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  Ahead of the curve: what is UK post-16 education doing on the electricity front? – 5th September 2017

  The UK government is bringing in huge electricity changes over the next year. This will make it easier for anyone to make, use, store and sell electricity – saving consumers a potential £17 – £40 billion by 2050.   This is undoubtedly an attempt to bring the energy industry into the 21...

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  University of Brighton scientist says Government is too slow on car pollution – 22nd August 2017

  A top Brighton scientist has criticised the Government’s plans to ban new diesel and petrol cars from 2040 as "just too long" a wait. Dr Kirsty Smallbone, head of the University of Brighton’s School of Environment and Technology and a lead researcher on air pollution, urged the Govern...

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  Bidfood to host second plate2planet! Live summit – 18th August 2017

  Food waste, food poverty and sustainable menus are all on the agenda for this year’s plate2planet Live! summit, which will take place on Thursday, 2nd November. Hosted by Bidfood at one of the world’s most sustainable venues, The Crystal in London, the event will build on the success ...

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  University fossil fuel divestment total tips £80 billion globally – 17th August 2017

  We have a wealth of information available on the Sustainability Exchange in regards to divestment including articles and webinars. Click here to access. EAUC supports its Members wherever they are in their ethical investment journey and recognises that this is a very complex area for institutions...

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  Sustainability features highly in new TUCO food and drink report – 16th August 2017

  Sustainability featured highly in this year's Global Food & Beverage Trends Report by The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO). The report showed 72% of Generation Z students are willing to pay more for products and services from companies which are committed to positive social and environmental ...

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  New NEUPC Furniture Reuse and Recycling Framework Now Live – 16th August 2017

  North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd (NEUPC) has recently launched a new national framework for Furniture Reuse and Recycling. Established to provide full end to end provision for furniture storage, reuse and recycling, the framework has sustainability at its core. The framework c...

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  Brighton Uni captures the sun – 16th August 2017

  The latest solar photovoltaic (PV) installation from the University of Brighton has been completed at its Eastbourne campus – at no cost to the university. The project builds on the success of working with Brighton Energy Co-operative (BEC), a Brighton-based collective which builds communit...

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  Dundee and Angus College trial visionary sustainability brand – 16th August 2017

  For Dundee and Angus College in Scotland, on-site composting provides an ideal solution to take control of their food waste, reduce packaging in canteens, and move away from plastics in food service.    The College chose Vegware as their packaging supplier to provide a sustainable, compostable sol...

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  Better World Books Literacy Grants application close date 28 August 2017 – 10th August 2017

  The EAUC  has a strong 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. You can find our more about our partnership here. This year Better World Books lau...

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  Welcome to our New Treasurer – 9th August 2017

  We welcome David Duncan, Chief Operating Officer and University Secretary at the University of Glasgow, to the Board of Trustees. David has been appointed as Treasurer by the Board. David has been co-opted by the Board of Trustees due to the resignation of Andrew Hewett (University of Dundee). Th...

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  TUCO Delivers Inspiring 2017 Conference Line Up – 9th August 2017

  Hundreds of caterers from the Further and Higher Education sector gathered at the University of Nottingham this week (24th-26th July) for the hotly anticipated TUCO Annual Conference.   Members of The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) travelled from across the UK for the inspirational three-...

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  Over £38 million of Salix funding to install CHP across the UK public sector – 9th August 2017

  Over £38 million of Salix interest-free loans have been used for the installation of combined heat and power (CHP) to provide high efficiency heat and power generation to UK public sector buildings, bringing estimated annual savings of over £10 million on energy bills. Last year saw a record number ...

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  Seeking Project Managers – 7th August 2017

  EAUC has a number of key projects to design and deliver on an out-sourced basis for the next period. Projects include updating our resilience guide for institution governors, supporting a business case briefing development programme and developing and writing funding bids for the next phase of the L...

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  EAUC launches new research on sustainability reporting tools – 4th August 2017

  The EAUC has released new mapping research today that looks at the wide ranging sustainability reporting tools available to UK post-16 education sector.   Navigating through the increasingly complex landscape of sustainability reporting tools often seems a daunting task. In response, the Environme...

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  Call for Hosts – 4th August 2017

  Beyond COP21 University/College Symposium – Call for Hosts Peter Milne, Founder/Director of Target4Green, is currently looking for an EAUC Member  University or College to host a free pilot Beyond COP21 Symposium in the academic year 2017/18, as part of their engagement programme with local...

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  Energy scheme officially opened at £330 million Northampton University campus – 3rd August 2017

  Energy Scheme Officially Opened at £330m Waterside Campus £6.5m biomass energy project at The University of Northampton’s Waterside Campus is officially opened to mark the completion of the project. On August 1st 2017 members from The University of Northampton and sustainable energy specia...

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  Sustainability in Education Survey 2017 Deadline Extension! – 1st August 2017

  The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), National Union of Students (NUS), University and College Union (UCU), College Development Network (CDN) and Association of Colleges (AoC) have again launched a joint survey on perceptions of sustainability in the sector. This sur...

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  Salix launches new round of funding for HEIs – 31st July 2017

  Last year, almost half of all 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 will see annual energy b...

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  EAUC donates to 2017 Conference host carbon offset project – 31st July 2017

  As part of our sustainable event strategy, each year, we make a carbon offset donation to the institution that hosted the EAUC Annual Conference. After the 2017 conference we provided Lancaster University with a donation which they are incorporating within their large scale tree planting project ...

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  University of Winchester to launch new sustainability and wellbeing behaviour change scheme – 28th July 2017

  The University of Winchester will be launching the JUMP behaviour change programme in September this year.   Winchester is the latest university to implement the JUMP programme, joining Swansea University, Bournemouth University, the University of Chichester and Brunel University. The programme ha...

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