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Leadership & Management

Leadership for sustainability

Appendix CEL report: good practice from the following providers’ work to embed sustainable development.

Developing a Sustainability Policy at Sparsholt College

Sparsholt College provides an excellent example of how implementing an Environmental Sustainability programme can engage staff and students whilst still saving the college money.

Pershore Group of Colleges

Winning entry in the 06/07 Green Gown Awards. The Pershore Group of colleges has established a strong commitment to sustainable development.

Securing Sustainability at Worcester College of Technology

An example of how a college can integrate sustainability into its curriculum and engage its students to make them more environmentally aware.

Sustainability: From Strategy to Practice - A Whole School Approach

Lancaster and Morecambe College: an excellent example of how a college can introduce sustainability into college life through the use of existing initiatives, and the engagement of both staff and students.

The Genesis Project

The Genesis Project at Somerset College is a good example of an integrated approach to sustainable development.

 

Teaching & Learning

Student Footprints and course links at Jewel & Esk College, Edinburgh

Building carbon footprinting into the ‘Working with Communities’ NQ Intermediate programme.

Cross-Curriculum Sustainability at Bedford College

Bedford College provides an important example of how an institution can embed sustainability into its curriculum by actively seeking support and guidance from both the education sector and industry.

Elmwood College

This CaSPr case study looks at using the Curriculum to Implement ISO14001 at Elmwood College.

Embedding Sustainable Development & Global Citizenship in the curriculum at Coleg Ceredigion

This case study demonstrates how a small institution, without the specialist knowledge needed, can use the skills of other organisations and initiatives to integrate sustainability into college practices.

Lancashire Global Education Centre - Embedding the Global Dimension into Skills for Life Classes

A useful example of how different education providers can work together to spread sustainable development and global skills across their curricula.

Regent College: SoapBox and The Global Citizens College

An example of using an existing programme such as the Global Citizens College initiative to enthuse students.

Sustainability Development at Hull College

This case study demonstrates how a culture change can take place to embed sustainability into a college and its curriculum.

Sustainability Suits Southwark College

An example of a college integrating sustainability into the curriculum and engaging its students to make them more environmentally aware.

Yale College - Using Projects to Integrate Sustainability into the Curriculum

This institution has successfully embedded sustainability into all areas of the curriculum, and has made a big environmental impact through small scale schemes.

 

Building & Estates

Going back to nature at Kingston Maurward College

An example of how monitoring biodiversity can bring together staff, students and the local community, as well as benefiting the curriculum.

Water efficiency at Myerscough College

An excellent example of how to make water and financial savings using available initiatives.

City of Sunderland - Usworth Sixth Form College

From the LSC Design Guidance website, a new building which looked at how energy could be minimised in its lifetime

Elmwood College

This CaSPr case study looks at using the Curriculum to Implement ISO14001.

Elmwood College Case Study

This case study from the Scottish Government details Elmwood College's approach to land management

Enfield

From the LSC Design Guidance website, a new building with a variety of sustainability features incorporated.

Lauder College

The ECO Space Project

Orkney College

This case study looks at how they implemented a recycling scheme at this rural college

Aberdeen College Recycling Waste Aware Campus Case Study

Aberdeen College have a policy of ensuring that all college based paper productions are printed on post consumer waste de-inked recycled paper.

Blackpool and The Fylde College: Sustainable Procurement – Building Capacity

This case study provides an excellent example of how a college can influence it's members of staff to think about sustainability through training and the implementation of a strong procurement policy

City of London Academy: Post Occupancy Evaluation

This case study is a product of ‘Building for the Future’, an inter-regional collaboration programme, which aims to achieve balanced and sustainable economic growth.

Cleaning up your impact at Castle College

A very useful example of how an institution can identify and procure affordable and sustainable cleaning service providers.

Glasgow Metropolitan College's Recycling Projects - Waste Aware Campus Case Study

The college introduced recycling facilities in partnership with Glasgow City Council Environmental Protection Services.

Merton College, London: Post-Occupancy Review

A review of a recently-completed FE building. The aim of the study is to evaluate the building by undertaking a post-occupancy evaluation and share the evidence-based lessons within the further education sector.

New Education Centre is Sustainability Exemplar - Derbyshire Adult Community Education Service

An example of how a group of partners can come together to find funding and create a sustainable building and deliver a sustainable curriculum.

New system saves time and money at City College Plymouth

Employing modern technology and having the right service providers can help an organisation significantly reduce energy and water consumption, as well as saving money.

Sustainable Procurement at Durham

This case study demonstrates how important a sustainable procurement policy can be to an institution, both environmentally and financially.

 

Community & Business

Resourcing Sustainability at Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College

This case study provides an excellent example of how organisations such as StudentForce can provide institutions with much needed support to deliver their sustainability commitments.

Bishop Burton

Bishop Burton FE College is an agriculture CoVE, where partnerships with local businesses farmers, growers, food processors are central to the operation of the FE provider curriculum.

Community Training Services - Sheffield Partnership Tackles Crime and Training

A very useful example of how working in a local partnership can achieve a great deal for young people, and for the community as a whole.

Community-Campus - Learner Involvement at Wiltshire College

Wiltshire College’s 'Community-Campus' provides a clear and effective way to ensure student engagement in sustainability, whilst ensuring compliance with Government initiatives.

Greenwich

Greenwich Community College has been working in partnership with the Greenwich Foundation for the past three years. Together they developed a training centre (“the Schoolroom”) within the Old Royal Naval College where GCC deliver tour guiding

Increasing Student Volunteering at Bridgwater

An illustration of how a college can, through partnerships with other organisations, take an existing idea and develop it into a beacon and provide inspiration for others.

The Memento Project

European Grundtvig Learning Partnership project ‘Memento’ is a community based art project for community groups, artists and adult education providers.

Pershore

Winning entry in the 06/07 Green Gown Awards. The Pershore Group of colleges has established a strong commitment to sustainable development.

StudentForce for Sustainability

Volunteering offers a great opportunity to develop skills, build contacts and gain new experiences whilst providing a positive contribution to your community or organisation.

The Yard Project

This case study provides an excellent example of how training projects can deliver sustainability and community engagement.

10 Short Workbased Learning Case Studies

Comprehensive case studies of sustainable development in ‘Work Based Learning’ can be found in Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship.