UWE Bristol Professor Steven West Vice-Chancellor

Introduction and Welcome The Excitement of ISHE This is personal! Bringing the resources, capacity and capability of a leading University to address some of the most intractable yet urgent problems facing humanity and the planet Seeking to integrate and direct our academic research and knowledge exchange activities to deliver diagnosis and sustainable solutions to real world health and environmental problems Making UWE itself a more sustainable enterprise that uses its intellectual and financial resources as a force for sustainable development

UWE’s motivation What is UWE’s motivation? Why are we investing our scarce resources Because the world is on an unsustainable trajectory Because the world’s population has unequal access to resources Because many people in the world have to live in a relatively poor state of health Because where knowledge of solutions is available resources to deploy it are often scarce Because we are training the next generation of thinkers and leaders Because we want to make a difference locally, nationally and internationally Because from the very top of the organisation we believe we should and can make a difference

Ambition for ISHE Change in ourselves Change in partners and other HEIs Change in practices Change in policy Change in communities and the professions

How will we know ISHE has made a difference? Change in ourselves Change in others External Partnerships and Networks Research and Knowledge Exchange Enhanced curriculum offering Advocacy Enterprise Public Engagement External recognition

Walking the Talk (sometimes running the shout and at other times stumbling the mumble) A Sustainable UWE A Healthy UWE A curriculum for a healthy sustainable world and education of citizens and leadership generation of tomorrow RKE delivering diagnosis and solutions to real world problems Using our £200 million per annum budget to deliver sustainable development through all our activities Influencing policy and practice locally, regionally, nationally, internationally

Challenge to our Speakers Recognising the substantial expertise, experience and commitment of UWE to make a difference in this field, we would like our speakers to challenge the university to achieve real change through ISHE What issues would they like to see the Institute address? What would you see as success? What are the external priorities? Regional? National? International? How will you work with us to achieve our goals?