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An online workshop organised on January 24th 2022 by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) team focussed on how to make Eduation for Sustainable Development (ESD) part of higher education activity. DMU contributed a case study of its own experience,… Continue Reading →
Riverside Café in the Vijay Patel building has recently changed their coffee supplier from Ily to a new social enterprise called Change Please. Change Please are a social enterprise set up to tackle the issue of homelessness in the UK,… Continue Reading →
DMU Global is offering 30 students the opportunity to take part in a one-day social entrepreneurship workshop on campus in March 2022. The workshop is based on a real UNDP Partner social enterprise in India called Paryavaran Mitra (Friends of… Continue Reading →
The Centre for Academic Innovation (CAI) and the Public Engagement and Education for Sustainable Development project held an online mini-conference on Wednesday 10 November 2020, 10am-1pm exploring the concept of Real-Life Learning. Details and resources from the event are below: About… Continue Reading →
Saja Elmishri is a Textile Design DMU Graduate (2019) who was inspired to make sustainability a focus of her career by her studies at DMU. This case study Q&A explores what happened at DMU and what Saja did next, including… Continue Reading →
Join this free event from 3pm to 4pm on Thurs 20th January to learn how to take part in this year’s SDG Teach-in. Full details and a registration form are AVAILABLE HERE. Information about the webinar from SOS-UK: The SDG… Continue Reading →
DMU’s Education for Sustainable Development project are hosting drop-in sessions to provide a space for colleagues to discuss and elicit feedback on how to address sustainability and the SDGs through teaching, learning and assessment. This could focus on: How learning… Continue Reading →
DMU’s Enterprise and Business Services team have put together a short podcast exploring what will be happening at the COP26 climate talks, some implications for local businesses and even options for crossing the atlantic without flying! Go to Soundcloud HERE… Continue Reading →
Hi everyone, My name is Adeola Ogunkolade, I am from Lagos Nigeria, I am really happy and excited to be amongst the DMU sustainability scholars. I am grateful to the DMU sustainability team for giving me this unique opportunity and… Continue Reading →
Hi Everyone, I am Jinto Thomas, from India, currently studying Masters in Mechanical Engineering at De Montfort University. I am sincerely honored to be the recipient of the DMU sustainability scholarship and feel very happy to be part of sustainability… Continue Reading →
Hello everyone! My name is Stephen Adeiza Okeji, I am a black African from Nigeria and feel privileged to be among the recipients of the sustainability scholarship at De Montfort University. I graduated with an Agricultural Technology degree in 2017,… Continue Reading →
I am Ashok Kumar Chilla, an international master’s student from India and am very proud and excited to be part of the De Montfort University sustainability team. I believe this opportunity, will become one of my greatest lifetime achievements, and a most… Continue Reading →
Hello Everyone, My Name is Ubong Effiong and I am from Nigeria. I am a Project Management Postgraduate student studying at De Montfort University. I am the winner of the DMU sustainability scholarship for the 2021/2022 academic year and am… Continue Reading →
Hi there! I am Ana, and I am the Learning for Sustainability Frontrunner this year. I’m really excited to be a part of the Sustainability team, to be able to create new programmes so that we can make campus a… Continue Reading →
Hi! My names Hannah and I am the Sustainability Communications Frontrunner for the next 6 months. I’m super excited to be a part of the sustainability team and can’t wait to get involved in some of the amazing projects currently… Continue Reading →
SHAPE is an inspiring programme that offers DMU students a chance to make a real difference to sustainability challenges in the Leicester area through a team-based project taking place in the 2021/22 academic year. Information is below… SOS-UK and the… Continue Reading →
Tickets are now available to book to attend ‘Green Zone’ events at COP26 – https://greenzonetickets.ukcop26.org/home. Tickets are free of charge and open to the public – this is a great opportunity to learn more about climate issues and many events… Continue Reading →
DMU’s Youth Work & Community Development Team will be hosting a “COP-OUT” event on Monday 8 November at The Venue@DMU, to coincide with COP26 (the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference). COP-OUT will be launched by the DMU’s Vice Chancellor… Continue Reading →