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Developments in ESD practice in the UK Higher Education sector

Developments in ESD practice in the UK Higher Education sector. Simon Kemp, Academic Lead Education for Sustainable Development. The Higher Education Academy. Introduction The national body for learning and teaching in UK higher education

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Developments in ESD practice in the UK Higher Education sector

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  1. Developments in ESD practice in the UK Higher Education sector • Simon Kemp, Academic Lead Education for Sustainable Development

  2. The Higher Education Academy • Introduction • The national body for learning and teaching in UK higher education • Works in partnership with institutions and sector bodies • Focused on the student learning experience, and work to enhance the quality of that experience.

  3. HEA ESD Strategic Aim "To make a leading contribution to evidence-informeddevelopment of ESD policy and practice across the HE sector."

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  5. ESD • “Education for Sustainable Development allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future” • (UNESCO)

  6. Green Academy I

  7. Green Academy II

  8. Outcomes of Green Academy • The focus on the positive nature of the ‘challenges’, not the traditional negativity of sustainability ‘problems’ • Recognition of the difficulty of tackling sustainability through traditional pedagogy – the need to work collaboratively and imaginatively (e.g. through wicked problems) • Importance of engaging students as change agents and central to the whole process • The importance and value of a collegial approach focused on knowledge and practice sharing, driven by friendly competition

  9. The Key Outcome of Green Academy • The importance and value to ESD in HE of a collegial approach focused on knowledge, evidence, and practice sharing, driven by friendly competition

  10. Thank you for listening • Any questions? • Simon Kemp: simon.kemp@heacademy.ac.uk • Academic Lead - Education for Sustainable Development

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