Demystifying Sustainability What is ESD, what does it mean at Kent and how can it be applied? Catherine Morris: Environmental Adviser, University of Kent #KentESD Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Introduction About the day Purpose – Why are we all here Workshop sign-up Demystifying Sustainability Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

What is Sustainability? Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Q1. How much do you know about the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? What SDGs? I’ve heard of them I know a bit about them but I’m not sure how they apply to me I’m actively working towards 1 of more of the goals What don’t I know! Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

SDGs at Kent #KentESD Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching The SDG Education Accord calls upon us “the world’s universities and colleges to embed the Sustainable Development Goals into our education, research, leadership, operations, administration and engagement activities. That as leaders or individual practitioners, academics, students or researchers, we will: · Align all major efforts with the Sustainable Development Goals · Involve members from all key stakeholder groups · Collaborate across cities, regions, countries and continents · Share our learning and account to both local and global communities our progress · Annually report on how we contribute to the Goals and what more can we do.   Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Q2. How much do you know about Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)? Never heard of the term I’ve heard of it but I don’t think its applicable to my course/programme I would like to embed ESD into my course/programme ESD is already embedded into my course/programme Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

What is ESD? Misconceptions ESD is not: A separate subject or discipline; separate from or unrelated to other HE agendas such as employability, enterprise or internationalisation; just about the environment; a passing fad Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

What is ESD? Education for Sustainable Development (and Global Citizenship) Teaching for Sustainability Interdisciplinary Global Challenges Critical thinking Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Why ESD? #KentESD Change and Uncertainty Employability Quality agenda Student opinion 86% - Universities should actively incorporate & promote Sustainable Development 57% - Would like to learn more about Sustainable Development 59% - All course tutors should be required to incorporate Sustainable Development in teaching Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Q3. Where in the University should ESD sit? Estates Department / Colleges Informal curriculum (volunteering, societies etc..) Formal taught curriculum Research / Dissertations All of the above Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

What’s happening already at Kent? No Poverty Zero Hunger Good Health & Wellbeing Quality Education Gender Equality Clean Water and Sanitation Affordable and Clean Energy Decent Work & Economic Growth Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure Reduced Inequalities Sustainable Cities & Communities Responsible Consumption & Production Climate Action Life Below Water Life on Land Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions Partnerships for the Goals All of the above Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Q4. How relevant do you think ESD is to your course / programme? Not relevant at all Not relevant to teaching but may be applicable to projects / dissertations Some elements may be relevant to teaching Very relevant – It’s a sustainability subject Very relevant – Not a sustainability subject Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

ESD relevance to non-sustainability subjects Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Embedding Sustainability into the formal curriculum Stand-alone modules Embedding into existing modules Projects / Dissertations Sustainability Skills Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Embedding ESD into existing modules In what way do you currently include or promote sustainability concepts, values and skills in your curriculum area - What is the student view? 2) What more could you / would you like to do - In what way could you contribute more effectively and directly to student learning in relation to sustainability? 3) What opportunities and barriers are there currently? 4) What kind of support might you need to take this further? Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Embedding ESD into existing modules Introduce short ‘podules’ on some aspect of sustainability Discuss the relevance of the subject in the context of the scale of the challenge Resources Resource bank Subject specific resouces Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

ESD in projects / essays / dissertations Example – KBS Marketing Students Essay question “Can the pursuit of sustainability initiatives help Kent Business School succeed in an increasingly competitive environment”? Use the academic literature and examples of what businesses and/or competitors are doing to satisfy consumers to illustrate and support your argument.”​ Project brief Conduct market research and make recommendations based on a real-world challenge of encouraging students to adopt sustainable behaviours while at Uni. Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Sustainability Skills Sustainability literacy Have sufficient knowledge and skills to decide and act in a way that favours sustainable development Be able to recognise and reward other people's decisions and actions that favour sustainable development Professional specialist elements Professional transferrable elements Personal elements Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Sustainability Pedagogies “good sustainable development pedagogy is often simply good pedagogy” critical thinking; systemic thinking; interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity; experiential learning and real-life issues; reconnecting to sense of place and real- world inquiry; empowerment of the learner; teacher as mentor, exemplar and facilitator; multiple teaching styles; developing dialogue space for emergence learning for action; reflection on learning (reflexivity); transformative learning; collaborative learning and co-inquiry; action competence; campus as curriculum and use of campus as a learning resource Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Q5. Are you aware of the concept of Living Labs? Never heard of the term I’ve heard of it but I don’t think its applicable to my course/programme I would like to embed Living Labs into my course/programme I am already using Living Labs in my course/programme Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Living Labs #KentESD Applied differently across the HE sector but….. LL aims to establish partnerships which connect academic activities of the institution with non-academic partners Practice based learning Knowledge transfer Partnerships Symbiotic benefits Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Q6. Is there potential for Living Labs to be useful for your course / programme? I don’t think so Maybe but I need to know more Yes, I have the beginnings of an idea Definitely, how do I get started Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Thank you Any questions? Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Closing remarks #KentESD Next Steps Outcome presentation at Learning and Teaching Conference in June 2019 EG Champion for Sustainability (tbc) University civic mission strategy Possible development of Sustainability Strategy Resource bank for ESD Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

What can you do…… …….on Monday morning Academic staff Students Other Talk to your academic colleagues about ESD Find out more about ESD (Future Fit Framework) Talk to your tutor / lecturer / course rep about ESD Talk to your peers about ESD Find out more at www.kent.ac.uk/sustainability Become a sustainability champion Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

What can you do…… …….next term Academic staff Students Other Introduce 10-20 minutes ‘podules’ on some aspect of sustainability Assess your current modules for sustainability content and skills Consider Living Labs Take part in Futureproof Get Sustainability on the agenda Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

What can you do…… …….next year Academic staff Students Other Revise existing modules to take account of sustainability Redesign programmes Sign up to a Sustainability StudyPlus module Plan your dissertation on a sustainability theme Design and implement projects around the SDGs Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Q3b. Where in the University should ESD sit? Estates Department / Colleges Informal curriculum (volunteering, societies etc..) Formal taught curriculum Research / Dissertations All of the above Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Q4b. How relevant do you think ESD is to your course / programme? Not relevant at all Not relevant to teaching but may be applicable to projects / dissertations Some elements may be relevant to teaching Very relevant – It’s a sustainability subject Very relevant – Not a sustainability subject Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD

Q6b. Is there potential for Living Labs to be useful for your course / programme? I don’t think so Maybe but I need to know more Yes, I have the beginnings of an idea Definitely, how do I get started Teaching Sustainability: Sustainable Teaching #KentESD