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  Green Gown Award Winners Announced – 7th April 2008

  Universities and Colleges are Creating Greener Buildings, and Responding Positively to Environmental and Social Issues 16 universities and colleges are winners or highly commended for the prestigious 2007-8 Green Gown Awards. These recognise innovative actions in eight categories – Colleges...

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  National Union of Students’ Glitzy Green Awards Ceremony reaches out to a million students – 20th March 2008

  Loughborough Students’ Union reclaimed a prestigious environmental award at a glitzy awards ceremony on Tuesday 18th March 2008 for the second year running. Over a million students will have seen environmental best practice in place as a result of 67 Unions entering into these awards. Rangi...

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  Response to Consultation on Implementation of Article 5 of the Energy Services Directive – 20th March 2008

  Please see document below for the consultation submission from the EAUC.

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  Scottish Climate Change Declaration – 18th March 2008

  In the light of global concerns about climate change and the developing political pressure in Scotland to take mitigating action, the EAUC has successfully received funding from the Scottish Funding Council to assist the sector take appropriate action through the development of a Climate Change Comm...

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  Green Gown Awards: Winners Announced – 18th March 2008

  Three of the Green Gown Award Categories were announced at the AUDE conference yesterday, on 17th March. The winners are as follows: Continuous Improvement Winner (projects): Sheffield Hallam University Highly Commended (projects): University of Birmingham Winner (institution): Uni...

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  New Guide to High Performance Buildings – 14th March 2008

  Two new Guides on High Performance Buildings have been produced by HEEPI, Sust and Thirdwave. For further information and a copy of the guide click here.

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  EAUC AGM Notification – 12th March 2008

  Please find below details of our forthcoming AGM which will be held on 31st March 2008 at the University of Exeter during our Annual Conference. Below are the AGM agenda, Minutes from 2007 AGM and the Annual Trustee Report and Financial Accounts for 2007. Members are welcome to attend the AGM ...

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  Consultation on Site Waste Management Plans - Response required by 14th March 2008 – 27th February 2008

  Dear Members You may remember we responded to Defra on the proposed regulations for site waste management plans last year. Defra have now published the Regulations which are due to come into effect on 6th April 2008. You can view the Regulations by going to: https://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/uks...

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  Call for Mini-Grant Funding Bids – 22nd February 2008

  There is growing pressure and expectation on the higher education (HE) sector to respond to the sustainability challenge and consider how best to embed sustainable development into policies and practices, not least in learning and teaching and curricula. To that end, the Higher Education Academy&rsq...

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  HEFCE Review concludes that stretching policies are required if HE is to become a leader in SD – 20th February 2008

  The key aim of the review was to devise a baseline of Sustainable Development activity in English Higher Education in order to measure progress over the longer term. The review examined the extent to which teaching, research and corporate and estates activities addressed SD – that is, our unde...

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  The Green Education Declaration – 19th February 2008

  With the launch of Go Green Week by People & Planet, many students will be lobbying their Vice Chancellor or Principal to ensure they sign The Green Education Declaration. The Declaration was launched this morning with a total of thirteen initial signatories. It calls for this year’s Climat...

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  Consultation on Article 5 of the Energy End Use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive 2006/32/EC – 1st February 2008

  Article 5 requires the public sector to fulfil an exemplary role in the context of energy end use efficiency. As part of performing this exemplary role the public sector must communicate its energy saving actions to the wider public. The Directive requires the public sector to take up cost effective...

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  Consultation: Revolving green Fund for English HE – 1st February 2008

  Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in England will benefit from a new fund to provide repayable grants for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This fund will be a partnership between HEFCE and Salix Finance Ltd (Salix) with both parties committing significant funds. HEFCE and Salix expe...

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  Encouraging greener living - Defra publishes public attitudes research – 31st January 2008

  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a framework to encourage environmentally friendly behaviour among individuals and communities. The report pulls together evidence on public understanding, attitudes and behaviours and draws conclusions on the potential f...

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  Government calls for Universities to do more to reduce their carbon emissions – 22nd January 2008

  Reducing carbon emissions was one of the key priorities laid down today by John Denham, Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, in his annual grant letter to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The grant letter calls for universities to do more to reduce ...

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  Greening Spires - New Report Out Today – 22nd January 2008

  A new Universities UK publication, out today, showcases the contribution of higher education institutions to this ‘greening’ agenda. Click here to download the report The Guardian also has an article on this report. Click here to view the article Radio 4's Learning Curve show fea...

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  BBC Radio 4 - The Learning Curve – 18th January 2008

  Iain Patton has been invited to speak on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Learning Curve next Monday evening. The programme is picking up on a new publication called ‘Greening Spires’ comes out from UUK the following day. It presents a rather positive picture of universities embracing th...

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  Green Gown Sponsorship Launched – 17th January 2008

  Please see the documents below regarding Green Gown Sponsorship opportunities. If you have any queries please contact sponsors@heepi.org.uk.

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  SORTED website launches – 9th January 2008

  SORTED. The Sustainability Online Resource and Toolkit for Education is launched today by the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) in partnership with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). The new website: www.eauc.org.uk/sorted helps those working in Further Educa...

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  University of Bristol win at Times Higher Awards – 7th December 2007

  The University of Bristol have won the 'Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Development' category at the Times Higher Awards 2007. For more details on the awards, click here.

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  Inefficient ICT Sector's Carbon Emissions set to Surpass Aviation Industry – 7th December 2007

  The ‘Inefficient Truth’ Inefficient ICT Sector's Carbon Emissions set to Surpass Aviation Industry An Inefficient Truth is the first research report produced by Global Action Plan on behalf of the Environmental IT Leadership Team. The Leadership Team is a unique gathering of majo...

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  Your opportunity to take part in a DfID procurement and poverty project – 13th November 2007

  If you are potentially interested in this project, we would be very appreciative if you could get in touch as soon as possible with John Forster at john@jfassociates.org EAUC has been successful in the concept stage of a bid to the Department for International Development (DFID) for an exciting p...

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  People & Planet wins Best Campaign 2007 at British Environment and Media Awards – 9th November 2007

  Last night at the British Environmental Media Awards People & Planet, Britain's leading student campaign network, won the coveted British Environmental Media Campaign of the Year. The award was given for the Green League 2007, which ranked UK universities by environmental performance. The Green ...

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  Sound Impact Awards Launched their 2nd Year – 7th November 2007

  The Sound Impact Awards are an environmental accreditation scheme with an awards element designed specifically for students' unions. Last year 51 students' unions took part with 30 reaching the minimum bronze standard. To gain the bronze standard, unions need to achieve the 20 Essential criteria in ...

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  Launching the 2008 - 2013 EAUC Strategic Plan – 2nd November 2007

  Some Strategic Plans are made to sit on shelves and gather dust. I am pleased (and relieved) to say that the EAUC Strategic Plan for 2008 to 2013 is not going to be one of them! Thank you I am delighted to launch this excellent piece of work which will lead the EAUC for the next 5 years. Its s...

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  New French University Sustainability Group Established – 2nd November 2007

  Campus Responsables has been established and is fast building a useful web presence. EAUC Executive Director Iain Patton was recently interviewed by the organisation and this interview can be found in the Testimony (Temoigage) section. The actual interview is in English. See: https://www.camp...

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  EAUC Executive Director to speak at The Energy Consortium Conference – 2nd November 2007

  EAUC Executive Director Iain Patton is to speak at The Energy Consortium conference on 6th November 2007. With the conference theme being Sustainability, it is encouraging to see this important organisation moving beyond utility procurement to the challenging agenda of renewable energy and improv...

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  Biodiversity Duty - back on our agenda – 2nd November 2007

  According to new legal advice to HEFCE, the Natural England and Rural Communities Act 2006 –Section 40 Biodiversity Duty applies to English institutions. HECFE sought direction on whether the Act applies to HEIs in England and the advice is that it does. In their advice to HEFCE (1) , Bea...

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  Green Gown Awards - Categories Announced – 17th October 2007

  Green Gown Awards 2007-08 Entries for this year’s Green Gown Awards are now open. The Green Gown Awards are now in their 4th year and have become the most prestigious recognition of best practice in universities and colleges. Winning a Green Gown Award has become a great way to diffe...

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  Bringing Britain to Boston Podcast – 10th October 2007

  How are the roles of a campus environmental professional in the UK different than the work perfomed by an american environmental manager? Iain Patton and Sheri-Leigh Miles spoke at the CSHEMA conference in Boston about the activities of the EAUC. Click this link to download the podcast With t...

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  EAUC to speak at the forthcoming Energy Consortium Conference on 6th November – 10th October 2007

  The EAUC are to speak at the forthcoming Energy Consortium Conference on 6th November, please see the download below for more details.

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  Salix rolls out its fund to more Universities following its successful pilot – 4th October 2007

  Since the end of 2006 eight universities have been participating in the Salix Higher Education pilot programme. Based on the success and delivery of the pilot universities, Salix are now pleased to announce that they are keen to recieve applications from more universities. See below for furthe...

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  EU Energy Services Directive – 3rd October 2007

  New legislation is currently under construction for the implementation of this Directive in May 2008. A useful brief guide to the Directive and of particular interest will be the implications to FHE can be found in our Resource Bank. Click here for further details Thanks to Bob Stiff at Br...

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  BITC Touring Exhibition – 13th September 2007

  Business in the Community’s ‘Walk the Talk Exhibition with Universities and Colleges’ is an exciting new initiative aimed at the higher and further education community. The exhibition is a series of exhibition stands that carry poignant messages and vivid images to convey the sim...

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  Carbon Reduction Commitment Consultation – 11th September 2007

  DEFRA has asked for comments on the revised Carbon Reduction Commitment by the 9th October. We would like to hear your thoughts. Click here for full details.

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  HEFCE launches new online resource for Sustainable Development in HE – 2nd August 2007

  HEFCE have launched an online resource for sustainable development in HE at https://www.hefce.ac.uk/susdevresources/. This lists resources and organisations relevant to those in higher education who are dealing with sustainable development issues. Steve Egan, HEFCE Deputy Chief Executive, said: ...

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  Possible UK wide Phase II of the Business in the Community Indices for the Sector – 2nd July 2007

  After the success of the HE Sector Benchmarking Pilot Project and on the recommendation of the participants we are considering a further developmental phase of the "Universities that Count" Benchmarking Programme – potentially UK-wide. As our group of pioneers suggested, we have plans to impro...

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  Green Colleges Survey Report – 25th June 2007

  Waterless urinals, generators powered by cow slurry, walls insulated with denim jeans and cars powered by chip fat are among the innovative green features identified by a new survey of colleges published today (21 June). The survey was undertaken to mark the launch of the Association of Colleges...

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  New EAUC Website Launched!! – 19th June 2007

  The EAUC are pleased to announce the launch of our new website. The new website will be the one-stop-shop for environmental and sustainability issues for universities and colleges. The new Resource Bank provides, per topic, strategic and operational examples of good practice from the sector, as w...

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  LSC Sustainable Development Action Plan – 13th June 2007

  The LSC has published its sustainable development action plan for 2007/08. The plan sets out priorities and actions for the current year and looks ahead to likely actions in future years. Read the Plan Visit the LSC SD webpage...

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  The Green League 2007 – 7th June 2007

  Today, 7 June 2007, the UK's leading student campaign network, People & Planet, has published the first ever green league table showing the environmental performance of Britain's universities. Leeds Met, Plymouth and Hertfordshire top the leaderboard. The Green League 2007 celebrates success, and ex...

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  Site Waste Management Plans - Defra Consultation – 5th June 2007

  You may already be aware that from April 2008 the Government intend to make Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs) mandatory for all construction projects over £250k in value in an attempt to reduce waste crime and reduce the environmental impact of construction waste. See the end of the email for a br...

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  Climate Change Bill Consultation – 4th June 2007

  The government has published a draft bill to tackle climate change and the EAUC wishes to contribute to the consultation process. Please send any contributions to the 4 key questions to info@eauc.org.uk by 6 June. Find the Bill at https://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/uk/legislation/...

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  HEFCE Strategic Review on Sustainable Development - Interim Report – 4th June 2007

  Click on the link below to view the Interim Report on Sustainable Development in Higher Education in England.

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  Green Campus Week Events – 17th May 2007

  EAUC are pleased to announce their involvement in Green Campus Week. A new initiative highlighting how universities are making an environmental difference in Britain and America The Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI) is organising a ‘green campus’ week in J...

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  New Convenor – 2nd May 2007

  Following the AGM held on 18th April, the EAUC are pleased to annouce their new convenor as Sheri-Leigh Miles, Sustainability Officer at Bishop Burton College. Sheri is taking over from Martin Wiles, who is standing down from the role but is remaining on the Executive Committee. Other changes wit...

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  Sound Impact Award Winners – 26th April 2007

  Congratulations to Loughborough Students' Union who scooped the top award for the Sound Impact Awards. In this, the first year, of Sound Impact 51 Students’ Unions were involved, affecting almost 750,000 students. Overall the awards were split as follows: 3x Gold Standard winners ...

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  The Carbon Academy Project – 26th April 2007

  On 09 January NUS Services submitted a bid to the Carbon Trust Networks Initiative to run an £80,000 climate change project called the Carbon Academy. On 09 March we learnt that our bid had been successful, meaning that we will soon be launching an exciting new project for our members. The Carbon A...

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  Universities that Count - HE Benchmarking Report – 13th April 2007

  An important new report out today has benchmarked universities from across England on their environmental and corporate responsibility performance. It then reveals how they rate against UK businesses. As institutional performance benchmarking evolves and becomes a mainstream business tool for univer...

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  Britain's Greenest Universities & Colleges? – 30th March 2007

  The prestigious Green Gown Awards, now in their third year, have been announced. The Awards recognise innovative sustainable actions by universities and colleges across the UK. Universities and colleges have a large part to play in developing a sustainable society with over 2 million students and 30...

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  UN hails East Midlands - as the first UK region that’s learning to be more sustainable – 8th March 2007

  The UN has led the world in promoting sustainable development and now, as part of a 10 year programme, it acknowledges the vital role of regions in helping everyone learn to be more sustainable. The East Midlands has just become the first UK region to be approved by the UN University and UNESCO as a...

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  Guidance on WEEE issued by DTI – 5th March 2007

  Guidance on the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations have been issued by the Department of Trade and Industry. Members will be glad to hear that the EAUC are about to start preparing initial outline guidance with support of an environmental lawyer and sector colleagues Ann ...

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  Edinburgh Students Fairtrade Video – 5th March 2007

  Edinburgh Students have launched a video about their experience of being a Fairtrade University. The video, launched on You Tube, interviews Edinburgh rector Mark Ballard MSP and St Andrews rector Simon Pepper as well as student campaigners and university staff about their experiences – visit ...

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  First International Meeting on Implementation of ESD for Higher Education – 16th February 2007

  First International Meeting on Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development for Higher Education Institutes (IMESD) took place in Amsterdam 8-9 February 2007. Stephen Sterling and William Scott were commissioned by DHO, the Dutch network for sustainable higher education, to develop a rep...

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  UN Decade of ESD - Progress to Date – 12th February 2007

  The UN have released a progress to date briefing on the Decade of ESD.

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  Sustainable Procurement - International Links – 7th February 2007

  The EAUC & C2E2 (Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence) held a video conference on November 28 2006 to compare and contrast sustainable procurement initiatives at universities in the UK and the USA. Click here to view shared documents ...

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  LSC launch strategy for building greener colleges of the future – 6th February 2007

  The Learning and Skills Council (LSC), today revealed their strategy for building greener colleges of the future. Bill Rammell MP, Minister of State for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education launched the LSC prospectus, which for the first time states that Colleges must include green propo...

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  The BIG Energy & Environmental Staff Development Needs Survey – 2nd February 2007

  Do you need to have some understanding of energy and environmental issues in your work? Universities and colleges are under great pressure to improve their environmental performance. One potential barrier is a lack of relevant knowledge and skills. EAUC and HEEPI have developed this survey to establ...

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  Queen's University Belfast achieve ISO14001 – 24th January 2007

  Queen’s University Belfast is the latest University to achieve certification to the ISO14001 Environmental Management Systems Standard. Certification was achieved for the Environmental Management System (EMS) in place within the University’s Estates Department and Purchasing Office. Th...

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  Biodiversity on Campus Presentation at Sustaining Excellence in HE Conference – 16th January 2007

  Sustaining Excellence in Higher Education A presentation on the Biodiversity on Campus project was made at the Sustaining Excellence in Higher Education Conference which was jointly organised by the Leadership Foundation and HEFCE. The Conference was held at the Royal College of Physicians in London...

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  Universities and Colleges Responding Positively to Environmental Issues, Award Scheme Shows – 8th December 2006

  31 higher and further education institutions have been shortlisted for the prestigious Green Gown Awards. These recognise innovative actions in seven categories – Colleges; Continuous Improvement; Course Content (Degrees); Course Content (Professional and Vocational Skills); Energy and Water E...

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  Eco-versity developments -£22m dream for students homes – 4th December 2006

  An international search has been launched to find architects and developers capable of creating a £22 million sustainable student village in the city. The University of Bradford is inviting construction professionals to make bids and play a lead role in the pioneering project. The scheme will see ...

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  Green Gown Awards Shortlist Announced – 29th November 2006

  You can view the shortlist and a summary of the shortlisted applications at the HEEPI website. The final results will be out in April 2007. Congratulations to all the EAUC members who have been shortlisted!

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  EMS Survey - enter before 6 Dec to enter the prize draw! – 28th November 2006

  EcoCampus together with the EAUC are undertaking a survey of Higher and Further Educational sector awareness of Environmental Management Systems (EMS). This survey will take no more than a few minutes to complete. The results will allow us to determine the current state of EMS implementation, compar...

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  EAUC Members lead the way in HEFCE benchmarking – 20th November 2006

  An enthusiastic group of universities and colleges is trialling the appropriateness of Business in the Community’s (BITC’s) Environment and Corporate Responsibility (CR) Indices for the Higher Education Sector. The project originated from the strong support it received at the EAUC’...

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  EcoCampus Press Release – 14th November 2006

  A Press Release from Nottingham Trent University: Environmental scheme launched at university A national pilot scheme which seeks to encourage higher education institutions to address key environmental issues has been launched at Nottingham Trent University. ‘EcoCampus’, which is being ...

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  Midlands Region Workshop Report – 17th July 2006

  The Midlands Region meet recently on the 26 June to discuss environmental matters relevant to EAUC members in their region and to encourage the disseminaton of best practice at a local level. A report of the meeting proceedings can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:

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  BITC Project update – 10th July 2006

  A update on the LGM funded project 'Testing the Appropriateness of Business in the Communities Corporate Responsibility and Environment Indices for the Higher Education Sector' is available.

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  International recognition for the EAUC Biodiversity Guide – 31st May 2006

  The Secretariat of the Convention of Biological Diversity has recently commended the contribution the EAUC' Biodiversity Guide plays in helping achieve the Conventions main objectives. To read their review of the Guide - download the pdf below or visit the Conventions website at www.biodiv.org...

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  Are you aware of your duty to comply with The Nature Conservation Act – 15th May 2006

  With the support of a Scottish Executive Biodiversity Action Grant, an important sector guide will be launched at the University of Glasgow on Monday 22nd May. You are invited to this FREE half day event. 'Biodiversity on Campus’ is a practical guide written by the sector for the secto...

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  EAUC AGM 2006 – 28th April 2006

  The recent presentation and AGM minutes from the 2006 annual conference can be downloaded by clicking on the relevant link below:

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  First EAUC Insight guide released – 4th April 2006

  The EAUC Executive is pleased to annouce the release of the first EAUC Insight Guide - Hazardous Waste Directive 2005 (England and Wales). We hope that this will be the first of a series of occasional EAUC Insight guides covering important legal and regulatory developments.

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  Review of the EAUC Transport Database – 4th April 2006

  The EAUC Transport Database has now been available for more than six months and it is time to review its use and usefulness to ascertain how well it is meeting your needs and how it can be improved. Please take just a few minutes to complete and return the EAUC Transport Database Questionnaire with...

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  Business Plan - Managing the risk – 21st March 2006

  An updated version of the Risk Assessment carried out on last year's approved Business Plan is now available. This document builds on the Assessment carried out during the summer of 2005, and charts progress to date. To downnload the Risk Assessment, click on the link below:

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  EcoCampus - 3 year development and testing pilot involving the EAUC – 7th March 2006

  EcoCampus is a national Environmental Management System (EMS) and award scheme for the higher education sector. The scheme allows universities to be recognised for addressing key issues of environmental sustainability. The EcoCampus project is funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for Engl...

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  Building Regulations (Part F & L): Draft Publications 2005 – 26th January 2006

  New measures to make buildings more energy efficient, saving one million tonnes of carbon per year will come into effect this April. According to The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and DEFRA, the new measures taken together with 2002 Building Regulations will improve standards by 40%. Interim ...

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  New EAUC Membership & Services Brochure Launched – 6th January 2006

  The EAUC National Office has recently launched the EAUC's Membership & Services Brochure. To read about the differing types of membership and the associated benefits, please click on the link below.

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  EAUC National Office - new staff contact details – 19th November 2005

  Thanks to a partnership with the University of Gloucestershire, the goal of having an EAUC National Office has become reality only 6 months after the Members approved of our ambitions business plan. Recently the University became the first to achieve university wide ISO14001 status and set a cour...

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