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Tag: case study – sustainability

Education for sustainability: case studies

Posted on December 13, 2022 by amy.palmer

We are delighted to share nine new education for sustainability case studies from a range of faculties and schools across the University.

Do you have a case study to share? Please get in contact.… Continue reading...

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Education for Sustainable Development. Case Study: Geographical Sciences 

Posted on December 12, 2022 by amy.palmer

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Programme Name: Geography

How is sustainability included in the program?  

There was never a concerted, centralised effort to include sustainability into the curriculum in Geography, but it has emerged as a major theme throughout the … Continue reading...

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Education for Sustainable Development. Case Study: Biological Sciences

Posted on December 12, 2022 by amy.palmer

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School: Biological Sciences 

Program: Biology  

Units: Ecology (2ndYear), Conservation Biology (2ndYear), Final Year Project (BSc and MSci) 

How is sustainability included in these units? How did you decide what was appropriate? 

In Ecology, I took … Continue reading...

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Education for Sustainable Development. Case Study: Interdisciplinary / Geography

Posted on December 12, 2022 by amy.palmer

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School: Interdisciplinary (based in Geography)  

Unit name: Sustainable Development  

What is the unit and what does it cover?  

It’s an interdisciplinary open unit which takes a challenge-focussed approach to teaching the UN’s SDGs (Sustainable Development … Continue reading...

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Education for Sustainable Development. Case Study: Policy Studies 

Posted on December 12, 2022 by amy.palmer

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Unit name: Climate Emergency. New third year unit taught for the first time in 20/21.

What is the unit and what does it cover?  

The unit covers an introduction to the climate emergency, its causes, … Continue reading...

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Education for Sustainable Development. Case study: Education

Posted on December 12, 2022 by amy.palmer

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Programme name: PGCE

What is the program (PGCE) and what does it cover? 

PGCE, or Postgraduate Certificate in Education, is a postgraduate secondary teacher training course. Our students are divided into separate subject specialisms (e.g., … Continue reading...

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Education for Sustainable Development. Case Study: Finance 

Posted on December 12, 2022 by amy.palmer

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Focus: How the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are embedded in teaching.

How is sustainability included in it? How did you decide what was appropriate? 

We teach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part … Continue reading...

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Education for Sustainable Development – Case Study: SPAIS 

Posted on December 12, 2022 by amy.palmer

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Unit names: US Foreign Policy, Politics of Human Rights, Thinking Politically, Climate Crisis and International Security (Masters) 

How is sustainability included in these units?  

Sustainability is weaved into all these units through the inclusion of … Continue reading...

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Education for Sustainable Development. Case Study: CAME

Posted on December 12, 2022 by amy.palmer

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Programme: Civil Engineering

How is sustainability included in it?

Most of the design work in the programme is iterative rather than transformative, with sustainability teaching emerging organically from the content. We don’t have a sustainability stream … Continue reading...

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Education for Sustainable Development. Case Study: Humanities 

Posted on December 12, 2022 by amy.palmer

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Program: English MA 

Units: Diverse Perspectives, Critical Animal Studies, Writing in the Elements Full  

What do these units cover?  

The units cover a range of topics. In the case of ‘Diverse Perspectives’, only some … Continue reading...

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