Sustainability in the formal and informal curriculum
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is about ensuring that our graduates, regardless of their field of study, are equipped with the necessary skills and attributes to face global challenges
Opportunities for Students
You can learn more about sustainability through short courses or by incorporating sustainability topics into your dissertation
Future proof your curriculum by embedding sustainability into your teaching practice or further integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into your curriculum. This Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) toolkit will give you concise actionable resources to achieve this result while providing insights into the underpinning theories. Enriching your teaching with SDGs advances our strategic objective to ensure that all students have access to learning and teaching that enhances their understanding of sustainability.
On 27th June 2023, staff and students gathered for the annual learning & teaching conference titled 'Embedding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the Curriculum and Co-Curriculum.
The presentations and posters from the conference are now available below. The conference was opened by Professor Richard Reece, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student Experience, and Dr Patrick Baughan, Head of Education at the University of Law and a former Senior Learning Advisor at Advance HE specialising in ESD, gave the keynote.
Sustainable Curriculum and Research (SCR) Steering Group
The SCR was established in earlier in 2024 as one of the sub-groups of the Sustainability Steering group to facilitate institution change in embedding sustainability throughout all parts of the student learning experience.
Academic staff, the sustainability team and Kent Union are working together to facilitate institution change in embedding sustainability throughout all parts of the student learning experience.
We are working to ensure that every student – from architecture to business, and chemistry to digital arts – is prepared with the knowledge and understanding of sustainability, and possess the sustainability skills and attributes, and the desire and willingness to deal with these issues.
Our Mission:
"To equip graduates with the essential skills and knowledge needed to thrive on a planet in the process of ecological collapse. We seek to draw on staff expertise throughout the university in order to develop our educational offer as one that is distinctly focused on sustainability"
"Education for Sustainable Development allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future.
Curriculum Mapping
In 2022 we mapped 1292 Undergraduate modules against the 17 Sustainable Development Goals to determine our baseline for sustainability in the curriculum
We can help with training at an individual, school or divisional level, designing projects for students or facilitating living-lab projects. Contact us to discuss your needs.
