ESD which are likely to lead to enhanced provision. UWE’s SL in ESD is supporting curriculum design teams. During AY 2015/16, work undertaken as part of work to achieve NUS Responsible Futures accreditation has provided more detailed data on students’ exposure to ESD concepts in their curriculum. This work will continue into AY 2016/17. Students completing new UWE On track All students had the opportunity to undertake the UWE Green e- learning resource for Capital MOOC ‘Our Green City’ which completed its second Sustainable Development run in April 2016. Resources developed for the MOOC will be incorporated in to the new sustainability e-learning resource. Revised Target (approved by Development of this learning resource has continued to be Sustainability Board in April developed during the AY 2015/16. Academics and student 2015) reps have helped with content development ready for launch 2015/16 10% of students in 2016. The launch of the resource will form part of UWE’s complete the new UWE e- Green Capital legacy activities. learning resource for Sustainable Development Number of research and KE bids Complete Many bids related to sustainable development have been in the field of Sustainable submitted by UWE centres and groups. Work still needs to be Development done to establish an automated extraction of bid data from PASS to allow for more accurate reporting of the scale and nature of such bids. Breakthrough Indicator Complete Many learning opportunities, both formal and informal, alongside resources, have been developed. These include Sustainable development lectures and seminars, networking and action events. An ESD formal and informal learning session was run with the February 2016 cohort of the ADP. opportunities available for all students and staff. All staff and student opportunities facilitated during 2015-16 In the context of their include a Green Capital seminar series, Whole Earth? discipline all students will Exhibition and associated events, external speaker have the opportunity to presentations by Mark Edwards (Hard Rain project), Jonathon explore and put into Porritt, Herbert Giradet and Rolf Jucker. practice sustainable development concepts. The EAUC 2016 Annual Conference held at UWE provided an opportunity for some 30 members of UWE staff and students to engage in two days of sustainability discussion, learning and action. An ESD development workshop for staff will be run during UWE’s Learning and Teaching Conference in June 2016. Work will begin on identifying the most appropriate mechanisms by which students could be given the opportunity
ESD which are likely to lead to enhanced provision. UWE’s SL in ESD is supporting curriculum design teams. During AY 2015/16, work undertaken as part of work to achieve NUS Responsible Futures accreditation has provided more detailed data on students’ exposure to ESD concepts in their curriculum. This work will continue into AY 2016/17. Students completing new UWE e- learning resource for Sustainable Development Revised Target (approved by Sustainability Board in April 2015) 2015/16 10% of students complete the new UWE e- learning resource for Sustainable Development On track All students had the opportunity to undertake the UWE Green Capital MOOC ‘Our Green City’ which completed its second run in April 2016. Resources developed for the MOOC will be incorporated in to the new sustainability e-learning resource. Development of this learning resource has continued to be developed during the AY 2015/16. Academics and student reps have helped with content development ready for launch in 2016. The launch of the resource will form part of UWE’s Green Capital legacy activities. Number of research and KE bids in the field of Sustainable Development Complete Many bids related to sustainable development have been submitted by UWE centres and groups. Work still needs to be done to establish an automated extraction of bid data from PASS to allow for more accurate reporting of the scale and nature of such bids. Breakthrough Indicator Sustainable development formal and informal learning opportunities available for all students and staff. In the context of their discipline all students will have the opportunity to explore and put into practice sustainable development concepts. Complete Many learning opportunities, both formal and informal, alongside resources, have been developed. These include lectures and seminars, networking and action events. An ESD session was run with the February 2016 cohort of the ADP. All staff and student opportunities facilitated during 2015-16 include a Green Capital seminar series, Whole Earth? Exhibition and associated events, external speaker presentations by Mark Edwards (Hard Rain project), Jonathon Porritt, Herbert Giradet and Rolf Jucker. The EAUC 2016 Annual Conference held at UWE provided an opportunity for some 30 members of UWE staff and students to engage in two days of sustainability discussion, learning and action. An ESD development workshop for staff will be run during UWE’s Learning and Teaching Conference in June 2016. Work will begin on identifying the most appropriate mechanisms by which students could be given the opportunity
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