Heart of Yorkshire Education Group
Sustainability Student Leadership Academy with Unloc
Finalist, Next Generation Learning and Skills
About
The Sustainability Student Leadership Academy at the Heart of Yorkshire Education Group is a pioneering sustainability programme in collaboration with Unloc, a not-for-profit organisation that helps young people become changemakers. The Academy takes place through bootcamp sessions throughout the academic year aimed at developing participants’ sustainability and carbon literacy knowledge, whilst empowering them to lead and project manage sustainability initiatives in and around the college and its local communities.
Top 3 learnings
1. Our College students and young people aren’t just ‘interested’ in sustainability, but they’re very passionate about it and want to be advocates for their futures and the climate’s.
2. The Student Climate Leadership Programme is an amazing, successful initiative that has not only helped our students and college become more sustainability-aware but has also enabled them to develop key skills that will help towards their futures.
3. The next cohort needs an even higher diversity of students involved to ensure good representation and even higher success rates e.g. more students from different levels and curriculum areas.
SDGs
13. Climate action
| 2026 | |
| Next Generation Learning and Skills | |
| Finalist, UK and Ireland |
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