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Leadership

" The Big Dump" A De-branding Exercise at Leed City College

A fun and engaging campaign meant that nothing went to waste when

Saving Money and Energy at Pembrokeshire College

Pembrokeshire College has reduced its environmental impact and its bills

Creating the Road Less Travelled at Leeds University

Health, environmental and monetary benefits leaves Leeds smiling after introduction of five year travel plan

Savings and Sustainability at Warwickshire College

Taking a strategic approach enabled Warwickshire college to push forward with their sustainabililty agenda

Carbon Management at Adam Smith

Adam Smith College has drawn up a climate change action plan which includes all college activities, including the curriculum. This case study will focus on the carbon footprint aspect.

Using the Union to Embed Sustainability at South Thames College

South Thames College wanted to set up a sustainability action group which would truly represent all parts of the college and which itself could be sustained.

Carbon Reduction at Leicester College

Leicester College has made significant financial savings following a focus on carbon reduction...

From Placement to Permanent Sustainability Solutions at Wigan and Leigh College

A one-year placement was the solution to Wigan and Leigh’s resource problems

Cementing the Commitment to Sustainability at National Star College

Putting sustainability at the heart of the new Walsall Adult and Community College

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.

 

Learning

Construction and Strategic Sustainability at Cambridge Regional College

Cambridge Regional College addressed sustainability across the instinstitution for the benefit of local business

ESD in Teacher Training at Somerset College/ University of Plymouth

An unusual but easily replicable approach to integrating ESD into the teacher training curriculum at a group of colleges across the South West was led by Somerset College.

Student Engagement at Myerscough College Waste Directive

A focus on energy and water linked to student engagement has led to a series of changes at Myerscough College

Barking and Dagenham College: Best practice sustainable development

Bedford College: Embedding Sustainable Development into the FE Curriculum

Bromley Adult Education College: Food and Sustainability

Cardinal Newman College: Our World Week - The Photovoltaic Cell Project

City College Coventry: Exploring the role of Social Media

Dorset Adult Learning: Stepping Up Sustainability in Dorset

Enfield Community Learning Service: Looking after the Environment

Exeter College: The Exeter Urban Garden Project

The Learning Trust with ecoACTIVE: Cool the Planet and Save Money

Leicester Adult Skills & Learning Service: Green Families Project

New College Nottingham: Futureproof

Otley College with Writtle College and Easton College: Carbon footprint reduction

South Nottingham College: Electrifying the Automotive Curriculum

Stockport Continuing Education Service: Education for Sustainable Development

Sussex Downs College: Eco Pledge Project

Walsall College with the New Engineering Foundation: Sustainability and Responsible Stewardship

Workers’ Educational Association: Big Society Small World: Sustainability Champions

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.

 

Organisational Capacity

That's Just Rubbish, Garbology at Cirencester College

Cirencester College tackled its complete lack of recycling by applying the science of Garbology to identify what's thown away and the reasons why

Money for Old Rope at Bradford College

A bright idea from one of the porterage team at Bradford College has resulted in the creation of a money-making business, the securing of jobs in the team and income of around £15,000 a year.

150 Years of South Tyneside College- A Great Hook for Sustainability

The 150th anniversary of South Tyneside College prompted a focus on the future with sustainability at the centre.

Heat Pump Technology at New College Swindon

Using Heat Pump Technology to provide heat to classrooms from the ICT Server Room

Energy Saving Lighting Equipment within New College Swindon

Lighting for large areas consumes significant amounts of electricity which effective control and the latest LED technology can reduce

Voltage Optimisation Technology at New College Swindon

Installation of the VoltageMaster normally achieves savings in electricity consumption of around 12% and similar reductions in CO2 emissions

HM Test Case Study

This is a test and will be removed.

City College Plymouth: Alternative energy

Craven College: Let’s go zero!

Fareport Training: Reducing carbon emissions in apprenticeship provision

Grantham College with Boston College: Efficiency Flush

New Directions, Reading Borough Council: Carbon Check

South Staffordshire College: The LESS (Lowering Energy Survey System)

Walsall College with the New Engineering Foundation: Cutting College Carbon Emissions

Weston College with Education4me: Less is More

Wakefield College: Sustainability: it’s our choice

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 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.

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.

 

Partnerships

Workers' Education Association Links to Active Citizenship

Engaging the Community Reaps Rewards at Bedford

Bedford College created opportunities to enhance learner experience

Sharing for Sustainability in the South West

Colleges across the South West have benefitted from sharing their experience and expertise on sustainability by forming a dedicated group.

Reaching Out to the Community at Highbury College

The whole range of sustainability factors has been considered - from environmental to social to economic – and barriers to learning have been removed at every stage.

Building Capacity in Construction in the East Midlands

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.

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.