DMU’s Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Forum are hosting two events on embedding sustainability into education.

DMU aims to embed the education for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the curriculum, but many staff and students wonder how this can be done in practice. These two events provide tangible examples through keynote talks, case studies of practice at DMU and examples of activities, assessment and student work.

Quinn Runkle from the NUS Sustainability Team

27th June 2019: Learn & Teach SDGs: Inspiring ideas for linking sustainable development to taught courses (staff and students),

  • 11:00-14:00, Edith Murphy 1.28.
  • 11:00-11:45: Introduction and Keynote from Quinn Runkle, National Union of Students: best practices in sustainability education from the UK and the world.
  • 11:45-13:15: Lightning talska nd Q&A
    • Mik Pienazek (ADH)
    • Phil Rule (CELL)
    • Neil Mcbride (CEM)
    • Irene Antonopolous (BAL)
    • Kutoma Wakunuma (CEM)
  • 13:15-13:30: Plenary: Support available and needs, and Q&A.
  • 13:15-14:00: Lunch, networking and displays (resources and students’ work).

11th July 2019: Teach SDGs: How to embed sustainable development in a taught course – steps to take, resources and case studies (staff only),

  • 11:00-13:00, John Whitehead Building, 1.06.
  • 11:00-11:30: Introduction and Keynote from Andrew Reeves: Embedding Education for the SDGs – what this means, tools and support available. Short talks from DMU Speakers.
  • 11:30-12:30: Short talks from DMU Speakers, plenary discussion and Q&A.
    • Angela Davies (ADH)
    • Lazar Karagic (HLS)
    • Yong sun (CEM)
    • Emily Baines (ADH)
    • Hardeep Basra (POD, TBC)
    • Giuliana Tiripelli (CEM)
    • Regina Frank (BAL, TBC)
  • 12:30-13:00: Lunch and networking

If you want to learn about the practice of education for sustainable development at DMU and worldwide, whilst meeting many like-minded people, then register to attend here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/P7HKDTP. Don’t forget to let us know your dietary requirements!

If you cannot attend in person, the sessions can be made available live as a webcast – please use the registration link to sign up.

Email sustainability@dmu.ac.uk for more information. These workshops are supported by De Montfort University’s Academic Innovation Project fund, as part of the “DMU Programmes and the UN Sustainable Development Goals” project.