Creating a culture of sustainability: a Q&A with UCEM Project Manager Emma Kearsey

Emma Kearsey, Project Manager at UCEM, gave us an overview of a new initiative at UCEM – the Sustainability Champions. UCEM have launched Sustainability Champions – an internal initiative encouraging…
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Meet this year’s Responsible Futures Working Group!

Here, at UCEM, we hold the Responsible Futures accreditation mark which is a change programme hosted by Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS-UK). The programme aims to support institutions in…

5 tips for becoming an environmental champion: Guest article by our new sustainability education and engagement officer, Jessica Gordon-Calvert

At UCEM, we are on a mission to be the world’s most sustainable university. Our innovation and partnerships team is responsible for coordinating UCEM’s approach to sustainability and, therefore, plays…
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Embedding sustainability within the curriculum

How exactly do you go about embedding sustainability across a university’s curriculum? This is the question we posed to our associate dean, Cathy Higgs, and building surveying programme leader, James…
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Sustainability initiatives during the pandemic

We are on a mission to be the world’s most sustainable university. That mission began a long time ago and milestones on that journey include the purchase and refurbishment of…
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Supporting our students to lead on sustainability

At UCEM, student feedback is vital in shaping what we do. Students are invited to fill in anonymous feedback on our virtual learning environment (VLE), either to comment on positive…
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In focus: Our Sustainability Student Ambassador, Vicki Grimshaw

We recently appointed our first four Student Ambassadors representing the following areas: diversity, sustainability, welfare, and student communities.   Our Student Ambassadors aim to inspire current and potential students at…