Progress towards Delivery of Sustainability Plan 2020 targets for ESD Targets Progress Narrative / achievements / current position assessment Number of UWE graduates per On track New data source (module and programme reports) will allow year with ESD knowledge, skills for more refined narrative of position if an appropriate data and experience extraction mechanism can be identified and actioned. Consideration of methods for this data extraction has begun. Targets Academic services are due to report on what (if any) summary data they can provide before commitment is made to a 2014/15 80% of UWE labour-intensive process of manual data extraction. graduates have ESD skills and experience 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 Complete Existing mechanism of triangulating data from module and students exposed to ESD in programme specs with HoD interview data has revealed that their degree the target has been met in relation to ESD knowledge (in 2014/15 100% of students had the opportunity to engage with Targets sustainability issues within their programme of study). 2014/15 80% of students Departmental presentations evidence the significant presence exposed to concepts of ESD of ESD within the curriculum and provide scope for future 2020 all students exposed action to enhance our provision. Meetings with Heads of to the concepts of ESD Department and other relevant staff confirm this positive position. Anecdotal feedback suggests that QMEF reporting processes are prompting discussions within programme teams about
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
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