The University of Manchester has achieved Level 5 – the highest possible rating – in the Government’s flexible framework for sustainable procurement. The University is the first in the country to have its self-assessment independently verified, with Manchester’s practices ...
Read more →Following member feedback, the Green Scorecard tool has been updated. Please watch the short video to find out where the improvements and additions have been made to the functionality. Also available to download is a user guide document. All changes are now live on the Green Scorecard system r...
Read more →The University of Winchester has scooped the Client of the Year Award at the 2017 Constructing Excellence Awards in London and the South East. The Awards recognise outstanding companies working in the built environment and projects that have delivered improvements in all-round performance thro...
Read more →Your institution has formal responsibilities around litter and refuse – have your say on the new Code of Practice. The Scottish government is in the process of updating the 2006 ‘Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse’ statutory guidance, issued under the Environmental Protecti...
Read more →On the 30 June 2017 the Scottish Government launched its most recent consultation to introduce a new Climate Change Bill in relation to the Climate Change Act (Scotland) 2009. The key changes being proposed include: Greenhouse gas emission reduction target being changed from 80% reduction...
Read more →Smart textiles will be used to monitor stress levels in aeroplane pilots as part of a major European research project involving Nottingham Trent University. The university’s Advanced Textiles Research Group – led by Professor Tilak Dias of the School of Art & Design –will explo...
Read more →The power and value of sustainability leaders ratcheted up yet another gear at this year’s EAUC Leadership Lab at Cambridge. Westminster College buzzed as a talented and experienced group of leaders grasped a new language of change and recognition of their pivotal role in driving it. The ...
Read more →The National Union of Students celebrated their annual Green Impact Students' Unions awards last week. This year they had redesigned their toolkit to include more social and holistic actions, for example about activism and campaigning, and training and research. The NUS Sustainability team were...
Read more →Salix has announced the launch of a new round of funding for Further Education Colleges in England, in partnership with the EAUC and supported by the Association of Colleges. The funding ensures Further Education Colleges can invest in energy efficient technologies, resulting in both carbon and fina...
Read more →This year’s UK and Ireland Green Gown Awards’ finalists are proving post-16 education is at the forefront of the effort to deliver solutions to the most pressing global challenges of our time. Having been a leading participant in the United Nations negotiations to develop 17 Global Go...
Read more →Brite Green are currently in the process of preparing for their University Carbon Progress Report. The report uses the most recent figures published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). In order to ensure the findings accurately reflect the performance of universities, Brite Green are m...
Read more →The University of Cambridge has published its first Environmental Sustainability Report. The report, titled 'Environmental Sustainability Report', details the university's progress towards meeting the goals set out in the University’s Environmental Sustainability, Vision, Policy and Strategy. ...
Read more →Almost half of all higher education institutions (HEIs) in England worked with Salix on energy efficiency projects in the last financial year, resulting in the completion of projects utilising over £20m from Salix managed programmes. As well as impressive carbon emissions savings, these projects ...
Read more →The sustainability team at Nottingham Trent University’s Business School are looking for sustainability professionals to take part in a global online survey. The study is looking at perceptions on how universities should deal with issues relating to climate change in operations and the cur...
Read more →The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) is bringing the second Leadership Lab to Cambridge University this July in partnership with PwC. The two day event has an impressive line-up, including experts from Harvard University, PwC and the UK HE sector. This unique opport...
Read more →The University of the West of England (UWE) has recently been involved with a number of green initiatives both within the city of Bristol and across the UK. On 23 May, UWE Bristol hosted an exciting and stimulating Roadshow event on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). One...
Read more →If you have not heard of it, you need to find out about the student Enactus World Cup. From September 26th to 28th, 2017 a select group of 3,500 students, business, academic and government leaders from around the globe will gather in London for a very special event that includes three unforgetta...
Read more →Do you know a young person with an interest in environmental issues or looking to develop their leadership skills? Are you part of a local community group looking to increase your membership but need help recruiting local young people? Groundwork Youth is here to help! Groundwork Youth is a Grou...
Read more →Researchers at Nottingham Trent University used old bike parts and a disused pressure cooker to create a wave energy harvester powerful enough to charge a mobile phone. BSc Product Design undergraduate Owen Griffiths and Professor Amin Al-Habaibeh, a professor of intelligent engineering systems,...
Read more →The Culture of Consumerism: Reduce, Reuse, Reculture event held by Perth College UHI’s WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Centre on Friday 19th May brought together a range of people interested in sustainability, technology and the arts for a day of thinking about e-waste, reuse ...
Read more →Jonathan Horner, part time Lecturer in Environmental Geography at St Mary’s University in Twickenham is taking part in the 140 mile UK Coast to Coast cycle ride in July. He is aiming to raise awareness of the importance of environmental issues throughout the ride. He will also be raising mo...
Read more →EAUC is excited to announce a new partnership with Better World Books, the award-winning, socially minded global bookseller, to drive sustainability and book reuse at university and college campuses across the UK and Ireland. The EAUC and Better World Books will work together to locate book banks...
Read more →It is time for collective action. If we are going to reduce the ever-increasing pressure on university and college academics, researchers, students and professional staff, we need a better way to collaborate together. Today, on World Environment Day (5th June 2017), EAUC launches its Living La...
Read more →The University of Dundee has launched its ‘greenest’ cutlery and crockery to date, coinciding with World Environment Day on Monday, 3rd June. The move to new, fully compostable plates, glasses and coffee/tea cups and lids is a first for any university in Scotland. Plates, glasses, cup...
Read more →Speakers made from the roots of mushrooms have been designed by a Nottingham Trent University student to create a new sound. Bertie Ford, who created FungiSound as part of his BSc Product Design degree, says his project also sends out an environmental message about the imaginative use of natural...
Read more →In September 2015, the 193 UN member states adopted the roadmap for 2030: 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For the next 15 years, organizations and citizens have been called upon to "mobilize their efforts to end all forms of poverty, address inequalities and tackle climate change, while ens...
Read more →HEPA would like to invite interested persons to join a national (UK) working group addressing the issues surrounding Responsible Procurement and moving the agenda forward. Topics covered will include, but will not be limited to, Modern Slavery, Workers Rights, Sustainable and Ethical Procurement ...
Read more →Clothes with plants growing or pressed inside them – which can be planted into the ground once the garments have been worn out by the wearer – have been designed to deliver an important message about sustainability. Ellie Oldacre, 22, designed Live Wear to combat the culture of fast ...
Read more →Student Eats has been embedding sustainable food into student life for years. We started by helping students set up food growing sites on campuses across the UK and now we’re helping students create 67 social enterprises, starting with small projects right the way to fully fledged businesses b...
Read more →Organised by the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick, the EAUC chaired an event exploring approaches to capital project delivery last week. Proving popular, the event saw almost 100 attendees from across the post-16 education sector and the construction industry. EAUC CEO Iain Pat...
Read more →The General Election is looming (Thursday, 8 June) and we want to take the time to encourage all of our members to vote. This is your chance to have a say on our future. Last week the Conservative Party, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats published their General Election 2017 manifestos. Al...
Read more →Executives from leading businesses and universities met for the first time last week (Thursday, 18 May) to tackle the worsening issue of the graduate skills gap. The inaugural meeting of the EAUC Future Business Council saw 34 attendees from universities and global companies come together to dis...
Read more →University of Birmingham has signed up to an innovative new ground coffee recycling programme with bio-bean. In the first expansion of its collection route outside of London, waste coffee recycling company bio-bean has begun recycling spent coffee grounds from catering outlets across the Universi...
Read more →Today the Aldersgate Group publishes a manifesto report, ‘A healthy environment, a competitive economy’, setting out policy priorities for the new government. The report highlights the growing importance of the low carbon economy to the UK’s competitiveness and urges the new govern...
Read more →Applications are now open for the Green Gown Awards in the UK and Ireland, as well as Australasia and French speaking Europe and Canada. Since 2004, the Green Gown Awards have been recognising the exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by universities and colleges across the UK....
Read more →EAUC is a co-signatory to the below letter, drafted by English Learning for Sustainability Alliance (ELSA). It is being sent to press and each political party outlining the sector's concern that the Government's Agenda 2030 fails to recognise the importance of the role of education in implementing t...
Read more →New research from the EAUC has this week firmly dispelled the myth that there is a one size fits all approach to embedding sustainability in post-16 education. As universities and colleges reflect on how they can contribute towards the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and question how to...
Read more →From Recycling to Research, Labs to Local Community Sustainability is at the heart of the University of Leeds. How are Leeds progressing? Find out in their First Annual Sustainability Report Taking environmental, social, economic and cultural responsibilities seriously is core to the Univer...
Read more →At the 2017 EAUC Conference, the Fairtrade Foundation and NUS ran a workshop on their plans to redevelop and relaunch the Fairtrade University and College Standard. EAUC is participating on the steering group to develop the standard, working closely with our member fair trade community of practice. ...
Read more →In June 2017 NUS and Friends of the Earth will launch an exciting student engagement programme in in 12 colleges in England and Wales. My World, My Home is funded by the Big Lottery through NUS's Our Bright Future fund. The programme will work with colleges across three distinct geographical are...
Read more →The NUS, EAUC and Love to Ride have been awarded funding from the Department for Transport’s Innovation Challenge Fund to pilot a new initiative in the sector to get more students and staff cycling. The UniCycle project will adapt Love to Ride’s successful model, which uses smart pho...
Read more →The EAUC is disappointed that the current Industrial Strategy draft does not make provisions to ensure today's graduates are ready for tomorrow's work. Despite the draft Strategy recognising sustainability is key for a future fit economy, there is no attempt to address the issue that graduate ski...
Read more →The organizing committee of the Healthy City Design 2017 (HCD 2017) International Congress & Exhibition is excited to announce the launch of the Call for Papers. Healthy City Design 2017 (HCD 2017) International Congress & Exhibition, which will take place at the Royal College of Physicians, Lon...
Read more →The UK National Commission for UNESCO has published a series of case studies showcasing best practice examples of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) from across the UK. The case studies were launched at the Four Nations Education for Sustainability Conference in Manchester on 20 March 2017....
Read more →A recent and vibrantly colourful book about Uzbekistan-called 10 Reasons to visit Uzbekistan-begins thus: "A Trip to Uzbekistan is a trip to magnificent Samarkand, along the royal road to Bukhara, reliving the Silk Road..." Well, why not visit the largest country in Asia, with a history and legac...
Read more →With University maintenance costs at £2bn a year and with the uncertainties of Brexit looming - the last thing our seats of learning need are massive bills due to flooding, blocked sewers and blocked toilets in Halls of Residence. It costs £66 to £200 for a plumber to unblock clogged drains and ...
Read more →Manchester Metropolitan University have recently published their Environmental Sustainability Statement 2015-16. At Manchester Metropolitan University, their vision is to become one of the most sustainable universities in the world. In 2014, the development of a new Environmental Sustainability Str...
Read more →EAUC unleashes a new chapter to lead and empower the post-16 education sector to make sustainability 'just good business'. Launched today, 22nd March 2017, the new EAUC Strategic Plan reflects a commitment in the organisation to taking sustainability to the university and college executive level ...
Read more →The University of Leeds is celebrating achieving accreditation to the new ISO14001: 2015 standard following a successful external audit by AJA Registrars. The Environmental Management System is at the heart of embedding sustainability at the University of Leeds. It offers a systematic and transp...
Read more →The Scottish Government is currently consulting on their strategy to take the country forward through a full energy transition towards 2050. The Energy Strategy is independent to but alongside the Climate Change Plan, using the targets from the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. The Scottish Ene...
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