Other Event Archive

• 2019 FIE Student Global Leadership Conference – 5th April 2019 to 7th April 2019

  The 2019 FIE Student Global Leadership Conference (SGLC) is an educational event and destination for undergraduate and graduate student leaders.   The Student Global Leadership Conference (SGLC) Committee is seeking proposals for educational programmes and breakout sessions for the fourth SGLC in ...

• Student Global Leadership Conference – 5th April 2019 to 7th April 2019

  FIE's fourth Student Global Leadership Conference returns in 2019! Save the Date now for this premier educational event and student destination for undergraduate and graduate students from the US, UK, and around the world. Building on previous conference themes of social justice, diversity, and incl...

• Spring Campus Conference - University Alliance for Sustainability – 1st April 2019 to 5th April 2019

  The Spring Campus Conference of the University Alliance for Sustainability will take place from April 1-5, 2019 at Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will be on the topic: Re:search. Re:act. Re:design. 'The Future is Now: Driving Sustainable Development'. The Conference will focus on three ...

• 2nd World Symposium on Sustainability Science - Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – 1st April 2019 to 3rd April 2019

  The United Nations Summit, held on 25 to 27 September 2015 in New York, adopted the post-2015 development agenda and a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are outlined in the document "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". This Agenda, according to the U...

• S-Lab Conference – 2nd April 2019 to 3rd April 2019

  The S-Lab Conference at the University of Birmingham on April 2-3 has two presentations on our Sustainable Lab initiatives (with case studies of the Collaborative Teaching Laboratory, Medical College, and SKA) as well as ones by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (initiated and led b...

• Waste and wellbeing: cultural waste disposal practices and health – 2nd April 2019

    Our attitudes towards waste influence what we consume, how we consume it and when we throw it away. These attitudes can be strongly shaped by cultural and local contexts. Waste management and disposal practices encompass varying levels of society and types of waste; from individual food waste to ...

• Book Launch: 'Resurrection Trust' - short stories about living sustainably – 28th March 2019

  ‘Resurrection Trust’ – a collection of funny, dark, mad, bad, upbeat, downbeat and fantastical short stories about living sustainably from the University of Southampton's Green Stories writing competition. From eco communities to singing buildings, and sharing economies, these sto...

• Evening panel event - Universities Against Modern Slavery Alliance - UAMSA - Inaugural Conference – 25th March 2019

  UAMSA is a new association between universities aiming to bring the issue of labour exploitation in supply chains into the public conscious. Academics, university staff, students and Fairtrade business experts will be in attendance.    The conference will be chaired by James Sinclair, an internati...

• Roundtable - Universities for the Promotion of Fair and Sustainable Business Practices – 25th March 2019

  Roundtable for "Universities for the Promotion of Fair and Sustainable Business Practices" to be held March 25th, 15:00 – 16:30, King’s College London,  Great Hall (Strand Campus). Please email Rebecca Brown to register. The event will bring together academics, students and profession...

• Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region – 21st March 2019 to 22nd March 2019

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) was set up in 1947 by ECOSOC. It is one of five regional commissions of the United Nations.   UNECE's major aim is to promote pan-European economic integration. UNECE includes 56 member States in Europe, North America and Asia. However, al...

• UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region – 21st March 2019 to 22nd March 2019

  UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE Region Geneva, Switzerland For full details click here  

• Symposium on Sustainability Reporting in Higher Education – 14th March 2019 to 15th March 2019

  The role of sustainability reporting in documenting, measuring and fostering sustainability practices in higher education institutions The implementation of the theory and practice of sustainable development at higher education institutions (HEIs) has been quite intense over the past two decades....

• 2nd European Conference on Sustainable Mobility at Universities – 14th March 2019 to 15th March 2019

  U-MOB LIFE "European Network for Sustainable Mobility at University" is a European 5-year project co-financed by the European Commission under the LIFE Programme. The main goal of this project is to create a European Network for Sustainable Mobility at universities, in order to facilitate the exchan...

• Global Challenges in Transport - Smart Technologies and Changing Behaviours course – 12th March 2019 to 15th March 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...

• Sustainability in the Leather Supply Chain Conference – 14th March 2019

  This year’s half day Sustainability in the Leather Supply Chain Hong Kong Conference will take place in Room N101 B, the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on the 14th March to coincide with the 2019 APLF Leather and Materials fair. The sustainability conference will focus on emerging...

• Truly transformative teaching - Creating a responsible curriculum for sustainable development – 6th March 2019

  With creative industries increasingly focusing on environmental and social responsibilities, and students desires to work for responsible companies, educators are challenged to reconsider their curriculum and integrate sustainability into teaching and learning experiences (Chitrakorn, 2016). Join...

• Air pollution - local contexts - universal effects – 6th March 2019

  Air pollution is not only a major global environmental problem, but also represents the single largest environmental risk to health globally. Alongside contributing to chronic illness, estimates are that 2 million people die every year from air pollution exposure. Both globally and within countries ...

• Sustainable Innovation 2019 - Road to 2030 – 4th March 2019 to 5th March 2019

  Concept Sustainable Innovation 2019 will provide a platform to discuss future visions of how sustainability will impact on business models, products, services, technologies, innovation and design in 2030. Sustainable Innovation 2019 will include invited and refereed papers from academics, consult...

• Creating spaces to enhance the learning environment – 28th February 2019

  Join Interface for an evening panel debate hosted by Sustainability Manager, Jon Khoo, discussing the latest in design and sustainability in the higher education environment. Learn from industry experts how universities and colleges can promote student and staff wellbeing, embed sustainable pract...

• London Student Sustainability Conference 2019 – 28th February 2019

  The London Student Sustainability Conference is a student-led conference highlighting student projects which inspire positive impact in the world. Broaden your knowledge of the challenges and solutions to today's most critical issues Network with students, academics and professionals from the ...