Education for the Sustainable Development Goals at DMU

Hedgehog Friendly Campus @ DMU

DMU achieved the Gold award for hedgehog friendly campus 24/25! Our preparations have just began for 25/26   What you need to do: Earner has helped their institution to work towards a Hedgehog Friendly Campus accreditation by planning and implementing… Continue Reading →

Meet Our New Frontrunner: Oluwatomiwa Awonaike

Hello everyone I’m Oluwatomiwa (tomiwa for short) and I’m the Sustainability Communications Frontrunner! I’m really excited about increasing the physical and digital presence of sustainability to everyone at our university, especially our fellow students and staff. A few things about… Continue Reading →

Dec 10th 2025: Carbon Literacy Training day for Leicestershire-area community organisations.

Are you part of a voluntary or community sector organisation or social enterprise in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland, or any other organisation with a focus on meeting the needs of our local community?   De Montfort University through the Universities… Continue Reading →

Meet Our New Frontrunner: Harpreet Kaur

Hi everyone! I am Harpreet, a 2nd year psychology student and I work as an international sustainability frontrunner. After being introduced to sustainability in my first module in 1st year through lectures and having to complete an essay on sustainability…. Continue Reading →

Meet Our New Frontrunner: Casey Bell

Hi Everyone! My name is Casey and I’m the 25/26 Learning for Sustainability Frontrunner. I am very eager to get working on impactful projects alongside the sustainability team, fellow students and academics.  Just a little about me… I am a… Continue Reading →

World Design Congress – Design for Planet 2025: Nov 19th and 20th

Vijay Patel Lecture Theatre VP4.05: Wednesday 19th November: 11.00am Introduction: Carolyn Hardaker, Stuart Lawson 11.30-1.00: Panel Discussion: The mission to equip designers with the skills needed to shape a regenerative, resilient and inclusive world: Upskilling for Impact – Embedding the… Continue Reading →

30th Sept 2025: CoDesigns ESD AI Coach Launch

This online event hosted by De Montfort University is designed for academics and educational professionals at DMU and across the UK who support teaching and learning and are interested in integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into curricula with the… Continue Reading →

ESD Staff Symposium – May 2025

DMU’s SDG Hub hosted a symposium session on 21st May 2025 to highlight work on Education for Sustainable Development across DMU’s curriculum. The event featured case study talks from… (links below to recordings): Neil Lancastle (BAL) Leisa Nichols-Drew (HLS); Anoop… Continue Reading →

Do Students Care About Sustainability? (2024)

Sustainability is becoming increasingly important in the present day as the effects of climate change are becoming more widespread and increasingly severe. In order to address  sustainability on a university level it is important to find out whether students care… Continue Reading →

Student attitudes towards sustainability in the 2023-2024 academic year.

Sustainability is becoming increasingly important in the present day as the effects of climate change are becoming more widespread and increasingly severe. In order to develop our approach to sustainability on a university level it is important to find out… Continue Reading →

DMU at COP29 events series in November 2024

DMU will be holding a series of events to demand climate action and highlight issues as world leaders meet at COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11-22 November. The 11 days of events will start on Monday, 11 November, as… Continue Reading →

21st Nov: 5 ways to make climate literacy part of your DMU course

This interactive Campus Collective session led by Andrew Reeves will highlight five ways to make climate action part of your DMU taught course, drawing on experiences across the university and signposting relevant resources. This could range in scale from an… Continue Reading →

14th Nov: Become A Climate Ambassador

Staff and students are invited to learn about becoming a ‘Climate Ambassador’, part of a UK-wide network who care about sustainability and helping local schools and nurseries to act on climate change. There is a short talk on what’s involved… Continue Reading →

Staff: Apply to be a DMU ESD Co-Lead

DMU staff are encouraged to join a new team of Co-Leads for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) at DMU – working to support colleagues across the university to adopt ESD in the curriculum. Details below, deadline noon on Monday 23rd… Continue Reading →

Student experience at the EAUC (Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges) Conference

Hi, I’m Emily, a current Business Management student at De Montfort University. Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the EAUC Conference in Winchester. The EAUC (Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges) Conference is a leading event focused on sustainability within… Continue Reading →

My experience at the 2024 Student Sustainability Summit!

Hello, my name is Adam, a current masters student and soon to be part of the international sustainability team at DMU. I had the exciting opportunity to go to the sustainability summit in Lancaster on the 29th May 2024. The… Continue Reading →

Case Study: Fairness and Bias Mitigation in ML models (Bangli Liu & Eufrásio Lima Neto)

This case study by Bangli Liu and Eufrásio Lima Neto (Module leader and lecturer, respectively, for Big Data Applications – CSIP5203) provides an overview of a seminar students engaged in on fairness and bias mitigation in ML models. Discussion was… Continue Reading →

Share your experience of sustainability and your course and win a £50 voucher: join 31st May workshop or complete an online survey

We want to hear how you are experiencing ‘education for sustainable development’ in DMU taught courses, such as through exploring topics like injustice, gender inequality or climate change, and how your course is motivating and supporting you to take action… Continue Reading →

« Older posts

© 2025 Education for the Sustainable Development Goals at DMU — Powered by WordPress

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑