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  Salix Finance helps HE energy efficiency surge ahead – 29th June 2017

  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 ...

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  Take part in Nottingham Trent University climate change survey – 28th June 2017

  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...

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  Pioneering Leadership Lab back for a second round – 20th June 2017

  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...

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  UWE Leads the Way with Green Initiatives – 16th June 2017

  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...

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  The ENACTUS World Cup is Coming to London! – 16th June 2017

  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...

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  Groundwork Youth recruiting young green leaders across the UK - applications open! – 14th June 2017

  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...

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  Old bike parts turn the cogs of new wave energy harvester at NTU – 13th June 2017

  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,...

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  The Culture of Consumerism: Reduce, Reuse, Reculture by Perth College UHIs WEEE Centre – 12th June 2017

  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 ...

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  University lecturer raising money for environmental charity – 8th June 2017

  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...

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  EAUC and Better World Books Announce Partnership – 6th June 2017

  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...

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  Launch of the EAUC's Living Lab Research – 5th June 2017

  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...

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  University greets World Environment Day with fully compostable crockery – 5th June 2017

  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...

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  Mushroom Speakers Created by Nottingham Trent University – 5th June 2017

  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...

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  New Sulitest Module on the Sustainable Development Goals – 1st June 2017

  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...

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  HEPA to run a national working group on Responsible Procurement – 1st June 2017

  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 ...

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  Green message stems from plant clothing range – 25th May 2017

  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 ...

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  Startup costs and mentoring for student led social enterprises based on local food – 24th May 2017

  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...

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  EAUC chairs successful construction performance gap event – 23rd May 2017

  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...

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  General Election: who is saying what on sustainability? – 23rd May 2017

  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...

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  Ground-breaking new EAUC Future Business Council starts to bridge graduate skills gap – 23rd May 2017

  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...

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  University of Birmingham signs up to pioneering coffee recycling programme – 22nd May 2017

  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...

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  Aldersgate Group release new manifesto – 16th May 2017

  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...

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  Green Gown Awards launched for 2017 – 15th May 2017

  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....

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  EAUC gets Voice on SDGs Heard Ahead of the General Election – 11th May 2017

  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...

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  Next Generation Sustainability Strategy and Structure Launch – 28th April 2017

  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...

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  Sustainability at the heart of the University of Leeds – 28th April 2017

  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...

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  Piloting a new University and College Fairtrade Standard – 26th April 2017

  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. ...

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  My World, My Home - organising and empowering FE students – 26th April 2017

  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...

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  UniCycle - Using behaviour change to double cycling – 26th April 2017

  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...

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  EAUC says Government setting graduates up to fail employers – 21st April 2017

  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...

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  Call for Papers: Healthy City Design 2017 International Congress – 11th April 2017

  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...

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  Best practice advice for your ESD project – 5th April 2017

  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....

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  Learning for Sustainability in Uzbekistan - a joint EAUC and NUS programme with the British Council – 5th April 2017

  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...

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  Blocked Pipes: A Drain on Resources – 4th April 2017

  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 ...

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  Manchester Metropolitan University Environmental Sustainability Statement 2015-16 – 24th March 2017

  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...

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  EAUC Launches New Strategy – 22nd March 2017

  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 ...

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  University of Leeds achieves ISO 14001: 2015 accreditation – 21st March 2017

  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...

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  Consultation on the Scottish Energy Strategy: The future of energy in Scotland – 10th March 2017

  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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  Scotland's Energy Efficiency Programme Consultation - Have your say – 8th March 2017

  The EAUC is a Member-led organisation. We represent you, and ensure that your views on topical issues are conveyed to the rest of the sector and to the Government. One important way we can do this is by responding to consultations from the Government and other organisations.   The Scotland's Energ...

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  TUCO Launches First National Catering Recruitment Framework – 23rd February 2017

  The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) has launched the first national catering recruitment framework for the Higher Education sector. Responding to demand from its members, the Recruitment Services Framework provides education caterers with a solution to the challenge of finding and retaining ...

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  2017 International Essay Contest for Young People – 23rd February 2017

  This program is an activity of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development. - Organized by The Goi Peace Foundation - Endorsed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan; Japanese National Commission for UNESCO; Japan Priv...

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  EAUC-Scotland Programme Awarded 3 Years of Funding from SFC – 21st February 2017

  We are delighted to announce that the EAUC-Scotland Programme has been awarded three years of funding from the Scottish Funding Council! This funding goes part of the way to supporting the new Programme, which has been developed in response to needs identified in collaboration with sector represe...

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  The University of St Andrews named as a finalist at the H&V Awards – 21st February 2017

  The University of St Andrews’ £20m Guardbridge Biomass Energy Centre has proven popular with awards judges in the energy sector recently and following on from its victory at the Scottish Green Energy Awards we are delighted to announce it has been named as a finalist at the H&V News Awards 201...

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  University of Leeds students tackle debate on a sustainable future – 16th February 2017

  At the inaugural student Sustainable Futures conference in February over 100 University of Leeds students came together to debate and share future solutions to sustainability matters. The conference was the first of its kind to be held in Leeds and aimed to bring sustainability to the forefront o...

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  Fairtrade Fortnight 2017: Monday 27 February - Sunday 12 March – 14th February 2017

  This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight theme is ‘put Fairtrade back in your break’ to highlight the exploitation farmers and workers across the world face when growing and producing the food and drink we consume. Events will be taking place across the UK and you can find out how to get...

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  Cloud Sustainability Launch New Food Waste Module – 9th February 2017

  Cloud Sustainability has launched a new eLearning module in beta, developed in partnership with Veris. A beta version is available to buy at a special price of £20 + VAT through the Cloud Store here. Purchasing the beta between 1st and 28th Feb will secure you a free updated version when released...

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  University of Reading has cut its carbon emissions by 35% – 8th February 2017

  The University of Reading has cut its carbon emissions by 35%, producing a saving of £17 million over a five year period. The University has cut its annual carbon emissions from 44,000 tonnes of CO2 in 2008/09 to just over 28,500 tonnes per year. The total carbon saved over the five year period i...

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  Trigeneration scheme for Veterinary Campus – 7th February 2017

  £9 Million Trigeneration scheme for Veterinary Campus   The University of Edinburgh is set to harness the power of trigeneration in a new £9 million energy project which will revolutionise the way they produce heating, cooling and electricity at their Easter Bush Veterinary Campus. The system, ...

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  Revolving Green Fund - Friday 10th February – 6th February 2017

  Revolving Green Fund 2016/17 - Deadline Friday 10th February   This is a reminder that applications for the 2016/17 round of funding will close this Friday (10th February.) Salix will assess applications as they are received, so early submissions are encouraged to allow the maximum possible t...

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  UK Living Labs Event – 2nd February 2017

  The EAUC Living Labs event brought together a diverse mix of academic staff and professional staff from 30 institutions to discuss the potential and future of the Living Labs in the tertiary education sector. The event was opened by a welcome and introduction by Iain Patton, EAUC Chief Executive. Th...

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