Education for Sustainability (EfS)

Ensuring our students are 'Fit for the Future'

Our University has set ambitious targets for embedding sustainability into 'every aspect of what we do' and has committed to incorporating sustainability across the curriculum and co-curriculum.

How does this affect you?

Do you identify with these statements?

'I'm really busy, I've no time to take anything else on board!'
'My curriculum is already full, I don't have time to include anything else'
'What with employability, internationalism, enterprise, student experience etc. I've got enough new agendas to deal with already'

Probably! But how about these too?

'I'm concerned for the future'
'I recognise that we need to prepare students for a rapidly changing society and uncertain future'
'I am unclear about how I can change what I am doing without something else suffering'

This document provides some guidance on the nuts and bolts of embedding EfS in what you do. It aims to provide some clarity on what sustainability means in the context of your curriculum, some pointers and practical guidance on how you can embed sustainability in your curriculum and the benefits this can bring, for you and your students.

Its aim is to make EfS

Clear
Relevant and
Easy to implement

More information on:
What exactly is EfS?
Education for Sustainability and other jargon
What does EfS look like in the curriculum?
Why bother?

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