This year the Annual EAUC Conference entitled "Influence!" took place at The University of Manchester on the 19th and 20th June.
We all rely on our influence to get things done. Every time we meet a student, colleague or member of the senior management team we draw on our experience and skill to change hearts and minds.
Today, right now, we face a multitude of environmental, economic and socio-political challenges, so every opportunity to affect decision making is critical. Every interaction has the potential to change hearts, minds and institutional policy.
Academics, researchers, students, campus managers and of course sustainability leaders, we all have a part to play in impacting on and creating sustainable campuses, curricula, leadership, and a sustainable future.
Delegates from every part of the post 16 education sector came together at INFLUENCE! to build new insights and develop skills to shape and bring about sustainable institutions. We had a range of delegates including environmental and sustainability staff and students, lecturers and academics, researchers, senior managers, estates and facilities officers, support professionals and, of course, students.
By increasing the power of our personal and professional influence, this conference empowered us all to persuade, lead, motivate and inspire those around us. Don’t just inform, INFLUENCE!
Presented by Mark Durdin of Cardiff University and Stuart Bowman of Breathe Energy – this joint presentation of our project plan that mapped out how Breathe supported...
Students want their courses to address sustainability, and the University of Bath has made 'Citizenship and Sustainability' one of its key principles for curriculum...
Climate Change is one of the biggest challenges society faces. In October 2018 an IPCC, Special Report, stressed that we have only ten years to turn our behaviour around so that...
A thoroughly acclaimed plenary session featured Dr Alison Green, National Director at Scientists Warning and Academic Lead of Extinction Rebellion, who was joined by Maeve...
Influencing Senior Leaders- Insights from the Finance Director- Phil McNaull former Director of Finance, University of Edinburgh in conversation with Dave Gorman, Director of...
Terry A'Hearn, has over twenty years’ experience in the environment profession, having held senior roles in Melbourne with the Environment Protection Authority in the...
The first plenary session at this year's conference looked at carbon targets.
The session took delegates through how to secure long term energy cost security from generation sources producing carbon free energy. It looked at the volume, term, legal...
SDG’s are a key element to reporting in our organisations but aren’t always valued. This session covered how to convince you organisation to write a SDG...
Has sustainability education been ‘tamed’ to fit with the performativity culture in which reporting and measuring ultimately drive practice? There are a growing...
Showcasing the highlights of the first annual report of the Sustainability Leadership Scorecard so you can see where the sector is achieving and where the sector needs to up its...
The Sustainability Challenge represented a simulation activity that challenges students to design a new University campus and justify their choices to a board of directors.
Through a case study of Circular Economy office furniture, this workshop showed how disruptive sustainable business models are saving Institutions money, reducing their...
Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development” (VIP4SD), brings together students from different disciplines and all years of undergrad and postgrad study to...
The discussion discussed different network approaches, how they have performed, and methods that have worked for you.
This session explored the role of UWE in influencing city scale decarbonisation.
Delegates had the opportunity to dive a bit deeper into the Governance Guide and Business Case Guide and also hear what this year’s Sustainability Institution of the Year,...
This session represented a real opportunity to spend some time hearing about some working single-use plastic reduction initiatives within the sector at both an institutional...
This session offered insights from a research project entitled ‘Transition to more sustainable lives?: the impact of infrastructure and services on students’...
This session looked at the effect of working with students to change the curriculum for the better.
Many attempts have been made to influence behaviour in a positive way e.g. recycling correctly, using design-thinking, participatory design, and choice architecture. However,...
At the University of Strathclyde the travel initiatives have ranged from providing innovative electric vehicles to improving cycling facilities and encouraging sustainable...
The White Ribbon Campaign is a global movement, challenging and working to change male attitudes towards gender based violence.
This session shared findings from a recent DMU project to support staff and students from six programmes to explore current coverage and course enhancements focused on ESDG.
EAUC and the Higher Education Business Continuity Network (HEBCoN) have been working with a group of Members over the last year, with the support of AECOM, to develop a guide...
Following this workshop, participants will be in a position to make learning about sustainability fun and engaging by using an online mulitple-choice quiz - the Suliquiz
This session discussed “what is the role of universities through research, teaching, operations and community engagement to address this public health emergency?”
The unspoken challenge of university in the age of climate change: students diligently prepare for careers while scientists sound the alarm that business as usual is untenable.
War on Waste is a bespoke engagement project in a discrete building testing impact on recycling and contamination rates and influencing reduction of waste at source by staff.
ARUgreen is a comprehensive sustainability engagement initiative which is changing the culture of Anglia Ruskin University using an innovative gamification approach.
The University of Cambridge Sustainable Food Policy was launched two years ago, and has been widely recognised for its innovative approach (including with a Green Gown Award!),...
Local universities and colleges in Birmingham City Centre came together during summer 2018 to make plans for their first ever collaborative Green Week.
Exploring the benefits of applied learning and research for student learning outcomes and graduate attributes, this session shared learning from across the sector.
This session looked at how your institution could set carbon targets that align with the Paris Agreement and support a declaration of a climate emergency.
Glasgow Kelvin Velocity is a project designed by a group of the Glasgow Kelvin College’s Support for Learning students and staff, aimed at encouraging outdoor and cycling...
It is widely accepted that we need standardisation in our recycling practices and clear and consistent messaging however what role can we play when there are so many...
This paper discussed the outcome of the research workshop called ‘Crowd Research’ conducted with final year undergraduate students at Nottingham Trent University.
The University of Winchester has teamed up with the conservation group Hampshire Swifts to develop a ground-breaking initiative to save the Swift population of Winchester.
Palm oil and palm oil derivatives are ubiquitous within food-stuffs, cleaning products, cosmetics and the supply chain of these items
Attendees learned about the steps taken towards developing carbon negative products.
From research to practice: Developing interventions with influence. Bring Your Own Bowl (BYOB) is a food waste behaviour change and student community building intervention.
The session enabled delegates to influence their own universities to achieve zero carbon by creating a collaborative approach into the future.
It brings together powerful networks of businesses and governments, in order to shift global markets and policies towards accelerating climate action
KCL Sustainability Team shared lessons learned from these different projects, including easy wins, challenges to overcome, and unintended consequences to be aware of.
An energy efficiency consultancy and real estate researcher both based at Oxford Brookes University have joined forces to find energy savings.
Following on from the plenary focusing on Greater Manchester’s Carbon Target this session focused on what universities and colleges have done in response to the Climate...
This session offered the delegates the chance to hear from one of the University’s senior lecturers about how a new course is being constructed for The University of...
Why don’t more people see the urgency around climate change and take more action? Why are we sleepwalking our way into changes that will affect the future of humanity?
This session looked at how you can ensure you are as effective as possible in getting your message across, how to build your influence and go about persuading senior management.