Networking and communities
At EAUC, our networks can help you connect with others working on sector sustainability.
Whether you join a community of practice to discuss specific sustainability topics or a regional group to connect with local sector colleagues, you'll have the opportunity to ask questions, share resources and get timely updates on sector developments.
Please note that groups are only open to staff from EAUC educational members unless otherwise stated. There is no limit to the number of groups you can join.
How to join a group
You can join most of our groups by emailing us at info@eauc.org.uk with the following information:
Your name
Your institution
Your email address
The group(s) you’d like to join
Our team will then add you to the relevant mailing lists.
Some of our groups are closed, which means they can only be joined by invitation. Others will require you to contact a different email address to join. Where this is the case, it will be noted in the group descriptions below.
Communities of practice (CoPs)
Convenor: Michael Howroyd, University of Leeds
This CoP is open to all EAUC educational members and other invited parties to learn and share experiences in the field of biodiversity.
Convenor: Milly Clover, Nottingham Trent University
This CoP is open to EAUC educational members and other invited parties to learn and share experiences in the field of waste management including reuse and recycling, and the circular economy.
Convenors: Lou Mycroft, Fircroft College of Adult Education; Scott Strachan, University of Strathclyde; Rehema White, University of St Andrews
This CoP is a space for post-16 education staff working to deliver education for sustainable development (ESD). The group is led by the EAUC with support from our partners at Learning for Sustainability Scotland. It is open to EAUC educational members and selected external organisations.
Please let us know whether you would like to join the FE or HE ESD mailing list when you email us.
Convenors: James Daly, University of Bristol; Serena Bacuzzi, University of Edinburgh
This CoP is open to all EAUC educational members and other invited parties to learn and share experiences in relation to energy and water management.
The Environmental Sustainability Concordat community of practice is delivered by EAUC and the Wellcome Trust.
This group aims to bring together organisations from across the UK Research and Innovation sector with an interest in the Concordat for Environmental Sustainability in Research and Innovation Practice. The CoP provides a space for institutions to share ideas and best practice as they work to deliver more environmentally responsible and sustainable research.
To join the mailing list for the CoP, please email ESConcordat@eauc.org.uk with your name, organisation and job title.
Convenor: Dr. Jennifer O’Brien, University of Manchester and Advance HE
This CoP is open to all EAUC educational members and other invited parties to learn and share experiences on living labs. A university or college living lab is a means to address real-world institutional problems using dynamic partnerships between all the institution's stakeholder groups.
Convenor: Dr Robert Wilby, Loughborough University
This CoP is open to all EAUC educational members and other invited parties to learn and share experiences in relation to managing climate risk.
Convenor: currently vacant. For an informal chat to find out more about the role, please get in touch with Claire Mitchell at cmitchell@eauc.org.uk.
This is an opportunity to connect further and higher education institutions through a dedicated network that will facilitate dialogue and knowledge exchange specific to insetting and offsetting. This group is open to EAUC educational members.
Join our Scope 3 email network to keep up-to-date on progress towards tools and shared methodologies. You can join the overarching Scope 3 network and any of the subgroups:
Scope 3 - IT
Scope 3 - travel
Scope 3 - energy
Scope 3 - furniture
Scope 3 - laboratories
These are open to all EAUC educational members.
Convenor: Hannah Morgans, University of Bristol
This CoP is open to all EAUC educational members and other invited parties to share best practice, tools, and platforms for communicating sustainability to your institution.
Convenor: Darren Hardwick, University of Sheffield
The focus of the group includes areas such as travel planning, policy, active and sustainable travel. This CoP is open to all EAUC educational members and other invited parties to learn and share experiences.
Other groups
The Climate Education and Skills Group is a UK-wide network bringing together further and higher education, government, industry and NGOs to strengthen climate and sustainability learning across the post-16 sector, delivered in partnership between EAUC and the Grantham Institute at Imperial. The group focuses on embedding sustainability in qualifications, curricula, professional standards and institutional leadership and fostering strong partnerships to shape green skills pathways. Its current priorities include whole-organisation sustainability approaches, lifelong learning opportunities, improved careers guidance, and building shared tools and insights to influence policy and practice.
The group is open to colleagues from education, industry, government and other partners who want to collaborate on advancing climate education and green skills at a system level.
If you would like to join, contribute or find out more, please contact banechite@eauc.org.uk.
Convenor: Emily Luby, Bishop Burton College
This is a dedicated network to facilitate dialogue and knowledge exchange specific to the FE sector. This network is open to EAUC educational college members.
The education members network is the email forum enabling you to ask questions, share and learn with your peers across the EAUC educational membership. It is only available to EAUC educational members.
Regional groups and national branches
North East England (Convenor: Michael Harkness, Durham University)
North West England (Convenor: Rachael Hanmer-Dwight, University of Liverpool)
Yorkshire and Humber (Convenor: Emily Rye, University of Huddersfield)
Midlands (Convenor: Katy Boom, University of Worcester)
London (Co-convenors: Jemima Barnes, University of Greenwich & Florence Hale, Imperial College London)
South West England (Convenor: Kirsti Norris, University of the West of England)
South East England
South Central England (Convenor: James Jackson, Arts University Bournemouth)
For more information about networks for EAUC members in Scotland, please see the EAUC Scotland page.
Convenor: Sara Lynch, Head of Sustainability, Queen's University Belfast
The aim of this branch is to share lessons learnt and best practice so that all benefit from these experiences. It is open to all EAUC educational members in Northern Ireland and Ireland.
Convenor: Professor Neil Glasser, Aberystwyth University
Coordinator: Dewi Day, Aberystwyth University
The aim of this branch is to share lessons learnt and best practice so that all benefit from these experiences. It is open to all EAUC educational members in Wales.
Upcoming events
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EAUC and BUFDG have set up a working group on investment management and practice.
It is a small group that will be looking at finance and sustainability issues.
BUFDG are the secretariat and Jo Chamberlain, University of Exeter and Richard Jackson, University of Bath are EAUC representatives. Andy Goor, University of St Andrews and Carol Prokopyszyn, University of Manchester are the BUFDG representatives.
It is a closed group but EAUC will feed back outputs of the group to members via enews.
Convenor: Helen Baker, University of the West of England
The Responsible Procurement Group (RPG) is a closed group run in conjunction with BUFDG. It aims to identify, share and promote best practice on responsible procurement throughout the sector and to stimulate the development of resources, principles and guidance to support members. We will share all tools, resources and outputs across BUFDG and EAUC memberships.
Sub groups include:
Supply chain climate action (chair: Harriet Wallace, Imperial College)
Circular economy & waste reduction (chairs: Jo Dainton, University of the West of England & Sion Pickering, University of Edinburgh)
GHG measurement and reporting (chairs: Harriet Wallace, Imperial College London and Charlotte Wood, Nottingham Trent University)
You can find resources, notes and briefing documents from this group in our resources hub.
