Other Event Archive

• ASEF Rectors’ Conference & Students’ Forum – 11th September 2019 to 15th September 2019

  The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call for action to shape a better future for all. Universities have a key responsibility to tackle complex societal challenges of our times, manifested in these Goals. The 7th ASEF Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum invites Asian ...

• S-Lab Conference – 9th September 2019

  CONFERENCE KEYNOTES, PARALLEL SESSIONS AND TOURS WILL:  • Provide the normal S-Lab/UKSPA ‘buzz’ of bringing people from different backgrounds together around best practice in designing and operating science-focused facilities. • Provide in-depth accounts of the operation ...

• Global Challenges in Transport - Infrastructure, Development and Finance – 3rd September 2019 to 6th September 2019

  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 Programme provides researchers and practitioners with the necessary knowledge, skills and expertise to address the complexity asso...

• OpenLivingLab Days - Co-creating Innovation - Scaling up from Local to Global – 2nd September 2019 to 5th September 2019

  OpenLivingLab Days (OLLD) is the annual gathering of the global Living Lab community. A space for public officials, companies, entrepreneurs, academics, living lab representatives, and innovators to connect and work together: to create new products and services, to set the basis for debate and explo...

• Love Our Colleges Week in October – 20th August 2019

  Attend the Love Our Colleges webinar on 20 August to receive an update on the campaign and to support you with planning your activities for the Love our Colleges Week in October. Book your place here. ...

• Supporting University Social Responsibility through Student Learning – 16th August 2019

  Join us to explore and discuss the benefits of the ‘European Students Sustainability Auditing’ Project related to student-centred learning and social responsibility within European Universities. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/supporting-university-social-responsibility-through-stude...

• NUAS Forum 2019 - Reducing Carbon Emissions From Flying –Challenges and Possibilities – 15th August 2019

  Reducing Carbon Emissions From Flying –Challenges and Possibilities Session 1, Thu 15 August 2019, 11-11:45 (UTC+2, Norwegian time) How to tackle the growing contradictory pressures of high-level research, interactive learning, internationalization and climate emissions? The workshop wil...

• Transformational Leadership and the Global Goals – 8th July 2019 to 19th July 2019

  On this course you will learn about global challenges relating to the sustainable development goals within industries such as food, energy and clothing. This innovative course which focuses on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and their relationship to leadership, includes a range of active le...

• World Environmental Education Congress – 18th July 2019

  The World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) is an international congress focusing on education for environment and sustainability. 10th World Environmental Education Congress is the first of its kind to be held in Asia under the theme of Local Knowledge, Communication and Global Connectivity w...

• Making Global Goals Local Business – 15th October 2019 to 17th July 2019

  The Global Goals (or Sustainable Development Goals/SDGs) were hailed as a ‘paradigm shift for people and planet’ by former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon. After the largest public consultation ever undertaken, the Global Goals were adopted in 2015 by the UK and th...

• PRME Regional Chapter UK and Ireland, 6th Annual Conference – 8th July 2019 to 10th July 2019

  The 6th Annual Conference of the UK and Ireland PRME Regional Chapter will be hosted by Leeds University Business School. This year’s conference theme directly engages with PRME's vision "to realise the Sustainable Development Goals through responsible management education", and echoes the UN ...

• Can we repair our climate? – 4th July 2019

  If the current climate trends continue, we will soon experience dangerous and irreversible damage to the planet. In response, scientists in Cambridge are setting up a new research centre to develop new ways to repair the Earth's climate. It will investigate radical approaches such as refreezing the ...

• 4th Sustainability in Higher Education conference – 3rd July 2019 to 4th July 2019

  The 2019 Sustainability in Higher Education conference is the fourth in a national series, developed in partnership with the Universities of Plymouth and Canterbury Christ Church, and is open to anyone working in Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC) both nationally an...

• Are courts the new crucible for climate justice? – 4th July 2019

  This event will provide rare insights from prominent figures involved directly in landmark judgements and cases on climate change and air pollution reached in Pakistan, Brazil, the Netherlands, India and the UK, which are inspiring action elsewhere. It also reflects on the challenge to traditional p...

• Prospering from Climate-Resilient Growth in Cities – 3rd July 2019

  This event will seek to address the issue of how finance can accelerate positive change on climate action in the real economy. The event will bring together experts in business, finance, just transition, energy transition, resilience, organised labour and geopolitics. It will be jointly run by E3G, ...

• Financing an Inclusive and Just Transition to a Net Zero Economy – 3rd July 2019

  This event will seek to address the issue of how finance can accelerate positive change on climate action in the real economy. The event will bring together experts in business, finance, just transition, energy transition, resilience, organised labour and geopolitics. It will be jointly run by E3G, ...

• How Climate-Resilient Are London’s Businesses? – 3rd July 2019

  This business roundtable event explores what climate risk means for businesses in London. Exploring current knowledge about risks and opportunities, participants will revisit the business case for ensuring climate-resilient investment in buildings and infrastructure. Companies and sectoral organisat...

• ESSA Project: Supporting University Social Responsibility through Student-Centred Learning – 28th June 2019

  Join us to explore and discuss the benefits of the ‘European Students Sustainability Auditing’ Project related to student-centred learning and social responsibility within European Universities. ESSA is a three year European Erasmus+ project running from 2017-2019 that brought togethe...

• Global Challenges in Transport - Governing Transitions in Urban Transport – 25th June 2019 to 28th June 2019

  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 Programme provides researchers and practitioners with the necessary knowledge, skills and expertise to address the complexity asso...

• Mayoral STEAMhouse Challenge: Clean Air, Green Future – 20th June 2019

  We are facing a local and global emergency from generating toxic pollution of our cities, towns and communities while adding to climate change, both caused by burning fossil fuels i.e. coal, gas and oil. This calls for a clean air revolution- Mayor Andy Street (19 June 2018). The urgent challenge...