Leading the debate on sustainability in education

The University of Gloucestershire will share its experiences of embedding the sustainability agenda into student learning experiences as a headline speaker at a QAA webinar tomorrow.

The event is being held to support the implementation of new Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) guidance that was jointly published in March by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and Advance HE.

Dr Alex Ryan, Director of Sustainability at the University of Gloucestershire, will speak at the ‘Getting Started with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)’ webinar, which will take place on Tuesday, May 25 between 10am and 11am. You can find out more and register here.

Education for Sustainability (EfS) focuses on how professionals in different industries need to apply sustainability in practice, including the education profession. It has seen the University redesign course experiences right across its portfolio, from ‘Architecture and Constructed Environments’, to ‘Events Management’ and ‘Music Business’, aimed at equipping graduates to become leaders and pioneers in sustainability, particularly in a world changed forever by the Coronavirus pandemic.

At the webinar, Dr Ryan will be sharing how the University of Gloucestershire is pioneering an innovative approach that will create a new generation of professionals equipped to tackle sustainability.

Education for Sustainability focuses on how professionals in different industries need to apply sustainability in practice, including the education profession. It has seen the University redesign course experiences right across its portfolio, from ‘Architecture and Constructed Environments’, to ‘Events Management’ and ‘Music Business’, aimed at equipping graduates to become leaders and pioneers in sustainability, particularly in a world changed forever by the Coronavirus pandemic.

Working with over 75 universities worldwide, its new EfS research is driving change within the sector. The University also recently won a Green Gown Award for its major initiative with EfS experts in 33 European countries, identifying and creating new training and staff development practices that education providers within and beyond the university sector can adapt and use to help create the educators we will need in the future.

You can find out for about the University’s sustainability work on https://sustainability.glos.ac.uk/ and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.