to support colleges and universities in addressing our reliance...
On March 12th, 2020, EAUC-Scotland is releasing the Travel Better Package to support universities and colleges in addressing business air travel to reduce carbon emissions and...
Yesterday, the European Commission adopted a new Circular Economy Action Plan - one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal, Europe's new...
The Annual Higher Education Governance and Leadership Conference 2020 will explore the latest updates and best practice in delivering outstanding governance and leadership...
Background The 1st Repair Café was established in 2009 in the Netherlands as a grassroots, community-led approach to extending the life of products. Since then the...
Addressing Marine Plastics - A systemic Approach – Recommendations for Actions
In response to public pressure, the government is tackling plastic pollution by addressing individual uses of plastic, like some plastic bags and microbeads. While bans on items...
The Chancellor has today announced in the first Budget of 2020, among other measures, that the tampon tax has been scrapped. This is overdue, and we would like for...
The Travel Better Package aims to support the reduction of air travel in the FHE sector, specifically amongst academics and staff. It also aims to support reflection on and...
COP26 president Alok Sharma gave his first speech in post to the UN last week. He outlined his priority actions areas for COP26 and 2020. Adaptation and resilience....
Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
This virtual evidence gathering event is the first of 5 sessions from the Climate Commission. The focus of this event is Mobilising the Further and Higher Education...
https://www.animalgaze.org/ The aesthetics of animal politics. David Attenborough's cinematography. Speeches at Glastonbury. Instagram activism. From space, the...
EAUC's virtual 'Sustainability Sharing Series' March 2020 edition discussed Wildlife on campus. We have produced a best practice document from the...
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has completed over 63,000 positive actions as the University celebrates a successful first year of Green Rewards. Since the launch of the...
Despite the fact that teaching and research on the SDGs important, and may deliver decision-making tools for future oriented action and for a sustainable society, there is at...
What do the SDGs look like in HE and FE?
Join Veolia at 20/20 Vision: Education to find out about the latest policy changes, better ways to reduce and recycle waste, improving energy efficiency and how to...
Policy Lab was created to help bridge the gap between patients and drugs aimed at curing diseases.
The London Student Sustainability Conference is returning on Thursday 27 February 2020! After a successful conference last year, we’re looking forward to welcoming...
Aston University - Ethical Investment Policy
Since HEFCE was disbanded in 2018 and replaced by the Office for Students (OfS), there has been a gap in formal policy oversight and regulation for the Higher Education sector...
On Wednesday 26 February 2020, fifty students will be entering parliament on a mission to engage MPs and Peers in the need to repurpose the education system around the climate...
This workshop is similar to, and builds on the experience of, previous events held at the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol which received great feedback from attendees. It...
Carbon Offset Strategy - University of Tasmania
There were big changes in Westminster last week – and you would be forgiven for finding it hard to keep up. Many of the ministers replaced had only been in post for 6...
Overview The Let's Talk Value event will look at continuing the dialogue about value and looking through the lens of integrated thinking and reporting – a...
Following on from our recent COP26 meeting on the 4th of February EAUC-Scotland has produced a Top 10 list of things you can do in your institution around COP26. COP...
EAUC has announced its support for the SOS-UK and UKSCN campaign ‘Teach the Future’ which calls for the whole education system to be repurposed around the climate...
EAUC's virtual 'Sustainability Sharing Series' February 2020 edition discussed Sustainable Events and Conferences. We have produced a best practice...
Wrap - The UK Plastics Pact report 2018/19
The UK Healthy Universities Network has been working closely with Student Minds as they lead the development of the University Mental Health Charter. Student Minds has...
This journal article identifies key issues facing the science communication field and it suggests a series of prescriptions, inspired by the impact of “evidence-based...
Through collaborating with a series of academic experts, environmental organisations and communications specialists, Sustainable Strathclyde have released a set of six...
Sustainability Leadership Scorecard Report 2020 – Submit your data by Friday 28th February Undoubtedly, the multi-dimensioned thing we call sustainability can...
DEFRA announced the speedy return of the Environment Bill to Parliament today (30th January) following the General Election. This, they say, underlines the government’s...
Students collect more than 900 tonnes of recycling as part of campus clean-up RecycleLeague competition engages over 39,000 students across 10 UK universities The...
Organisations have demanded commitment from the UK Prime Minister to accelerate progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A group of organisations...
Climate Change Synthesis Report 2019
Greener UK Quarterly Coalition
The International Green Gown Awards, supported by UN Environment, recognise exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by universities and colleges around the globe...
All are welcome at the Green Stories Prize Giving event to celebrate the winners of the 2019 competitions: The Stage Play competition, the Radio Play competition, Novel...
The UK is making significant steps in reducing its food waste, with total food waste levels falling by 480,000 tonnes between 2015 and 2018 – a 7% reduction per person...
https://nhs-insight.com/event/3434/ZVDU1O-375418 Join us for Westminster Insight’s Managing Plastic Waste Forum where we will review effective initiatives in reducing,...
Overview Despite comprising the majority of staff working in UK higher education, women remain underrepresented at the most senior levels and the challenge to increase the...
The aim of this research is to develop a meaningful assessment process. It looks at how Goal 4 promotes quality education and Target 4.7 specifically addresses Education for...
Engaging Environments ran from October 2017 to March 2019 and was a NERC-funded project supporting consortium and capacity building projects to build a long-term, effective and...
Do you know someone with the interest and capacity to help the EAUC-Scotland team develop their support for sustainability in Scotland’s Universities? EAUC-Scotland are...
The EAUC Change-Maker Programme: Sustainability Leadership and Innovation *By application *If you are interested in joining us, please provide us with a short application...
The RGS Climate Change Research Group (CCRG) is organising a workshop on Wednesday 15th January 2020 at the Royal Geographical Society in London, on communicating climate...
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) wrote to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, after his General Election win at the end of 2019, urging him to prioritise action on Climate...
Report of the UK Healthy Universities Network meeting held on 6th November 2019, which was organised around the theme of ‘Aligning Healthy Universities, Mentally Healthy...
Following the success of the Conservative Party at the General Election, the Aldersgate Group urges the new Government to press ahead with a meaningful and ambitious climate and...
Reducing carbon emissions in business through Responsible Management Education: Influence at the micro-, meso- and macro-levels
We have partnered with Emerald Publishing and are now delighted to announce that the academic sessions which have been selected for the EAUC Annual Conference 2018...
EAUC listens to its members and is a powerful voice within the wider sustainability sector Now at a time when EAUC has embarked on its most ambitious and significant...
University Mental Health Charter
On 11th Dec 2019, the Travel & Transport Topic Support Network and ACT Travelwise group met to discuss: Charging Infrastructure in Universities &...
Individual lifestyle changes to mitigate climate change
Developing students' energy literacy in Higher Education
Climate Emergency Defined
Climate Change FAQs: Causes, Impacts and Action
The Global Challenges in Transport courses are part of the Oxford Leadership Programme, and are delivered by the Transport Studies Unit, at the University of Oxford....
The Russell Group, which represents 24 leading UK universities published a joint statement on Monday 9th December on environmental sustainability, setting out its commitment to...
A pioneering roadmap to transform the UK’s food sector is being developed by UKSSD (of which EAUC are a member). Their new Food Systems programme brings together...
The University Mental Health Charter was launched this week (Monday, 9th December 2019), co-created with staff and students from over 200 higher education organisations across...
The World Congress on Sustainable Technologies (WCST-2019) is a multidisciplinary congress, bridging efforts across the natural, social and engineering sciences, the environment...
REACH (Routes to Enhancing ACHievement)
Learning for Sustainability Scotland and EAUC-Scotland have developed the College Learning for Sustainability Champions programme to help college teaching staff address...
Submit a workshop proposal for the EAUC Annual Conference - CLIMATE2020 taking place on 23 - 24 June 2020 at University of Bath! We have a...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several plenary sessions. This page contains the resources from the session on Reducing Aviation...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several plenary sessions. This page contains the resources from the session entitled, What...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several plenary sessions. This page contains the resources from the session on The Purpose of FHE...
https://www.tec.ac.uk/events/energy-education-connected-conference/TEC are proud to be hosting our “Energy & Education Connected” conference...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference took place in Glasgow in November 2019 and considered the key, hard-to-address sustainability challenges currently facing universities and colleges....
University of Surrey is sharing good practice in the latest Staff and Student Sustainability Survey
The Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Topic Support Network Group met on the 11th of November to look into the topic of "Evaluating ESD in the curriculum –...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several breakout sessions. This page contains the resources from the workshop on Curriculum for...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several breakout sessions. This page contains the resources from the workshop on Offsetting to...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several breakout sessions. This page contains the resources from the workshop on Sustainable...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several breakout sessions. This page contains the resources from the workshop on Carbon and...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several breakout sessions. This page contains the resources from the workshop on Adapting to the...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several breakout sessions. This page contains the resources from the workshop on Divestment....
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several breakout sessions. This page contains the resources from the workshop on Climate...
Our EAUC-Scotland Conference 2019, entitled the Elephants in the Room, included several breakout sessions. This page contains the resources from the workshop on Reducing...
We recently conducted a Sustainability Sharing Series on: Embedding Sustainability into Open Days. The Best Practice Guide from this has been produced as is available on the...
This month we open the Sustainable Academy Awards up for applications - if you have been involved in a project or initiative that contributes to a more sustainable Wales...
Green Gown Awards celebrate initiatives that ensure a better tomorrow for young people As the Climate Crisis is increasingly recognised as the most pressing issue our world...
Today the Aldersgate Group publishes its manifesto report, Time for action: building a competitive and inclusive green economy, setting out key priorities for the new government...
Join us during the International Year of the Periodic Table to highlight how precious elements are being lost to landfill or hoarded in old tech devices. Some elements, such...