Other Event Archive

• Universities of Transition Development Day – 11th October 2008

  INVITATION TO UNIVERSITIES OF TRANSITION DEVELOPMENT DAY VENUE: There will be a nominal charge of £6 per person to cover the costs of the venue. LUNCH: Tea & coffee will be provided, but please bring your own lunch. What is the development day about? At the Transition Network Annual Conf...

• Best Practice Seminars - Disposal Services Authority – 7th October 2008 to 8th October 2008

  The Disposal Services Authority is an executive agent of the Ministry of Defence who specialises in the disposal of surplus assets and waste. The seminars will concentrate on the four most critical areas of waste and disposals: 1. Recovering the most money from disposals by selling to agents o...

• Scotland’s Colleges Sustainable Development Education Network – 6th October 2008

  Scotland’s Colleges Sustainable Development Education Network Target Audience Those directly involved in curriculum delivery in Scotland's colleges, heads of department, those leading on curriculum in sustainability groups and teaching staff not currently engaged with the Sustainable Develop...

• Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility in Procurement – 2nd October 2008

  This training event is a free workshop on Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility in Procurement. Delivered by Pat Condon, it will be held at Blackpool and The Fylde College on 2nd October 2008. Workshop Overview What is Sustainable Development? What is Corporate Social Responsibil...

• High Performance Buildings - The Crucial Role of IT – 30th September 2008

  This free 1/2 day workshop is based on two recently published guides to high performance buildings in universities and colleges. The first half summarises the key messages of the reports, and provide practical examples from within and outside the sector. The second half examines the crucial role of ...

• Creating the Intelligent Campus – 29th September 2008

  The EAUC is collaborating with HEEPI on this free event regarding high performance buildings and campuses. The ‘Intelligent Campus’ workshop is an informal, interactive 1/2 day event that focuses on two key issues for tomorrow's Estate. Should all future Estates activities be carried out...

• Revolving Green Fund - Institutional Small Projects (ISP) Fund Workshops – 22nd September 2008 to 26th September 2008

  ISP application workshops will be held in September, subject to the number of Expression Of Interest’s (EOI's) received. Invitations to attend a workshop will be issued to those submitting an EOI. The workshops will include discussion and assessment on participation and advice on whether to pr...

• Charting New Territory in Sustainable Design Education – 19th September 2008 to 21st September 2008

  360° - Charting New Territory in Sustainable Design Education 19th September 2008: 360°, Visit to 100% Design, Earls Court, London, UK 20th September 2008: 360°, One-day conference, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK 21st September 2008: Tour of local eco-architecture sites around Brighto...

• The Big Debate – 15th September 2008

  Please find below details of the Big Debate, to be held on 15th September at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, 12noon-2.30pm (light refreshments will be served from 11.30am). The Debate will be chaired by Richard Bilton the BBC’s Special Correspondent, along with panel membe...

• All Our Futures - Education Waking to Threat, Hope and Possibility – 9th September 2008 to 11th September 2008

  The aim of the conference is to explore, in the context of threat to our planet, how to shape and deliver an education for sustainable futures that brings hope, possibility and transformation. All aspects and levels of education are on the conference agenda; but there is particular emphasis on the c...

• Environmental Management & Performance Measurement - Raising Our Game – 4th September 2008

  Environmental Management and Performance Measurement   A joint learning and networking event for practitioners in central and local government and other public sector bodies. Fed up with listening to the same tired old presentations? If so… it’s time to get stuck-in and get pract...

• Sustainable Practice in Universities – 4th September 2008

  Over the past two decades, universities have experienced unprecedented growth to accommodate increasing numbers of young people entering higher education. This trend is expected to continue… At this conference, delegates will have the opportunity to hear from keynote speakers, as well as...

• Introduction to the UK Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) – 2nd September 2008

  A 1/2 day briefing workshop run by The Energy Consortium. See flyer below for more details and a booking form.

• The Sustainable Desktop? - Achieving Energy Efficient PCs in Universities and Colleges – 2nd September 2008

  This free event will launch SusteIT’s new ICT footprinting tool, which is based on a detailed analysis of communication, computing, and digital printing at the University of Sheffield. The analysis shows that ICT is now responsible for 18% of the University’s total electricity consumptio...

• IAP2 International Conference – 27th August 2008 to 29th August 2008

  Public Participation and Corporate Social Responsibility: from why to how REGISTRATION NOW OPEN - early-bird price reduction closes 29th May 08. The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) conference will be held in partnership with the Scottish Centre for Sustainable Develop...

• Sustainable ICT in Universities and Colleges – 21st August 2008

  Information and communication technologies (ICT) such as remote web access, thin client, and videoconferencing can enable staff to work more efficiently and flexibly. They can support space-efficient office layouts, working from home or other remote locations, more effective working ‘on site&r...

• HEFCE Sustainable development consultation seminars – 4th July 2008 to 16th July 2008

  HEFCE is consulting on a 2008 update to its strategic statement and action plan on sustainable development in the higher education sector. Further details are at: www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2008/08_18/ They are holding the following consultation seminars: - 04/07/2008 Royal Institute of Briti...

• CREE Summer School Seminar - Learning and Sustainability: recognising the mirage – 15th July 2008

  Learning is central to ecological responsibility – but the real question is, how? On the now dominant sustainable development picture, various kinds of learning are instrumental to our behaving responsibly towards the future within an ecological framework of actions and consequences. The urg...

• UK ITE network for Education for Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship – 10th July 2008

  The following event is being organised by ESCalate: UK ITE network for Education for Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship Thursday 10 July 2008 Venue: Central London (TBA) Please click here for further details...

• Environmental Management & Performance Measurement – 8th July 2008

  A learning and networking event for the public sector will take place on Tuesday 8 July at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in central London. The event is sponsored by Defra, local government, the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), the Office of Government Commerce, the Institute ...