Sustainable Development
The introduction and inclusion of Sustainable Development into the teaching curriculum is a key issue. There is an assumption that engineering as a discipline will take a leading role in this.
Sustainable development is also sometimes called Sustainability, or can be designated as ESD (Education for Sustainable Development), to demonstrate the approach and to ensure its inclusion into the curriculum.
What the Engineering Subject Centre offers
The Engineering Subject Centre has been strongly proactive in establishing sustainable development as a part of the engineering curriculum since early 2004, when it commissioned its first teaching resource. As a result of this commitment, the Centre is able to offer a knowledge-base to support engineering academics in the introduction and inclusion of sustainable development within their teaching curriculum.
The first resource was a Centre funded mini-project for the development of a tool box (available as a CD-ROM or download) for teaching sustainable design. There was a Workshop hosted by the Centre on Teaching Sustainable Design to launch the resource, a series of Briefing Papers, and subsequently joint events with the Maths Stats and OR Network, ICS, and Materials Subject Centres.
As further resources are developed, the Engineering Subject Centre adds them to the growing number of resources available for the use in the teaching of sustainable development. We recommend that you search under several terms, including Education for Sustainable Development.
Continuing to Support Sustainable Development
The Centre is committed to ongoing discussions with the Royal Academy of Engineering to offer case study materials developed under their Visiting Professors scheme in Engineering Design for Sustainable Development.
Further to this, the Centre participates in the Higher Education Academy's Planning Group on ESD, working collaboratively with Subject Centres from other disciplines to develop a common approach for the inclusion of Sustainable Development into the curriculum. From this, both individual and collaborative projects, events to assist in the professional development of academic staff, as well as specially-commissioned pedagogical research are becoming available. Examples include "Employable Graduates" from StudentForce, and other funded projects, resources (inc. from other Subject Centres), events, news items and links from the Academy's Sustainability webpage and in particular, its bi-monthly e-Newsletter. The latest newsletter is also directly downloadable and includes specific news from the UK regions of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Centre remains committed to supporting and encouraging the inclusion of sustainable development into the teaching curriculum and in supporting the academic to achieve this through access to resources from the Centre, other Subject Centres and from the wider community. Examples include Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), Forum for the Future, the Engineering Council, the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI), and regional groups in the UK (East Midlands RCE, and RCE Severn). The Centre is also keen to encourage student-working in sustainability, in particular the work of students engaging through Engineers Without Borders UK (EWB-UK).
Our resource database currently contains 60 resources in the sustainability section, listed in summary form below. To view the full descriptive record for each resource click the '[View full description/Comments] ' link after the title.
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Full list of 60 resources from the sustainability section listed below.
Appropriate technology research projects
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This case study introduces technology research projects as a part of Mechanical Engineering MEng. and BEng. degree programmes at the University of Nottingham. Students are required to undertake an individual project and (in the case of the MEng. programme) a group development project. The paper covers background, methodology, issues which are related the provided projects, the benefits, evidence of success, and reflections.
Author(s): Mike Clifford
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/awards/sustainability.pdf
Book review of 'Greener by degrees : exploring sustainability through higher education curricula' edited by Carolyn Roberts and Jane Roberts
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Carbon footprint tool from JISC helps universities and colleges tread more carefully
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10 August 2009: How green is IT? A new tool from JISC is helping universities and colleges calculate just how eco-friendly they are, by estimating the carbon footprint left by their computers.
Institutions can work out their carbon emissions by inputting information about the numbers of computing devices into the SUSTE-IT footprinting tool.
The tool then estimates the overall amount of electricity used, and the related carbon emissions, to help the institutions target areas for energy saving.
Computers, servers, monitors, routers, faxes and even OHPs are all examined
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Author(s): JISC (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.susteit.org.uk/files/index
• http://resources.glos.ac.uk/ceal/resources/greenerbydegrees/inde…
(JISC's study on sustainable IT)
Engineering Subject Centre Briefing Papers : Education for Sustainable Development : energy and energy systems edition
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Education in Sustainable Development (ESD) is a key issue for engineering academics in higher education. The importance of its inclusion was clearly identified by the Engineering Council UK in 2004, with the publication of UK-SPEC stating that chartered engineers should “Undertake engineering activities in a way that contributes to sustainable development.”
The Engineering Subject Centre has commissioned this collection of seven briefing papers, which are themed on several aspects of energy and energy systems under ESD. Each paper informs you of what is most current in the
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Author(s): Engineering Subject Centre (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/esd-briefing-papersI…
Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards : Teaching sustainable product design
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This case study has been developed as part of the Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards 2004-2005, from data gathered through a demonstration of the teaching and learning materials available, interviews with the tutors and a student focus group.
'Sustainable Product Design' is a final year module on the MEng Product Design and Manufacture degree at Loughborough University. This case study describes how the tutor introduced the concept of sustainable development by combining formal lectures with practical work, case studies and interaction with industry.
Author(s): Liz Willis, Allen Clegg, Shahin Rahimifard
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/sd.pdf
Awards:
HE Academy Engineering Subject Centre Teaching Awards - Finalist
The wider teaching of sustainability based upon student perceptions and the expectations of professional bodies : Engineering Subject Centre mini-project report
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This Engineering Subject Centre Mini-Project report examines student views, perceptions, attitudes and experiences of the teaching of sustainability. The findings are considered alongside the expectations of professional bodies and those setting the agenda for sustainability within engineering education. The outcomes of the study are discussed in relation to potential strategies for incorporating the teaching of sustainability in engineering programmes.
Author(s): Roger Penlington
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/penlington-sustainab…
Toolbox for Sustainable Design Education
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This Toolbox has been created for lecturers in engineering and design who recognise the importance of including Sustainable Design in undergraduate and postgraduate engineering and design courses, and are looking for guidance and material to support the development of a module of this nature. The material in the Toolbox can be used to create lectures and modules for undergraduate and postgraduate engineers and designers.
Author(s): Dr Tracy Bhamra (Corporate Author), Dr Vicky Lofthouse
URL(s):
• http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/susdesign/LTSN/Index.htm
2008 review of education for sustainable development (ESD) in higher education (HE) in Scotland
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This web page contains a link to the briefing and full report of the findings of a review of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Scottish Higher Education, carried out via two investigations during 2008. The research was organised by the Higher Education Academy (HE Academy) ESD Project, Universities Scotland (US) and HE Academy Scotland. The information may be of interest to anyone wishing to look at how to engage HEIs strategically in support of ESD, or to those interested in finding out the status of Scottish HEIs in terms of ESD.
Author(s): Higher Education Academy (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/detail/esd_SFCreview08
Education for sustainable development (ESD) : strategic consultations among English HEIs
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This web page contains a link to the briefing and full report of the findings of a review of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in English Higher Education. This report contains the findings of a series of consultations and seminars at three English higher education institutions (HEIs), designed to identify the issues faced by HEIs with regard to Education for Sustainable Development.
Author(s): Higher Education Academy (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/detail/esd_EnglishHEIs
Education for sustainable development : how to make your teaching more sustainable
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This webpage from the Higher Education Academy Centre for Bioscience provides links to a downloadable series of short information sheets to support teaching staff in making their teaching practices more sustainable. The sheets cover sustainability in lectures, practical sessions, tutorials, lectures, on fieldtrips and in the office or working area.They also contain ideas on introducing sustainability issues to students and into teaching. They are of interest to any staff with responsibility for education for sustainable development (ESD).
Author(s): HEA Centre for Bioscience (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/esd/howto.aspx
Education for sustainable development in engineering: report of a Delphi consultation, April 2008
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This is the report of a study funded by the Engineering Subject Centre to produce guidance for Engineering schools in designing modules or threads to embed sustainable development within the curriculum. Part of this involved an investigation of the use of Delphi techniques in curriculum design. The authors were Rosemary Tomkinson, Charles Engel, Bland Tomkinson and Alvin Lawson of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Manchester.
Author(s): Rosemary Tomkinson et al.
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/delphi-consultation.…
Employable graduates for responsible employers
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This Higher Education Academy webpage provides a summary of a research project that looked at the links between sustainability and employability in the graduate job market in relation to higher education teaching and learning. The report recommends how universities can change their culture, governance, career advice, teaching styles as well as employer links through work experience, volunteering and low-level research led by students with employers. Links to the full report and a pdf of the research briefing are available from this web page.
Author(s): Adam Cade
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/detail/esd_employable_gradua…
Environmental Materials
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This UKCME guide outlines environmental protection issues, especially with relation to Materials Science and Engineering. It provides information on the important areas within Environmental Materials that have to be covered, how to deliver information effectively to students, methods of assessment, how to link the different areas covered and effective methods of teaching and assessment. It also gives case study examples within this context.
Author(s): Cris Arnold
URL(s):
• http://www.materials.ac.uk/guides/environmental.asp
Quick Guides for Materials Lecturers
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A set of Quick Guides aimed at providing all those involved in Higher Education in Materials Science and Engineering with an overview of ‘hot’ educational topics, such as employer engagement, active learning, lab classes, plagiarism, sustainability and peer tutoring.
Each guide gives a brief outline of the issue from a Materials teaching perspective, pointers to key readings and links to online resources from the Higher Education Academy (HEA), as well as advice on how the UKCME can help you.
Author(s): Dr Diane Taktak, UK Centre for Materials Education
URL(s):
• http://www.materials.ac.uk/pub/quick-guides.asp
Sustainable development in higher education : current practice and future developments : a progress report for employers, unions and the professions
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This document encourages debate with employers, trade unions and the professions about the current state of a project that aims to develop higher education courses that will include a component of sustainable development. It also explores how HE is making a contribution to the UK Government's goal of ensuring that students develop the skills and knowledge that will enable them to think and act critically and effectively about sustainablility issues.
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/tla/web0466_…
Sustainable development in higher education : current practice and future developments : a progress report for senior managers in higher education
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The purpose of this report is to inform senior managers in higher education institutions about progress being made in embedding sustainable development into learning and teaching across the sector. It summarises the outcomes of the first year of a programme of support for such activity undertaken by the Academy’s Subject Centres.
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/executive_summary
Teaching sustainable development innovation : the market place
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This is a Higher Education Academy webpage describing a Sheffield Hallam University project 'Teaching Sustainable Development Innovation: The Market Place' resulting from a HEA funding initiative. The information will be of interest to anyone wishing to use an experiential technique in the teaching of sustainable development. The technique involves audio and visual files that introduce products from around the world which embrace industrial, environmental and materials innovation. Links to the briefing, report and website are available from this page.
URL(s):
• http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/detail/esd_marketplace
40% house : ECI research report 31
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This report from the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, summarises the key findings and recommendations of the 40% House Project. The project investigated how the typical residential home could meet the UK Government targets of reducing carbon emissions by 60% by 2050. The report is of most relevance to those interested in education for sustainable development, providing access to many further resources and sources of information.
Author(s): Brenda Boardman et al.
URL(s):
• http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/energy/downloads/40house/40hous…
Accounting for sustainability : guidance for higher education institutions
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This guide is one of a series of documents produced by the Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (HEPS) and Forum for the Future. It is designed to help higher education managers find a complete and clear picture of the real costs and benefits of decisions made about student numbers, teaching facilities, research funding, staff conditions, refurbishment and new buildings.
Author(s): Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/node/948
Ashden awards for sustainable energy
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This is the website of the Ashden Awards, which 'reward outstanding, inspirational and innovative local sustainable energy schemes that both protect the environment, tackle climate change and make real improvements to people's quality of life'. The Awards aim to encourage wider take-up of local energy solutions worldwide - to demonstrate that such schemes offer viable, practical ways of tackling poverty, resource shortages and climate change. Prizes are available for renewable energy and energy efficiency schemes in both the developing world and the UK. The timetable for the UK application process,
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URL(s):
• http://www.ashdenawards.org
BEST network case studies
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The BEST Network was established to help East Midlands businesses improve their resource efficiency, whilst at the same time improving the region's environment by working with businesses towards implementing an Environmental Management System in line with BS8555 and ISO 14001. BEST nework has produced a series of Case Studies of SMEs that have undertaken the programme, highlighting their achievements by working in conjunction with the BEST Network.
The Network is a result of collaboration between Nottingham Trent University (NTU), East Midlands Development Agency (emda), Loreus Ltd (software
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Author(s): BEST Network (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.best-network.co.uk/
Case studies for teaching sustainable development
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These case studies were developed by the University of Cambridge under the Royal Academy of Engineering's Visiting Professors Scheme, which aims to develop teaching materials and enhance the understanding and the practice of teaching Sustainable Development. The case studies can be downloaded and used for teaching purposes. They include a set of documents and realistic data which describe circumstances at each location; introductory slide presentations; and a set of guidelines and suggested exercises on how to use the material.
URL(s):
• http://www7.caret.cam.ac.uk/case_studies.htm
Centre for Sustainable Communities Achieved through Integrated Professional Education Centre for excellence in teaching and learning
Other title: C-SCAIPE CETL
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This is the website of the Centre for Sustainable Communities Achieved through Integrated Professional Education Centre for excellence in teaching and learning (C-SCAIPE CETL), funded by HEFCE. The CETL is led by Kingston University's School of Surveying, and works with the HEA Subject Centre for Education of the Built Environment (CEBE).
URL(s):
• http://www.c-scaipe.ac.uk/
Change challenges for sustainability : report of the engineer of the 21st century inquiry
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In 2000, The Engineer of the 21st Century Inquiry urged practical action following findings that despite the fact that good engineering is essential to sustainability, engineering solutions are often unsustainable. Two years on from the original inquiry, this report published by Forum for the Future followed research with companies, professional bodies, academic institutions and Government into how well they are progressing on the key challenges of sustainability.
Author(s): Engineers for Sustainability (Corporate Author), Forum for the Future (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.forumforthefuture.org/files/E21CChangeChallengesforSu…
Communicating for sustainability : guidance for higher education institutions
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This guide is one of a series of documents produced by the Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (HEPS) and Forum for the Future. The guide gives a quick introduction as to why communication is important for sustainable development, and tries to provide an answer to the difficult question, 'what is good communication for sustainable development?'. Case studies are presented as well as guidance on how to write a strategy.
Author(s): Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/node/716
Department of Engineering Centre for Sustainable Development at the University of Cambridge
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The Department of Engineering Centre for Sustainable Development at Cambridge University is a focal point for research and teaching in engineering for sustainable development. The Centre's website links to their research page, and also includes a "Distinguished Guest Lecture Series" from its MPhil course.
Author(s): Department of Engineering Centre for Sustainable Development (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/sustdev/
Educating engineers for sustainable development : final report of a Royal Academy of Engineering sponsored pilot study
(Ed./Ver: March 2009)
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This report documents the results of a pilot study funded through the Royal Academy of Engineering to introduce a course unit on sustianable development to students from a wide range of engineering and science disciplines. It was carried out at the University of Manchester, supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering through its Visiting Professorships scheme. It follows an interim report, issued in 2008. Appendices are available as a separate download - please see the additional url supplied with this record.
Author(s): University of Manchester (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.eps.manchester.ac.uk/tlc/sd/raeng/March09%20UoM%20ISD…
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) : ideas for learning and teaching in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
(Ed./Ver: Planet Special Edition 4.)
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Planet is the bi-annual publication of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Gees). This special edition mainly focuses on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and offers 16 papers presenting ideas for learning and teaching in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Author(s): Dr Steve Gaskin (Editor)
URL(s):
• http://www.gees.ac.uk/pubs/planet/sus.pdf
Education for sustainable development in higher education : special issue of Environmental Education Research
(Ed./Ver: Vol 14 Issue 4, 2008)
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Education for sustainable development toolkit
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This UNESCO Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit is published as part of the the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainability. It may be suitable for universities, colleges and related organisations in consolidating their sustainability efforts. The 131 page toolkit is available to freely download or in printed format.
Author(s): Rosalyn McKeown
URL(s):
• http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001524/152453eo.pdf
Engaging people in sustainability
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This publication from IUCN/The World Conservation Union is aimed primarily at educators. It considers the theory and practice of how to engage people in sustainable development. It sets the scene for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-14), using case studies, examples and interviews to illustrate innovation and best practice in education.
Author(s): Daniella Tilbury, Kate Henderson
URL(s):
• http://app.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/2004-055.pdf
Engineering education for sustainable development : embedding interdisciplinary education in discipline specific curricula - a one day symposium 15 December 2008 : report of the discussions
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This is a short report of a symposium held at Manchester on 15th December 2008. It originates from the Delphi Mini-Project (and work with the Royal Academy of Engineering) at Manchester University funded in 2007/8 by the Engineering Subject Centre and our participation in its Steering Group. The report looks at embedding interdisciplinary education in discipline-specific curricula.
Author(s): Bland Tomkinson
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/embedding-interdisciplinary-edu…
Engineering for sustainable development : guiding principles
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This guide brings together ideas in the UK engineering field about the application of sustainable development and proposes 12 principles as a basic framework. These principles are expanded on in the guide and illustrated using case studies ranging from flood abatement schemes to the introduction of washing powder tablets. The guide is aimed primarily at academic staff but may also be of interest to students, teachers and other engineering professionals engaged in sustainable development.
Author(s): Prof. Richard Dodds, Prof. Roger Venables
URL(s):
• http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/vps/pdf/Engineering_for_Sustai…
Forum for the Future
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This is the website of Forum for the Future, a UK sustainable development charity, with a mission to accelerate the building of a sustainable way of life . It was founded in 1996 by environmentalists Jonathon Porritt, Sara Parkin and Paul Ekins. Its magazine, Green Futures, is a source of debate on environmentally sustainable solutions.
URL(s):
• http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/
Global skills and lifelong learning : future challenges
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This report from the Development Education Associaton (DEA) considers the integration of global perspectives in lifelong learning, pinpointing priorities for key stakeholders. It is of relevance to those with an interest in education for sustainable development.
Author(s): Katy Newell-Jones
URL(s):
• http://www.dea.org.uk/resources/item.asp?d=891
Greener by degrees : exploring sustainability through Higher Education curricula
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This is the web information for a publication from the Centre for Active Learning (CeAL) at the University of Gloucestershire. 'Greener by Degrees' looks at different aspects of sustainability within both undergraduate and postgraduate curricula. It covers a broad range of disciplines and the case studies are designed to be replicated. Part A covers sustainability in the classroom, Part B Local, National and International partnerships and Part C Towards a sustainable university.
Author(s): Carolyn Roberts (ed.), Jane Roberts (ed.)
URL(s):
• http://resources.glos.ac.uk/ceal/resources/greenerbydegrees/inde…
Guidance on sustainability for the engineering profession : engineering council uk
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This document provides guidance in describing the role of professional engineers in sustainability. It lists six principles to guide and motivate engineers when making decisions for clients, employers and society which affect sustainability. The guidance has been issued by ECUK and replaces and updates the code of practice 'Engineers and the Environment' published by the Engineering Council in 1993.
Author(s): Engineering Council (UK) (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.engc.org.uk/ecukdocuments/internet/document%20library…
Higher Education educational performance improvement (HEEPI)
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This is the website of HEEPI, a project funded under the Leadership, Governance and Management initiative of the Higher Education Funding Council for England to improve the environmental performance of colleges and universities. The project's four key areas are: energy and environmental management; best practice in energy and environment management; high performance buildings; developing staff. The website also provides information about the Green Gown awards and on campus sustainability and environment-related events.
URL(s):
• http://www.heepi.org.uk/
Improving Engineering Education : the ImpEE project
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This is the website of the ImpEE project. The project provides resources for Engineering lecturers wanting to integrate Engineering for Sustainable Development (ESD) into their existing curriculum. The website provides further information about the project and ESD, using the website and ways in which to integrate the resources. Resources can be found by searching a topic list, a subject list, or using a keyword search. Each resource has a reference to the CDIO syllabus.
Author(s): The ImpEE project (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www-g.eng.cam.ac.uk/impee/
Information Inspiration
Other title: Ecodesign resources
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The ‘Information/Inspiration’ project was developed at Loughborough University in collaboration with Huntleigh Technology, funded by the DTI/ESPRC Sustainable Technologies Initiative. The website looks at sustainability from an industrial design perspective and offers practical support. Information/Inspiration is a prototype ecodesign tool that aims to provide industrial designers with the support they need to become involved in environmentally focused projects. The website is freely available to industrial designers without registration. It provides links to a wide range of advice
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Author(s): Dr Vicky Lofthouse (project leader)
URL(s):
• http://www.informationinspiration.org.uk/
Labs21 UK
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This is the website of Labs21 UK, set up to support more sustainable design and operation of laboratories in the UK. It draws, with permission, on the experience and materials of the American Labs21 initiative. Labs 21 UK is currently an information resource, though it plans more active work as the initiative develops. Information about both the UK and the US initiatives are available on the website, as well as a link to the Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement (HEEPI) project.
Author(s): HEEPI (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.labs21.org.uk/
LearnHigher Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
Other title: LearnHigher – Excellence in Learning Development (CETL)
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The LearnHigher Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is a partnership of 16 Universities, led by Liverpool Hope University, committed to improving student learning through providing excellent resources to support students' learning development, and through practice-led research to inform the effective use of those resources. The centre develops and collates peer reviewed resources in twenty learning areas that underpin activity across all academic subjects, including assessment, academic writing and research. The site also provides a teaching pack containing all the downloads
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URL(s):
• http://www.learnhigher.ac.uk/
Learning and skills for sustainable development : developing a sustainability literate society
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This publication is one of the outputs of the Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (HEPS). The purpose of the guidance is to help higher education institutions to integrate sustainability literacy into the curriculum of their learning programmes. It is aimed primarily at those who have responsibility for procuring, designing and delivering courses, although it can be adapted for a wider audience. The approach and tools suggested in the guide have been developed and trialled through Forum for the Future’s HEPS, both in the UK and abroad.
Author(s): Forum for the Future and HEPS (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/node/432
Learning and skills for sustainable development : developing a sustainability literate society : guidance for higher education institutions
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The guide is one of a series of documents produced by the Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (HEPS). The purpose of this guide is to help higher education institution to integrate sustainability literacy into the curriculum of their learning programmes. It focuses on those who have the responsibility for producing, designing and delivering courses, although it can easily be adapted for a wider audience.
Author(s): Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/node/432
Reporting for sustainability : guidance for higher education institutions
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This guide is one of a series of documents produced by the Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (HEPS). It helps you build a unique ‘Sustainability Profile’ of your university or college by using the first sustainability reporting tool for higher education.
Author(s): Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/node/958
SORTED : sustainability online resource and toolkit for education
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This website is funded by the Learning and Skills Council, to provide an online sustainability resource and toolkit for education. The website includes quick information, links, a glossary, and case studies in the areas of leadership and management, teaching and learning, building and estates, community and business.
Author(s): Euac: the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.eauc.org.uk/sorted/home
Sustainability carrots and sticks : the benefits and risks of sustainable development for HEIs
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This report for HEFCE considers the threats, risks and pressures related to sustainable development for higher education institutions and the opportunities and benefits that sustainability can offer them.
Opportunities include the reduction of consumption of resources; to become 'pathfinders' for sustainable communities; to foster sustainability-related knowledge and skills among students; and to lead the field in research.
Author(s): Roger Levett
URL(s):
• http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2006/rd18_06/
Sustainability Competencies for Engineers : RAE Workshop presentations
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This web page hosts 11 presentations in pdf format from the 'Sustainability Competencies for Engineers' Workshop held on 17 February 2004. Forum for the Future and The Royal Academy of Engineering staged this informal seminar, which explored the implications of the new sustainability competencies to practise, and responded to the New Standards for Professional Engineering Competence, (UK-SPEC) in partnership with the Engineering Council (UK).
Author(s): Royal Academy of Engineering (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/vps/events_1.htm
Sustainability in practice: from local to global making a difference
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Sustainability in Practice is a collection of essays from academia, business, local government and other practitioners to consider the extent to which progress in sustainability had been achieved and to look at a more sustainable future. Topics include: Greening People and Places; Empowerment and Change; Case Studies in Sustainable Development; Policy to Practice; Educational Change; Sustainability and the Professions and Transformation and Change.
Author(s): N. Corrigan, S. Sayce, R. Taylor
URL(s):
• http://www.kingston.ac.uk/sustainability/happen_news_archives/ha…
Sustainability promotion and branding: messaging challenges and possibilities for higher education institutions
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This paper, from the journal 'Sustainability' examines the branding and marketing of sustainability for higher education institutions. It looks at case study research into six higher education institutions (three in the UK and three in the USA) that promote their sustainability credentials in both their printed and electronic promotional and recruitment materials. Sustainability is an open access journal and a pdf of the paper may be downloaded.
Author(s): David Selby, Paula Jones, Fumiyo Kagawa
URL(s):
• http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/1/3/537
Sustainability versus heritage : engineering ethics case study project
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This is an Engineering Ethics case study from the IDEA CETL. It examines the case of a conflict between environmental issues (using sustainable timber) and protecting heritage (replacing like with like in a listed building). It raises issues such as heritage; sustainability; environment and culpable ignorance. The teaching format is a two hour session with small group discussions.
Author(s): Dr Heather Fotheringham, Rob Lawlor, Anon.
URL(s):
• http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/scholarart/ethics/heritage.pdf
Sustainable development in higher education
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This document sets out the approach HEFCE will take to promoting the sustainable development agenda following feedback received on their consultation document (HEFCE 2005/01). It includes a strategy statement and an action plan.
Author(s): HEFCE (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2005/05_28/
Sustainable Manufacturing Group at the University of Cambridge
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The Sustainable Manufacturing Group at Cambridge University is part of the Institute for Manufacturing. Its goal is to:
"Develop technologies to transform materials without emission of greenhouse gases, use of non-renewable materials or generation of waste."
The website provides links to current and past research projects and its seminar series. Each offers a number of (pdf-format) presentations which provide downloadable (teaching rather than pedagogic) resources for the teaching academic in sustainable development.
Author(s): Sustainable Manufacturing Group
URL(s):
• http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/sustainability/
The EESD observatory : status of engineering education for sustainable development in european higher education
(Ed./Ver: 2008)
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This report considers the extent to which sustainability is embedded in european engineering education. It is the first progress report since the 2004 Declaration of Barcelona, defining Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD).
Author(s): Alliance for Global Sustainability (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• https://www.upc.edu/eesd-observatory/why/reports/EESD_Observer_2…
The environmental association for universities and colleges (eauc)
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This is the website of The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (eauc), established in 1996 to raise the profile of environmental management and performance in member colleges and universities. The website, which is accessible to non-members as well as members, includes a waste guide and biodiversity guide and links to news and information, events and resources relating to education for sustainable development. A monthly news bulletin is available for those with a particular interest in the subject area.
Author(s): eauc (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.eauc.org.uk/
The Green Gown awards
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This is the web page for the Green Gown awards, set up to recognise initiatives being taken by universities and colleges across the UK to become more sustainable. The Awards have a variety of categories so that universities and colleges can show their achievements in both academic and estates management. The Green Gown Awards are administrated by the EAUC.
Author(s): The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.eauc.org.uk/green_gown_awards
Towards a sustainable industrial system : with recommendations for education, research, industry and policy
Other title: Towards a sustainable industrial system: accelerating the contribution of education and research
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The report recommends a collaborative effort by academics, teachers, industrialists and policy makers to create a global, sustainable industrial system. It develops discussions held at the International Manufacturing Professors' Symposium in Cambridge UK in July 2008 and the subsequent UK Manufacturing Professors' Forum. The report shows examples of where industry uses more sustainable systems.
Author(s): Prof. Steve Evans et al.
URL(s):
• http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/sis/industrial_sustainability_repor…
Visiting professors in engineering design for sustainable development
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The Royal Academy of Engineering's Visiting Professors scheme was started in 1998 to develop teaching materials, based on case studies, to enhance both the understanding and the practice of teaching of Sustainable Development.
During the five academic years spanning 1998 to 2004, The Academy sponsored a total of 26 universities to develop teaching material. It is a condition of The Academy's support that any material developed will be made widely available to universities throughout the UK.
Author(s): The Royal Academy of Engineering (Corporate Author)
URL(s):
• http://www.raeng.org.uk/education/vps/sustdev/default.htm
