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Dr. Simon Steiner Academic Advisor

Teaching Sustainable Design - resources in sustainability and related areas to support teaching in the curriculum. Dr. Simon Steiner Academic Advisor. Available resources in sustainability and related areas. EngSC website and resources database Calendar of events/JISCMail listing ****

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Dr. Simon Steiner Academic Advisor

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  1. Teaching Sustainable Design - resources in sustainability and related areasto support teaching in the curriculum Dr. Simon Steiner Academic Advisor

  2. Available resources in sustainability and related areas • EngSC website and resources database • Calendar of events/JISCMail listing **** • Higher Education Academy Planning Group • Higher Education Academy Research Project • HEFCE Consultation document **** • Future EngSC event ?

  3. Web www.engsc.ac.uk • Key communications medium • News & Events • Resources • ~500,000 hits per month

  4. Funding Opportunities • Funding Opportunities • Mini-Projects - £3,000 • Special Interest Groups - £1,500 • Engineering Subject Centre Awards • Teaching Awards • Student Awards • Reviews • Book reviews • Software reviews www.engsc.ac.uk/ale/fundopps

  5. Higher Education Academy Planning Group - Preparatory phase in 2004/5 (1) • Raise awareness and understanding across SCs • Develop a shared understanding of ESD (holistic approach) • Survey the extent and nature of current ESD • Develop/collate resources in ESD • Establish an evidence base for future work • Devise a strategic, five year plan

  6. Higher Education Academy Planning Group • Established by the Academy; constituent membership of interested SCs; met in October 2004 • Purpose: to discuss the development of an ESD agenda for the academy • Preparatory phase in 2004/5 • Programme of activity for next 5 years • External advisers – F4F and independent consultants

  7. Higher Education Academy Planning Group - Preparatory phase in 2004/5 (2) • SC projects - £50K allocated for funded SC activity, eg: • Surveying existing ESD practice • Collating existing resources • Developing new resources as commissioned work • Programme of Events (facilitated by F4F): • Workshop for SC staff (January) • Colloquium (Apr/May) • Workshop (June/July) draft action plan • Research Project

  8. Higher Education Academy Research Project • Base-line research project, commissioned in January, to deliver by May 2005 (Ralf Jucker, Swansea): • Develop a shared understanding of ESD • Survey the extent and nature of current ESD • Collate current resources in ESD • Explore current models of best practice • Raise the profile of ESD • Establish an evidence base for future work; basis for pedagogic research • Project to integrate with SC-funded projects

  9. HEFCE Consultation document(http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2005/05_01/) • Consultation on a support strategy and action plan • Issued 5th January; responses by 11th April 2005 • Preceded by: • DfES – Sustainable Development Action Plan for Education and Skills (September 2003) • United Nations’ Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) • Strategy: vision for HE’s contribution to SD • Action Plan: series of practical actions arising from the strategy.

  10. Future EngSC event ? • Proposal for a seminar (May/June ?) • Series of papers to cover topics within sustainability • Papers to be developed as a teaching resource, possibly a briefing paper • Purpose: to facilitate introduction of ESD into the curriculum • Development as a commissioned work - £300 per paper, typically 2-4 pages inc. bibliography

  11. Future EngSC event ? (2) • Possible topics: • The environment • Energy, Alternatives, Renewables • Resource Extraction • Financial and Legislative issues • Product Design for life • Product Disposal • Resource Recovery • …

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