Curriculum

The greatest contribution HE can make to sustainable development is by enabling students to acquire the skills and knowledge that allow them to make a lasting difference. What they learn and what they are taught are therefore critical. (Sustainable development in higher education: 2008 update to strategic statement and action plan (HEFCE 2009/03))

Organisations
Resources
HEI sites

Organisations

Education for Sustainable development - Higher Education Academy
Most Higher Education Academy Subject Centres are working in the area of education for sustainable development. Many have web pages devoted to this area, listed here.

Education for Sustainability Community of Practice - EAUC
An EAUC group to share ideas, guides, examples of good practice and other resources on Education for Sustainability and to provide a network for academic staff to jointly develop good practice.

Regional Centre for Sustainability Education (West Midlands and South West)
This Regional Centre of Excellence exists to work with partners to develop and implement innovative projects and programmes in sustainability education.

Resources

First year attitudes towards, and skills in, sustainable development
This research report, commissioned by the Higher Education Academy and undertaken by NUS Services, was published in March 2011. It reports how first-year students believe their university should be responsible for actively incorporating and promoting sustainable development to prepare their students for graduate employment.

UCU Guidance Leaflet No. 1: 'Education for Sustainable Development'
Published guidance from the University and College Union in respect of introducing sustainability into the curriculum.

Embedding sustainable development in the curriculum
A sample Curriculum Managers audit to identify institutional actions taken to embed sustainable development in what you teach.

Curriculum Review Tool - University of Brighton (Adobe PDF)
A curriculum review tool based on searching modules specifications for insights to how they were engaging with education for sustainable development.

Engineers of the 21st Century - Forum for the Future
A Royal Academy of Engineering initiative to encourage change in the engineering profession in the UK, so that it can makes a positive contribution to sustainability.

Projects database - Higher Education Academy
Search for projects on sustainable development on the Higher Education Academy's searchable database.

Learning and skills for sustainable development: developing a sustainability literate society - Forum for the Future (2005)
Guidance that explores how to integrate sustainability literacy into the provision of all higher education courses. Includes a curriculum design toolkit.

Sustainable development in HE: Report for employers, trade unions and the professions - Higher Education Academy (2006)
A report that explores how HE is ensuring that students develop the skills and knowledge that will enable them to engage with sustainability issues effectively.

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future
The web-site provides a multimedia teacher education programme which contains professional development material for use in pre-service teacher courses as well as the in-service education of teachers, curriculum developers, education policy makers, and authors of educational materials.

HEI sites

Bournemouth University
Includes information on the University's Global Perspectives project.

University of Chester
Global Perspective initiative.

East Midlands Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) in Education for Sustainable Development
Universities in the East Midlands have helped form RCE East Midlands, officially recognised by the UN and one of only 35 RCEs worldwide and the first in the UK.