Other Event Archive

• Advancing Sustainability Goals: The Power of Tools and Data – 22nd April 2021 to 23rd April 2021

  12:30pm – 2pm (Hawai’i Standard Time, HST) which is 11.30pm on Thursday 22 April 2021 BST. To celebrate the 51st Earth Day and to support this year’s theme "Restore Our Earth", MÄ�noa Institutional Research Office (MIRO) is pleased to host a free virtual symposium on data and a ...

• Climate Change and the Green Economy Conference – Preparing for the future – 21st April 2021

  The world faces a climate emergency and this last year has reinforced and heightened awareness on why we need to collectively address this huge challenge and take action. The green thread needs to weave through our whole college strategy to address the crisis, in addition our students demand action....

• Book Launch: 'Conversations on Global Citizenship Education' – 19th April 2021

  This stimulating online discussion event marks the launch of the new book 'Conversations on Global Citizenship Education: Perspectives on Research, Teaching, and Learning in Higher Education', edited by Development Education Research Centre alumnus Emiliano Bosio. Emiliano, along with three of th...

• Enactus UK National Expo 2021 – 12th April 2021 to 14th April 2021

  On the 12TH – 14TH April, 65 Enactus teams from across the UK will participate in the Enactus UK National Expo, which will be held virtually. Enactus believe that investing in students who take entrepreneurial action for others creates a better world for us all. Enactus develops university ...

• Solar and Wind Power Conference - ‘The coming of age of renewable energy‘ – 14th April 2021

  This free-to-attend virtual conference aims to provide an international outlook of the state of development of solar- and wind-generated electricity. The status of solar and wind energy in some of the major economies of the world shall be provided by a line-up of internationally acknowledged keynote...

• ESD for 2030 framework and the Berlin Conference: Time to act - Now or Never – 14th April 2021

  14 April 2021, 12:30 GMT+1 (1.30pm GMT) Summarizes the learnings from the series of online workshops and highlights the focus areas of the new framework ESD for 2030, as well as its roadmap on the way forward, from UNESCO World Conference on ESD in Berlin, Germany and beyond. For full details,...

• NEUPC - Supplier Webinar: Wagstaff – 13th April 2021

  From innovation in their products to how they ensure furniture is recycled and reused, this session will be an interactive Q&A with Wagstaff and some of their key partners. Register here now....

• ANGEL Conference 2021: Pedagogy Of Hope And Global Social Justice – 25th March 2021 to 27th March 2021

  The event theme this year is 'Pedagogy Of Hope And Global Social Justice'. Aims: To review and reflect upon the role of global learning and global citizenship education in providing visions of hope for social change  To discuss the role of global social justice as a pedagogical approach in ...

• UNICA–University of Edinburgh webinar “Social & Civic Responsibility" – 26th March 2021

  UNICA – University of Edinburgh webinar "Social and Civic Responsibility – Adopting a Whole Institution Approach" Social and civic responsibility means helping shape society in a positive way, such as by reducing inequalities or improving environmental protection. As large organisatio...

• NEUPC - Supplier Webinar: Recycling the Over2Hills Way – 26th March 2021

  Find out how Over2Hills can help with the circular economy of furniture recycling.  In this session Jo Green will explore the circular economy of furniture recycling and how the benefits can expand beyond your institution to the wider community. Register here now....

• Universities as Change Makers: Sustainability Initiatives Around the Globe – 25th March 2021

  The publication ‘Universities as Change Makers: Sustainability Initiatives from Across the Globe’  features 12 sustainability initiatives organized by partner universities of the University Alliance for Sustainability and TrAndeS based in Canada, Chile, Colombia, China, Germany, Israel, ...

• Sustainability Symposium: Facing Forward with Sustainability: Principles, Progress and Partnership – 25th March 2021

  The event provides the opportunity for colleagues to share and discuss innovations in and research about progressing sustainability in the sector. Advance HE are inviting colleagues to consider how higher education now needs to move forward with sustainability initiatives and education, in pandem...

• The Northern Irish College of the Future – 25th March 2021

  Final Report Launch Event What do we want and need from our colleges from 2030 onwards, and how do we get there? These were the simple yet important questions the Independent Commission on the College of the Future sought to answer when it began work in spring 2019. Join the Independent Commis...

• Behind the Scenes: UNFCCC COP Negotiations – 25th March 2021

  International climate negotiations often take place in pre-defined spaces (such as UNFCCC COP rooms and halls) and sometimes behind closed doors. Through this online event the aim is to find out more about COP negotiations. This event aims to delve into questions such as: What forms of negoti...

• Protecting British Pollinators: Addressing Long Term Threats to Bees and Pollinators – 25th March 2021

  Recent difficulties around the transportation of bee populations due to border constraints imposed by Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic have underlined the increasing scarcity of native pollinators in Britain, and the potential threat this poses to the British agricultural industry. Three quarters of...

• Short Course - Navigating the sustainability agenda – 9th March 2021 to 23rd March 2021

  The UCL Institute for Sustainability Resources (ISR) is launching a series of short courses, based on its world-leading research and policy advice on pathways to sustainability, to act as a compass for the future.   The courses bring together the world-class academic expertise of London’s Gl...

• CO2 solutions: ocean carbon storage options - University of Oxford – 22nd March 2021

  The modern ocean contains an enormous (38000 GtC) reservoir of carbon in dissolved form. Recent geological history shows that the oceans have repeatedly absorbed CO2 from the atmosphere during the periodic glacial periods and released it during the warm interglacial periods. This additional capacity...

• Sustainable Innovation 2021-Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion – 15th March 2021 to 21st March 2021

  Sustainable Innovation 2021  Accelerating Sustainability in Fashion, Clothing, Sportswear & Accessories Organised by: The Centre for Sustainable Design ® at UCA, UK  CONCEPT  Whilst sustainability is high on the global agenda for policy makers, business and citizens, the speed and scale ...

• Climate Futures: Youth Perspectives - Virtual Conference – 9th March 2021 to 18th March 2021

  The climate emergency has inspired youth-led activism across the world and young people have been at the forefront of campaigns and political protest on climate justice. In April 2019, Extinction Rebellion began to galvanise support in the UK, before turning into a global movement, denouncing ina...

• Conserving biodiversity in a dynamic world – 18th March 2021

  The main way we tend to try and preserve wild species is to designate natural spaces for them, where we hope they will survive and thrive away from human developments. However, species all around the world are changing their distributions in response to climate change. This talk will ask whether the...