Via the Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Environment and Sustainability, UWE Bristol played a significant role in supporting the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in its education for sustainable development work through chairing the . The University is also supporting the sector through the Quality Assurance Association and HEA . Case studies of UWE’s ESD related activities are shared both internally and externally. These can be accessed via the . A search for Education for Sustainable Development will identify material relating to UWE Bristol's formal and informal curriculum activity and approach to ESD. These items include case studies, national and international conference presentations and reports. 9) Conclusions This paper provides a report on the wide ranging initiatives undertaken in the University in 2015/16 to promote ESD in the curricula, co-curricula and extra curricula experience of students. Progress with the ESD agenda is monitored through the Action Plan and a quarterly update is presented to the Sustainability Board which oversees the ESD agenda in partnership with LTSEC. Much of the ESD work is collaborative and undertaken through the cross university Knowledge Exchange for Sustainability Education group which provides a cross institutional forum for discussion, decision and planning, a network for creating a sense of community and support for staff and a vehicle to design and deliver events. The SU@UWE is, and will continue to be, a key partner is designing and delivering the ESD agenda at UWE.
and bidding) activity will be submitted for internal and external funding. UWE to be represented at relevant local, regional, national and international fora and events. UWE to play a prominent role in the activities of Bristol Green Capital 2015. UWE to co-host an international ESD Conference in September 2015. UWE’s contribution to Bristol’s year as European Green Capital was externally acknowledged to be ‘outstanding’. UWE’s co-hosting of an international ESD Conference in September 2015 and hosting of the EAUC Annual Conference in May 2016 gave us platforms for showcasing the huge volume of ESD activity which UWE undertakes. UWE was shortlisted in the EAUC Green Gown Awards in both the Learning and Skills and Student Engagement categories for work. Reporting Requirements Monitoring of data obtained from ESD reporting within QMEF process to be undertaken. Development of mechanisms for reporting data of engagement will continue, including working with Business Intelligence to ensure appropriate initiating data available when required. Work with RBI to develop criteria to allow capture of sustainability related bid date via PASS will continue Work with Library to develop criteria to allow capture of sustainability related publications in the UWE Research Repository to be undertaken. New process to replace HoD survey to be identified and implemented. Slippage UWE’s engagement with the NUS Responsible Futures audit process led to the collection and collation of a large volume of evidence of our ESD work. UWE’s reporting of our engagement with the European Green Capital 2015 was comprehensive. We replaced the HoD survey with qualitative interviews which allowed richer information to be collected. Work with QMEF data, RBI and the Library is ongoing.
Progress towards Delivery of Sustainability Plan 2020 targets for ESD Targets Progress assessment Narrative / achievements / current position Number of UWE graduates per year with ESD knowledge, skills and experience Targets 2014/15 80% of UWE graduates have ESD skills and experience On track New data source (module and programme reports) will allow for more refined narrative of position if an appropriate data extraction mechanism can be identified and actioned. Consideration of methods for this data extraction has begun. Academic services are due to report on what (if any) summary data they can provide before commitment is made to a labour-intensive process of manual data extraction. Green Capital activity has provided both opportunities for and data on student skills and experience development. This data source will also be used as further evidence of progress towards this target. Work is also being undertaken with Student Partnership Services to draw on data collected by them on student volunteering, internships and placements. The Students’ Union will also be able to support the measurement of this target. Percentage of UWE UG and PG students exposed to ESD in their degree Targets 2014/15 80% of students exposed to concepts of ESD 2020 all students exposed to the concepts of ESD Complete Existing mechanism of triangulating data from module and programme specs with HoD interview data has revealed that the target has been met in relation to ESD knowledge (in 2014/15 100% of students had the opportunity to engage with sustainability issues within their programme of study). Departmental presentations evidence the significant presence of ESD within the curriculum and provide scope for future action to enhance our provision. Meetings with Heads of Department and other relevant staff confirm this positive position. Anecdotal feedback suggests that QMEF reporting processes are prompting discussions within programme teams about
ESD which are likely to lead to enhanced provision. UWE’s SL in ESD is supporting curriculum design teams. During AY 2015/16, work undertaken as part of work to achieve NUS Responsible Futures accreditation has provided more detailed data on students’ exposure to ESD concepts in their curriculum. This work will continue into AY 2016/17. Students completing new UWE e- learning resource for Sustainable Development Revised Target (approved by Sustainability Board in April 2015) 2015/16 10% of students complete the new UWE e- learning resource for Sustainable Development On track All students had the opportunity to undertake the UWE Green Capital MOOC ‘Our Green City’ which completed its second run in April 2016. Resources developed for the MOOC will be incorporated in to the new sustainability e-learning resource. Development of this learning resource has continued to be developed during the AY 2015/16. Academics and student reps have helped with content development ready for launch in 2016. The launch of the resource will form part of UWE’s Green Capital legacy activities. Number of research and KE bids in the field of Sustainable Development Complete Many bids related to sustainable development have been submitted by UWE centres and groups. Work still needs to be done to establish an automated extraction of bid data from PASS to allow for more accurate reporting of the scale and nature of such bids. Breakthrough Indicator Sustainable development formal and informal learning opportunities available for all students and staff. In the context of their discipline all students will have the opportunity to explore and put into practice sustainable development concepts. Complete Many learning opportunities, both formal and informal, alongside resources, have been developed. These include lectures and seminars, networking and action events. An ESD session was run with the February 2016 cohort of the ADP. All staff and student opportunities facilitated during 2015-16 include a Green Capital seminar series, Whole Earth? Exhibition and associated events, external speaker presentations by Mark Edwards (Hard Rain project), Jonathon Porritt, Herbert Giradet and Rolf Jucker. The EAUC 2016 Annual Conference held at UWE provided an opportunity for some 30 members of UWE staff and students to engage in two days of sustainability discussion, learning and action. An ESD development workshop for staff will be run during UWE’s Learning and Teaching Conference in June 2016. Work will begin on identifying the most appropriate mechanisms by which students could be given the opportunity