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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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