Projects

The EAUC leads or is a partner to an increasing number of externally funded projects. A list of current projects can be found below. Project funding is a useful way of developing new resources which go on to have sector wide value after the funded phase ends. Being a partnership-minded organisation, the EAUC actively seeks partners with a strong long-term commitment to supporting UK universities and colleges.

The EAUC is keen to hear from members or potential partners with ideas for future projects. All project proposals are assessed by our Project Approval Scheme.

EAUC Current Led Projects

Sustainability Exchange

Funded by HEFCE, this project facilitates the sharing of good practice and to support the development of good practice where none exists, Staffordshire University in partnership with the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) will develop and implement an interactive web-based HE repository of sustainability technical guidance and case studies. This project is now live at www.sustainabilityexchange.ac.uk - register or log in today!

Learning in Future Environment (previously Universities that Count) 
After extensive consultation with the sector the EAUC is proud to launch Learning in Future Environments (LiFE), the fully redeveloped, rebranded and relaunched Universities that Count programme. LiFE is a comprehensive performance improvement system developed specifically to help colleges and universities to manage, measure, improve and promote their social responsibility and sustainability performance.

Universities & Colleges Climate Commitment for Scotland 100% of Scotland’s universities and colleges have publicly declared their intention to address the challenges of climate change and reduce their carbon footprints by signing the Universities and Colleges Climate Commitment for Scotland (UCCCfS).

FE Online Resource
SORTED: Sustainability Online Resource and Toolkit for Education. SORTED is open to all and aimed at those working in the FE sector, wanting to take their first steps towards sustainability. August 2011 saw the relaunch of the tool offering a new fully filtered search facility and new resources.

EAUC Previous Projects

Green Impact
Green Impact is an EAUC project and is an environmental accreditation scheme with an awards element designed for University departments. University staff take part and can achieve a working towards accreditation, Bronze, Silver or Gold standard for making their workplaces greener

Greening ICT with JISC
Funded by JISC, this project will examine over a 2 year period how ICT systems in Universities & Colleges in the London and York & Humberside regions are performing and after implementation of more sustainable methods of operation, assess their reduced impact on the environment.

Sustainable ICT in Scottish Further & Higher Education

Funded by the Scottish Funding Council, this two year project picks up on the experience, tools and data of the UK wide HEEPI SusteIT project funded by JISC. Benefiting from this starting point the project will focus on developing additional Scottish data, activities and materials.

Campus Sustainability Programme (CaSPr)
Funded by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council, CaSPr is delivering a wide ranging programme of support, workshops and benchmarking to colleges and universities throughout the country.

Promoting Poverty Aware Procurement on Campus
Funded by the Department for International Development and building on our success of the Sustainable Procurement Project, the project aims to raise sector awareness of the link between procurement of goods from developing countries and poverty.

Sustainable Procurement
With support from the Defra Environmental Action Fund (EAF), the EAUC is helping colleges and universities respond positively on the sustainable procurement agenda.

EAUC Supported Projects

CUSP
The College and University Sustainability Placements scheme recognises the potential of recent graduates to enhance your college or university sustainability team. The Scheme is run by StudentForce.

Carbon Academy
The EAUC is a partner in this climate change project funded by the Carbon Trust and managed by NUS Services.

EcoCampus
Funded by HEFCE and managed by Nottingham Trent University, EcoCampus is a national Environmental Management System (EMS) and award scheme for the higher education sector. The scheme allows universities to be recognised for addressing key issues of environmental sustainability.

Sound Impact Awards
The EAUC is proud to join the Ecologist magazine as a partner to the new Sound Impact Awards. Managed and run by the National Union of Students trading arm, NUSSL, the awards are ‘Designed to encourage, reward and celebrate best environmental practice’.

Zero-Waste in Student HallsFunded by HEFCE and managed by the London School of Economics, this innovative project aims to benefit students and the local community by diverting reusable items left in halls at the end of the academic year.