Learning from the sharp end - implications for sustainability in Higher Education

15th September 2015

On 7-8 September 2015, the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England hosted a symposium looking at the future of Education for Sustainable Development. The focus of the event was on how to best enable students to make a difference to sustainability, and featured a range of interesting speakers including EAUC’s Chief Executive Iain Patton, who led a on Leadership Roundtable exploring the challenges of delivering ESD in the current policy environment. This event was held in the context of Bristol being the 2015 European Green Capital, and was a fantastic demonstration of the city’s green credentials.

The two day programme included a great deal of interesting debate and discussion, with delegates going home with new ideas on how to better engage with their students. One interesting example of this was Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) global summit game, which was a simulation of political power and negotiation between international blocs with the aim of agreeing on six SDGs for the next ten years.

You can access the programme and abstracts from each of the sessions here.