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Centre for Sustainable Futures

Description

This CETL aimed to transform the University of Plymouth from an institution characterised by significant areas of excellence in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to an institution modelling university-wide excellence and, hence, able to make a major contribution to ESD regionally, nationally and internationally.

Students across the university and its network of partner colleges were provided with opportunities to engage critically with sustainability agendas and their social, ethical, professional and personal implications. The impact on student learning was reinforced through opportunities for action research projects into the greening of the campus and into community and regional sustainability initiatives.

Projects:

CSF focused its activities on:

• Curriculum: enhancing and embedding sustainabilityrelated learning and teaching across all faculties
• Campus: promoting best environmental practice in university buildings and across the university landscape
• Community: advancing sustainability initiatives in the South West in active partnership with local communities, regional institutions and other organisations (schools, businesses, commercial and non-governmental organisations)

These ‘core areas’ were addressed through four key cross-cutting ‘activity lines’ which were respectively, ‘Research’, ‘Change and Development’, ‘Evaluation and Monitoring’, and ‘Promotion and Dissemination’.

What was being offered to the wider teaching/subject community:

The Centre for Sustainable Futures offered:

• A dedicated and fully equipped resource centre/teaching room (the Sustainability Commons) to seat around 50 at the Centre.
• CSF website and newsletters.
• Publications.
• Partnerships on ESD initiatives and research in south-west, nationally and internationally.
• Regional and national seminars and conferences.
• Research team and research papers (in press) on aspects of ESD in HE.
• Expertise on ESD theory and practise and change strategies in HE in relation to curriculum, campus and community.

Term of CETL: June 2005 to June 2010

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